Positron emission tomography (PET) is gaining more evidence that the imaging modality is an accurate method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD), particularly in its early stages.

Beginning today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement several provisions of a new Medicare law that increases payment rates for rural and urban hospitals in areas with less than 1 million people.

Varian Medical Systems Inc. on Monday completed the acquisition of OpTx Corp., the Denver-based supplier of software for medical oncology practices in cancer clinics.

After unlocking secrets to brain function for the past two decades at research sites, functional MRI is gaining value in clinical practice, particularly in managing patients with brain tumors and arteriovenous malformations. The large fMRI data files thes

IBM Corp. and Affymetrix Inc. have agreed to collaborate on the creation of what they describe as "open standards technologies," including the Affymetrix GeneChip technology and IBM professional services in regulatory compliance, business integration and

The marketplace for high-field MRI, specifically 3-tesla, is transitioning from research institutes to a more clinically centered customer base at the community and specialty facility level.

Sales at International Isotopes Inc. (I3) dipped slightly to $2.1 million, compared with $2.2 million in 2002.

The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) Education Foundation is accepting scholarship applications for its new 2004 Broadley Scholarship Program.