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.

AI-based ARIA detection software could bring 'renewed hope' for people undergoing Alzheimer's treatment
The software is the first of its kind to achieve the FDA's approval for detecting, measuring and grading ARIA on MRI scans—a task that is critical in managing the disease.
Ultrasound-guided procedure offers promising alternative to opioids for managing pain
Ultrasonography-guided nerve blocks have grown in popularity in recent years, but some are hesitant to adopt the procedure.
MRI guidance significantly reduces radiotherapy side effects compared to CT
A recent comparison of the two modalities’ utility for guiding radiation therapy for prostate cancer shows numerous benefits for MRI over CT.
FDA clears AI software that ups cancer detection in dense breasts by 50%
Women's imaging experts believe the new upgrade could “dramatically improve breast cancer detection.”
Dual energy CT parameters help determine the type of clot behind strokes
Knowledge of clot composition helps guide clinical management decisions following acute ischemic stroke.

Siemens to team with Elekta on MLCs

Elekta AB and Siemens Medical Solutions are collaborating to develop, market and sell high resolution add-on multileaf collimators (MLCs).

October 30, 2003

Philips on board at ASTRO with product anticipations

Philips Medical Systems demonstrated its works-in-progress advances for radiation oncology at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Salt Lake City this month.

October 30, 2003

General Electric christens Shanghai technology center

General Electric Co. (GE) on Oct. 24 opened a $64 million technology center in Shanghai, China, expanding its presence further in that country.

October 30, 2003

Cedara announces new application for film digitizers

Cedara Software Corp. announces the availability of its new application for film digitizers, the I-Acquire/FD software.

October 30, 2003

DVI continues its divestiture in the wake of bankruptcy

DVI Inc. has signed a letter of intent to sell certain loan contracts and the assets of the United Kingdom branch of DVI Financial Services Inc., as well as substantially all the assets of its European non-debtor subsidiaries, to ING Lease Holding N.V.

October 30, 2003

FDA clears CMS' I-Beam positioning system

CMS Inc. has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its I-Beam mobile patient positioning system that uses ultrasound and other images to locate target organs or tumors.

October 30, 2003

Siemens to team with eResearch Technology on electronic clinical trial processing technology

Siemens Medical Solutions will embed eResearch Technology Inc.'s (eRT) electronic clinical trial processing technology into Siemens information technology and operations platform.

October 30, 2003

GEMS Information Technologies inks Catholic Health Initiatives supply pact

GE Medical Systems Information Technologies (GEMSIT) will provide its Centricity picture archiving and communications system (PACS), computed radiography (CR) products and support services to Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) in Denver.

October 30, 2003

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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.

Medical Imaging

AI-based ARIA detection software could bring 'renewed hope' for people undergoing Alzheimer's treatment

Ultrasound-guided procedure offers promising alternative to opioids for managing pain

MRI guidance significantly reduces radiotherapy side effects compared to CT

FDA clears AI software that ups cancer detection in dense breasts by 50%

Dual energy CT parameters help determine the type of clot behind strokes

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