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. 

Trestle Holdings, Bostwick Laboratories align on telepathology

Trestle Holdings Inc. will provide its MedMicro telepathology technology to Bostwick Laboratories under a new working agreement.

Vital Images offers $12 million-plus to acquire HInnovation

Vital Images Inc. is kicking off the new year with immediate expansion plans.

Three Philips Medical Systems multi-slice CT scanners now available

Three of Philips Medical Systems' multi-slice CT scanners - the Brilliance 6, 10 and 16 - currently are available for order.

GE Medical Systems receives FDA OK for Seno Advantage

The FDA has cleared GE Medical Systems' (GEMS) Seno Advantage multi-modality breast imaging review workstation.

TMA Technology introduces ROPE database

TMA Technology Ltd. has released an online application service provider (ASP) product for documenting and reporting quality indicators in the clinic.

Fujifilm, Premier renew supply pact

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. and Premier Purchasing Partners L.P. have extended their three-year purchasing agreement.

Eclipse Medical Imaging branches into Ohio

Eclipse Medical Imaging (EMI) is expanding its dealer network into Ohio with an agreement with third-party, multi-vendor service organization Centura X-Ray of Cleveland.

Emageon to Provide Intelligent Visual Medical System for Wisconsin's ThedaCare

Emageon today announced an agreement with ThedaCare, an integrated delivery system in Central Wisconsin, to provide advanced visualization, content management and workflow integration of medical imaging throughout its multi-facility enterprise.

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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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