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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Varian Medical Systems posts Q1 growth across all three business segments

Thirty-three percent sales growth in its Oncology Systems business propelled Varian Medical Systems Inc. to what the company described as a "robust quarter" in its first fiscal quarter of FY04, ending Dec. 31, 2003.

GEMS joins with two facilities on developing near-infrared-light imaging

GE Medical Systems (GEMS) has signed separate licensing agreements with the Texas A&M University System and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to develop new near-infrared-light imaging technologies.

Mass General uses Siemens' Axiom Artis dFC to create magnetic navigation system

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has taken delivery of Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc.'s Axiom Artis dFC to create a magnetic navigation system for enhanced accuracy during catheter procedures.

NEC-Mitsubishi launches update to its 60 Series monitors

NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America Inc. has updated its 60 Series of LCD display monitors with the new thin-frame 19-inch NEC MultiSync LCD1960NXi monitor.

McKesson to enhance Chicago hospital's clinical infrastructure

McKesson Information Solutions' Horizon Clinicals will be implemented at Northwest Community Hospital (NCH) in Arlington Heights, Ill.

CMS to adopt National Provider Identifier statutes

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the adoption of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) as the standard health identifier for healthcare providers to use in filing and processing healthcare claims and other transactions.

EMC unveils new suite of information management services

EMC Corp. this week rolled out a set of storage services designed to help customers plan, build and manage an integrated information technology infrastructure to more cost-effectively manage and protect information throughout its lifecycle.

Report: Cardiovascular studies drive nuclear medicine growth

Approximately 18.4 million nuclear medicine procedures were performed in the United States in 2002, accounting for a 9 percent increase over volume of 16.8 million procedures in 2001.

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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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