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. 

Slew of new MRI systems boost speed, slash scan times

Faster scan times, faster image processing and more automated scan options on new and upgraded MRI scanners were on display around the exhibit floor at RSNA 2003.

Report: More modalities vie for adjunctive breast imaging market

MRI, nuclear medicine and automated biopsy are making strides in the adjunctive breast imaging and automated biopsy equipment markets, taking some of the share from mammography in the early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer.

Multislice CT moves into PET

The multislice capabilities of computed tomography (CT) invaded nuclear medicine's space at RSNA 2003, as vendors added more slices to combined positron emission tomography (PET) and CT systems.

Konica Minolta teams with Swissray America

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging and Swissray America are combining forces on a new distribution agreement covering distribution of Konica Minolta computed radiography (CR) systems in the United States and designates Konica Minolta as Swissray's preferred C

SourceOne says it is on course for profitable 2003

One year after Platinum Equity LLC created SourceOne Healthcare Technologies Inc., the U.S. imaging products distributor says it has turned the corner to profitability.

IDX gains; Two pacts down, three to go for U.K. National Health Service

IDX Systems Corp. is partnering with British Telecomunications plc in a proposal to supply clinical information technology systems and services to the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) for the London region.

Documentum could join EMC as soon as next week

EMC Corp. on Wednesday said that it could complete its proposed acquisition of Documentum Inc. on Dec. 18, following the special meeting of Documentum shareholders that day.

IBM and EMC trade barbs in disk-storage battle

Which is the leading company in the disk-storage industry? Ask IBM and EMC and you can be sure to receive different answers.

Around the web

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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