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. 

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A Revolution in Waiting: Digital Radiography Plows the Path for Going Digital in Mammography

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has made the commitment to invest in digital radiography and digital mammography.

CR Successes

This month we're saluting achievements in radiology department efficiency derived from computed radiography with a series of five case studies from a variety of types of healthcare facilities around the country and in Israel.

April conference scheduled on optimizing patient throughput

The International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC) will present its Best Practices in Optimizing Patient Throughout conference April 26 through April 28 in Atlanta.

Varian Medical Systems debuts new brachytherapy applicator

Varian Medical Systems Inc. this week released its new applicator to treat cervical and uterine cancer with high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy.

AHRA sets 2004 dates for CRA exam

The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) has scheduled the 2004 Certified Radiology Administrators (CRA) examination for April 17 at approximately 200 CompUSA testing centers in 41 states.

Healthcare Corp. of America takes Voxar's 3D technology

Voxar Inc. has sold its Voxar 3D and Voxar Colonscreen and Voxar Calscreen to the South West Coast division of Healthcare Corp. of America (HCA).

McKesson's Information Solutions unit holds steady in fiscal 3Q

McKesson Corp. posted double-digit revenue gains in its third fiscal quarter, ending Dec. 31, 2003.

VHA reports savings with medical device reprocessing companies

Healthcare cooperative VHA Inc. reports that its members have saved a total of $25 million through agreements with two medical device reprocessing companies since April 2002.

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Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans

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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