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. 

Aurora completes first installation of 1.5Tdedicated breast MRI system

Aurora Imagine Technology Inc. has installed its dedicated breast MRI system at Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center.

Medrad achieves 16 percent revenue gain in 2003

Sales revenues increased 16 percent to $294 million for Medrad Inc. in 2003.

MedAssets and RPI make patient satisfaction benchmarking a priority

Group purchasing organization MedAssets HSCA and 3d Health have inked an agreement to provide patient satisfaction benchmarking.

Connecticut-based radiology practice takes CST's Inform

Communication Synergy Technologies Inc. (CST) has signed a contract to install its Inform radiology reporting technology in Ocean Radiology Practice in New London, Conn.

Draxis and Isotope Products Laboratories sign distribution agreement

Draximage Inc. will market the full line of Isotope Products Laboratories' (IPL) radioactive sources for nuclear medicine and radiography in Canada.

Siemens completes Soarian work at Riverside Health System

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester, Va., recently went live with Siemens Medical Solutions' next-generation Soarian Clinical Access and Soarian Common Clinicals.

North American Scientific partners with Nomos prior to acquisition

North American Scientific Inc. (NAS) and Nomos Corp. will begin marketing each others radiation therapy products, prior to the closing of NAS' proposed acquisition of Nomos.

InSight Health takes Merge eFilm Fusion PACS for 10 centers

Medical imaging services provider InSight Health Corp. will install Merge eFilm's Fusion PACS at a cluster of 10 imaging centers.

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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