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. 

IDX features revenue cycle systems at HFMA

IDX Systems Corp. this week showcased its next generation revenue cycle systems for hospitals and physician organizations at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Annual National Institute and Idea Exchange from June 27 - July 1, in Nashv

Mirada debutes new toolkit, upgrades Hitachi's AVIA workstation with Fusion 7D

Mirada Solutions Ltd., a subsidiary of CTI Molecular Imaging Inc., this week launched a new product integration toolkit and released the latest edition of Fusion7D on Hitachi Medical Systems America's (HMSA) AVIA workstation.

StorageTek unveils products and OEM partnership at the Storage World Conference

StorageTek Corp. this week revealed three significant company moves in its information lifecycle management strategy at the Storage World Conference, June 28 - July 1, in Long Beach, Calif.

Mirada, TMCS partner for Fusion7D sales in Japan

Mirada Solutions Ltd., a subsidiary of CTI Molecular Imaging Inc., this week finalized a distribution and development partnership with Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. (TMSC) of Japan.

Siemens, Toshiba show off 64-slice CT scanners

Siemens Medical Solutions and Toshiba America Medical Systems (TAMS) upped the CT "slice war" last week, demonstrating their 64-slice CT systems at Stanford University's 6th Annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT, June 23 - 26, in San Fran

Boston is site of AHRA's annual meeting & exposition in August

Boston will be the location of this year's American Healthcare Radiology Administrators' (AHRA) 32nd annual meeting & exposition, August 1 - 5, at the Hynes Convention Center.

Merge eFilm releases Fusion RIS v. 2.5

Merge eFilm this week released the Fusion RIS (RIS Logic Module) Version 2.5, which includes integration with Fusion PACS.

Unfors releases Direct X-ray Ruler

Unfors has released Direct X-ray Ruler (DXR), a new tool to meet the needs of real-time checks of the light and radiation field alignment.

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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