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. 

Eleven medical practices sign on for Misys' products

Misys Healthcare Systems is off to a running start in 2004.

Pro Radiology forms new business relationships

Pro Radiology has broadened its medical imaging platform through recent partnerships with three healthcare companies.

VHA inks new membership deals

Healthcare cooperative VHA Inc. and Temple University Health System (TUHS), of Philadelphia, have expanded their affiliation.

GE Healthcare to partner with Questra on remote diagnostics software

GE Healthcare (formerly GE Medical Systems) says it will use remote diagnostics firm Questra's software to power the next generation of GE's InSite remote device monitoring and diagnostic services.

Siemens announces upgrade for Sonoline Antares ultrasound system

Siemens Medical Solutions unveils that its Clarify vascular enhancement (VE) technology is now available on the Sonoline Antares ultrasound system with the StellarPlus performance package.

FDA panel recommends R2 Technology's lung CAD for clearance

The FDA's Radiological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee unanimously recommended approval of R2 Technology Inc.'s ImageChecker CT computer-aided detection (CAD) system for the detection of lung nodules during review of multi-detector

Medical Media Systems buys GHRL's tumor-imaging technology

Medical Media Systems Inc. (MMS) on Tuesday purchased the assets of GHRL LLC, a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of validated industry-standard technology for 3D imaging of tumors.

Connecting Portable X-ray: The Vision for DR

Increasing the efficiency of accessing portable CR images - and introducing portable DR - is on the minds of many healthcare facilities wanting to maximize the all-too-tight time of their techs and take advantage of their PACS investment.

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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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