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. 

Managing Digital X-rays

The mantra of all healthcare facilities - large, mid-size and small - is to deliver the best patient care possible. Near-immediate access to the latest, most accurate information and patient images is one of the very fine lines in radiology departments

EMC rolls out comprehensive storage package

OSF Healthcare System has deployed EMC Corp.'s information lifecycle management (ILM) system.

SCO Group, Mardon form strategic alliances

The SCO Group Inc. and Mardon Healthcare Information System, of Mesa, Ariz., announced a strategic alliance for the rural healthcare market.

Sagemark to open 5th PET imaging center

The Sagemark Companies Ltd. is set to begin work on the development of its fifth positron emission tomography (PET) medical imaging center.

Gamma Medica, Exxim Computing Corp sign development and sales agreement

Gamma Medica Inc. will exclusively license an enhancement package from Exxim Computing Corp. for use on its X-SPECT pre-clinical imaging system.

Fujitsu launches the DynaMO 1300 for ultrasound

Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc. unveiled its next-generation DICOM image transportation and viewing system for the ultrasound market.

MedPlus offers Linux-based EPR

MedPlus Inc., of Mason, Ohio, announced that the company is offering its ChartMaxx electronic patient record (EPR) system on the Linux operating platform.

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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