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. 

IMPAC applies interface standard for M. D. Anderson Proton Therapy Center

Oncology information technology system provider IMPAC Medical Systems Inc. said this week that the DICOM-RT Treatment Machine interface (DTMI) standard will be used at the Proton Therapy Center at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer to connect IM

Children's Medical Center Dallas implements Cerner Millennium

Children's Medical Center Dallas implemented eight Cerner Corp. systems to connect its laboratory, radiology, pharmacy and clinical operations, marking the company's 3,000th Cerner Millennium conversion.

Cardinal Health, Radiology Support Devices sign distribution agreement

Cardinal Health Inc. this week inked an agreement with Radiology Support Devices (RSD) making it the exclusive worldwide distributor for RSD products through its Radiation Management Services business.

SourceOne and Merge eFilm announce strategic distribution agreement

SourceOne Healthcare Technologies Inc. and Merge eFilm this week solidified a new nationwide distribution agreement.

NEC, Imprivata team for Single Sign On technology

Imprivata Inc. of Lexington, Mass. and NEC Solutions America Inc., an affiliate of NEC Corp., have joined forces to market and deliver an integrated system that uses finger point identification to enable enterprise single sign-on.

Siemens unveils physics support services

Siemens Medical Solutions introduced Momentum Physics Support Services this week at the 46th annual meeting of the American Association of Medical Physicists (AAPM) in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Philips highlights new radiation oncology offerings

Philips Medical Systems demonstrated new products designed to improve accuracy and workflow for radiation oncology at this week's annual meeting of the American Association of Physics in Medicine (AAPM) in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Industry leaders launch HIT product certification initiative

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and National Alliance for Health Information Technology (the Alliance) have established a collaborative initiative for the certificat

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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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