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. 

Abington Memorial Hospital launches Eclipsys' SunriseXA 3.3

Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has installed Eclipsys Corp.'s SunriseXA Release 3.3 advanced clinical software.

Impac, Siemens unite oncology imaging systems with informatics tools

Impac Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions will integrate Impac's oncology management systems with Siemens linear accelerators and oncology workspaces systems.

FDA clears Sectra's cardiovascular imaging technology

Sectra AB has received FDA approval for its analysis package for cardiovascular imaging.

Study: Uninsured Americans will account for $125 billion in healthcare in 2004

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured on Monday reported that taxpayers and private entities will pay approximately $125 billion this year to provide healthcare to uninsured U.S. citizens.

Dictaphone, Vepro integrate speech and PACS technologies

Dictaphone Corp. and Vepro AG have completed the integration of Dictaphone's PowerScribe speech recognition technology with Vepro's MedImage picture archiving and communication system (PACS).

SonoSite unveils Titan upgrade at ACOG

SonoSite Inc. has expanded the capabilities of the Titan hand-carried ultrasound system.

Siemens presents lithotripsy platform at AUA

Siemens Medical Solutions demonstrated its urology systems at the American Urological Association annual meeting this past week in Chicago.

Images-on-Call launches new film digitizer and security technology for remote viewing

Images-on-Call (IOC) has released IOC-PACS-Appliance Film DigitizerStation designed to scan radiographs quicker and more efficiently.

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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