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. 

ASTRO publishes new brochure for breast cancer patients

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published a new patient information brochure called Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Patient's Guide to Understanding Treatment.

EMC augments storage architecture at Saint Raphael Healthcare System

EMC Corp. deployed its content addressed storage (CAS) platform at the Saint Raphael Healthcare System, a 511-bed academic health science center affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine.

Fonar show increases in MRI scanner sales

Sales of its MRI units powered Fonar Corp. to greater revenues and a lower net loss in its third fiscal quarter, ending March 31.

Tucson-based radiology group practice the first to use i3ARCHIVE's NDMA

Radiology Ltd. has agreed to use i3ARCHIVE Inc.'s breast imaging archive system, the National Digital Mammography Archive (NDMA).

Exavera launches wireless information delivery system

Exavera Technologies Inc. is debuting eShepherd, a secure broadband wireless information-delivery system that is designed specifically for healthcare at the TEPR 2004 meeting in Orlando, Fla., this week.

Swissray to supply Chicago-based healthcare firm with DR products and services

Swissray International inked a corporate capital agreement with The Rush System for Health in Chicago for digital radiography and services.

Emageon, IBM offer financing options

Emageon Inc. and IBM Inc. solidified an agreement allowing Emageon's customers to take advantage of IBM Global Financing (IGF) offerings.

Siemens, UI Healthcare join forces

Siemens Medical Solutions announced a 15-year strategic alliance with the University of Iowa (UI) Health Care.

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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