Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

A4 augments Texas hospital's expansion with ED information system

Electronic health record systems provider A4 Health Systems will be rolling out its HealthMatics ED emergency department information system at Angleton Danbury Medical Center (ADMC), a 64-bed hospital located in Angleton, Texas, and VHA-member hospital.

Meditech, Fuji reveal alliance

Medical Information Technology Inc. (Meditech) and Fujifilm Medical Systems USA have successfully integrated each other's respective technologies and this week revealed improved clinical outcomes from providers using Meditech's RIS with Fuji's Synapse PAC

Matrox packages display controllers with USEI and Image Systems

Matrox Graphics Inc. said that U.S. Electronic Inc. (USEI) has agreed to bundle its Totoku medical displays with Matrox's display controller boards.

Kodak's mammo film system awarded

Eastman Kodak's Health Imaging Group's MIN-R EV Screen-Film system has won a 2004 "R&D 100" award that recognizes the 100 most technologically significant products introduced over the past year.

InSight announces changes in senior management

InSight Health Services Corp. has appointed Michael N. Cannizzaro, the company's chairman of the board, to president and CEO.

Siemens gets FDA approval for Magentom C!

Siemens Medical Solutions has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for Magnetom C!, a 0.35-tesla C-shaped MRI system that employs a compact magnet with a pole diameter of 54 inches.

FDA OKs new features for Varian's On-Board Imager

Varian Medical Systems Inc. says it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for a new suite of features that have been added to the company's On-Board Imager system for Clinac and Trilogy medical linear accelerators (linacs).

Kodak soups up imaging technology at veterinary clinic

The latest digital medical image capture and information management systems from Eastman Kodak's Health Imaging Division will be deployed at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Mass.

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The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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