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. 

Daou Systems to offer mobile health consulting services

Daou Systems Inc. has added mobile healthcare consulting services to its portfolio to help providers adopt new technologies.

TeraRecon says sales bookings are on the rise

TeraRecon Inc. is reporting an 86 percent gain in sales bookings over the last 12 months, as the 3D visualization technology company markets its AquariusNet 3D enterprise server product worldwide.

Hologic posts profit in first quarter of FY04

Buoyed by orders for its Selenia full-field digital mammography system, Hologic Inc. posted a profit in its first fiscal quarter, ending Dec. 27, 2003.

CHP to take Premier's Healthcare Informatics services

Catholic Healthcare Partners (CHP) has signed an agreement with Premier Inc's Healthcare Informatics unit to utilize the group purchasing organization's Operations Advisor comparative database and services.

QuadraMed completes three-year deal with Chester River Health System

Over the next three years, QuadraMed Corp. will implement its Affinity health information system (HIS) to the non-profit Chester River Health System (CRHS).

CTI Molecular Imaging posts double-digit revenue gain

CTI Molecular Imaging Inc. said that it has made "a good start" in its first fiscal quarter, ending Dec. 31, 2003, to balance long-term growth with its quarterly objective to meet and exceed earnings per share goals.

Abbott Northwestern Hospital takes delivery on Siemens' Acuson systems

Abbott Northwestern Hospital and the Minneapolis Heart Institute have purchased and installed 23 new Acuson Sequoia echocardiography systems and two Acuson Cypress cardiovascular systems from Siemens Medical Solutions.

ASTRO seeks abstracts for 2004 meeting

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) is accepting abstracts for its 46th annual meeting from October 3-7 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

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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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