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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Bush: Use IT to reduce medical errors and costs

President Bush's call this week to computerize healthcare records and use information technology (IT) to reduce medical errors and frivolous medical lawsuits received support from one healthcare vendor.

GE Medical Systems reaches $10.1 billion in sales in 2003

General Electric Co. credited a 21 percent increase in fourth-quarter orders for continued growth in its Medical Systems business unit.

GE Medical Systems, University Community Health to build filmless heart hospital

GE Medical Systems (GEMS) and University Community Health (UCH) system in Tampa, Fla., have unveiled plans to build a $40 million paperless, filmless and wireless heart hospital.

GE Medical Systems, i3Archive to market National Digital Mammography Archive

GE Medical Systems and i3Archive Inc. this week announced a partnership to provide i3Archive's National Digital Mammography Archive (NDMA) to healthcare facilities nationwide.

Hitachi, AccSys deliver first PET isotope production system utilizing a linear accelerator

Hitachi Ltd. and subsidiary AccSys Technology Inc. have delivered what they say is the first dedicated radioisotope production system in Japan utilizing the Positron Tracer Production system.

Eclipse Medical Imaging adds Dantes Medical Imaging Inc. to dealer network

CT system refurbisher Eclipse Medical Imaging (EMI) has signed a third-party, multi-vendor service pact with Dantes Medical Imaging Inc. (DMI).

New imaging agent may help in early detection of Alzheimer's

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh say they have developed a new contrast agent that helps detect amyloid beta, the protein-based plaque that accumulates in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.

EMC posts strong 2003 numbers, projects double-digit growth in 2004

EMC Corp. credited strong demand for its high-end data storage products for the company's profit in the fourth quarter of 2003.

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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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