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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Study: Imaging modalities, consumer demand drive up healthcare costs

A Sound Investment

More features and functions on a multitude of models - at a variety of price points - is the recurring theme for ultrasound at RSNA 2003.

Study: Healthcare IT market will grow 9 percent in 2003

The healthcare industry's appetite for information technology (IT) will increase by 9.3 percent this year, the largest one-year rise since 1999, so says a new report from Sheldon I. Dorenfest & Associates Ltd.

A Look Inside InfoRAD

To spark professional growth on the dynamics of digital technologies in healthcare in the 21st century, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) this year again presents infoRAD - informatics in radiology.

Where Images and Information Meet

"Communication for Better Patient Care" is the theme for this year's 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago from Nov. 30 through Dec. 5.

Philips and Inova Heart Institute enter into multi-year, strategic agreement

Philips Medical Systems has crafted a 10-year, multi-million dollar agreement with not-for-profit healthcare system Inova Health System.

Hybrid Imaging Driving Nuclear Medicine

Look for continued developments on hybrid imaging among the nuclear medicine vendors at RSNA 2003.

MRI Broadening the Field

The demand for MRI systems remains as steady as rock. Procedures reached 21.9 million in 2002, a 22 percent jump from 18 million in 2001, according to IMV Medical Information Division.

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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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