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. 

Elekta outlines R&D efforts for IGRT

Elekta is working closely with its Elekta Synergy Research Group - a consortium of international healthcare organizations operating Elekta Synergy research systems at their institutions - to develop additional workflow-enhancing software tools to deliver

FDA OKs Agfa IMPAX mammography workstation

Agfa Corp. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its IMPAX mammography diagnostic workstation.

Hitachi announces new enhancement package for premium ultrasound system

Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. announced the upcoming release of its Version 2.0 enhancement package for the HI VISION 8500 Premium ultrasound system.

CTI system sales slump, but FDG sales surge in Q3

PET system and services provider CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc. this week announced a 7.5 percent decline in net revenues to $91.8 million in the third quarter, ending June 30th, compared to $99.2 million for the same period last year.

InSiteOne inks contracts with Ultimate Medical and Force 3

InSiteOne Inc. has signed an agreement with Ultimate Medical Services of Lake Charles, La., for the sale of the InSiteOne product line throughout the U.S.

Siemens 'opens up' new high-field MR scanner design; debuts 0.35T unit

Billed as the first "open bore 1.5T MRI system," Siemens Medical Solutions last week rolled out the new Magnetom Espree 1.5 tesla MRI system with an ultra-short magnet bore design.

Cedara spotlights clinical workflow applications at AHRA 2004

Cedara Software Corp. showcased clinical workflow applications that meet the mobility needs of imaging centers and ambulatory care institutions, as well as image management technology, at AHRA this week in Boston.

Medweb showcases radiologist dashboard

Medweb was at the American Healthcare Radiology Administrator's meeting in Boston this week highlighting its Radiologist Dashboard, an application that provides live, real-time access of patient cases to radiologists between multiple facilities and is an

Around the web

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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