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. 

Toshiba shows high-resolution vascular imaging technology for the Infinix i-series

Toshiba America Medical Systems (TAMS) has introduced a new version of 3D vascular imaging technology for its Infinix i-series line of vascular x-ray systems.

Sectra receives FDA OK on breast imaging workstation

The FDA has cleared Sectra Imtec AB's workstation for breast imaging.

Study: Cost of healthcare tops Americans' hospital concerns

Forty-one percent of Americans say their greatest hospital healthcare concern is cost, while 25 percent cite quality of care.

Supercomm 2004 slated for Chicago in June

Supercomm 2004, the annual exhibition and conference for communication service providers and private network managers, will be held this year at Chicago's McCormick Place from June 20-24.

Study: U.S. ultrasound market edges higher in annual revenues

The U.S. ultrasound market could reach revenues of $1.9 billion by the end of this decade, powered, in part, by hand-carried devices.

Kodak takes order for six CR systems from Florida hospital

Boca Raton (Fla.) Community Hospital has ordered six computed radiography (CR) systems from Eastman Kodak Co.'s Health Imaging division.

IDX Systems chooses SeeBeyond for integration platform in UK project

IDX Systems Corp. UK has chosen SeeBeyond's eGate Integrator to act as the integration platform for University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH) as part of the implementation of a comprehensive integrated care record system.

ASTRO adds to its staff

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has hired two people to aid in its research and membership departments.

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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