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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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.

CAD Makes Its Mark

CAD (computer aided or assisted detection) has taken radiology departments by storm over the last several years.

MedPACS reveals new Web PACS

MedPACS Displays Inc. has launched a new image and report distribution and review system called Vista.

Siemens gets FDA clearance for mobile x-ray units

Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. has received FDA clearance for its Mobilett and Mobilett XP Hybrid x-ray systems in the United States.

Stand-Up MRI sales helps Fonar keep revenues steady

Sales of its upright Stand-Up MRI system helped Fonar Corp. offset lower revenues in other business segments in the company first fiscal quarter of FY04, ending Sept. 30.

Founder of Data Distributing turns over the reins to Fisher

Storage firm Data Distributing LLC founding President Marjorie Hauser is stepping down after 19 years in that post.

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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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