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. 

Gateway joins the wireless access arena

Gateway Inc. has launched the Gateway 7000 Series of wireless access points (APs), which will include enterprise-class security features.

Study: Female genetic mutation linked to higher risk of breast cancer

A new U.S. study suggests that women who carry a genetic mutation linked to a higher risk of breast cancer often are at advanced stages of the disease months before they go the doctor for an annual screening.

Sprint to supply wireless technology to Central DuPage Hospital

Telecommunications firm Sprint has inked a wireless agreement with Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill.

Bush administration throws its support behind healthcare IT

The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee has proposed a set of recommendations that would enhance support for healthcare IT.

GE Healthcare posts 17 percent revenue hike in Q1

Revenues at GE Healthcare increased to $2.5 billion in the first quarter of 2004, compared with $2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2003.

Toshiba bolsters alliance with SUNY in Buffalo

Toshiba America Medical Systems is expanding its relationship with the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Quantum Medical Imaging partners with eTrauma

Quantum Medical Imaging Inc. has entered into a mutual nationwide distribution agreement with eTrauma Corp.

PACS Administrators rank salaries in just-released survey

PACS administrators are making, on average, $60,000 to $65,000, according to the PACS Administrator Salary Survey just published in the April issue of Health Imaging & IT magazine.

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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