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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Invivo declines Intermagnetics offer of $19 per share

Intermagnetics General Corp. on Monday offered Invivo Corp. $19 per share to sell the company. So far, Invivo has said "Thanks, but no thanks."

CMS announces payment increase and fee schedules

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a final rule updating rates to hospitals under the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) that would increase aggregate payments to outpatient departments by approximately 5 percent.

... while GEMS promotes Bolze

GEMS Medical Systems has appointed Steve Bolze as vice president of Amersham integration planning.

R2 Technology to distribute MRS' mammography reporting software

R2 Technology Inc. and Mammography Reporting System Inc. (MRS) have signed a three-year distribution agreement for the MRS Mammography Reporting System.

Alliance Imaging Chairman Zehner resigns in wake of 3Q net loss

A series of charges produced a net loss for medical imaging services provider Alliance Imaging Inc. and the resignation of its chairman, Richard N. Zehner.

Federal government brings 85 charges against HealthSouth CEO Scrushy

The federal government on Tuesday indicted former HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Richard Scrushy on 85 criminal charges related to an alleged $2.5 billion accounting fraud scheme.

Hybrid Imaging Driving Nuclear Medicine

The combination of positron emission tomography (PET) and CT are at the top of the list of integrated imaging modalities that have advanced the field of nuclear medicine.

Fitting the X-ray Retrofit into the Network

Extending equipment life and acquiring digital capabilities without taking on greater expenses are two reasons facilities look to upgrade their systems with retrofits.

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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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