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. 

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AHRA elects 2004-2005 board of directors

The America Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) announced this week that six members were elected or appointed to the AHRA 2004-2005 Board of Directors.

Burchell takes reins of the SNMTS

At the 51st annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), June 23 - 26, in Philadelphia, Nanci Burchell, section chief of nuclear medicine at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., was installed as president of the Society of Nuclear Me

Feeder-Eizo bundles Matrox technology with RadiForce medical displays in France

Matrox Graphics Inc. this week announced that its French distributor, Feeder-Eizo, will bundle Matrox RAD Series and Matrox TheatreVUE Series display controller boards with select Eizo RadiForce medical displays.

FDA OK's Palatin's NeutroSpec

Palatin Technologies Inc. has received U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval to market NeutroSpec, an imaging agent indicated for the diagnosis of appendicitis in patients five years and older with atypical symptoms.

Eastern Isotopes distributes Iodine 124, inks agreement with VCU

Eastern Isotopes Inc., a subsidiary of IBA (Ion Beam Applications), made its first delivery of Iodine 124 to MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Siemens plugs new generation health information system at Canadian hospital

Siemens Medical Solutions, in cooperation with Siemens Canada Limited, has deployed its Soarian Clinical Access at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ontario.

Varian announces first clinical use of new On-Board Imager

Varian Medical Systems revealed that Emory University School of Medicine's department of radiation oncology is the first U.S. healthcare facility to utilize its fully robotic on-board imaging system for tracking tumor locations and positioning patients.

Massachusetts-based hospital deploys GE PACS

Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., will complement its existing IT architecture by rolling out GE Healthcare's Centricity picture archiving and communication system (PACS).

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Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans

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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