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. 

Cerner increases revenues, but earnings slip

Strong cash collections helped Cerner Corp. post greater revenues in the third quarter.

Analogic scores record results in FY03

Analogic Corp. reported healthy gains in its explosive detection and medical imaging businesses to post record revenues and earnings in FY03, ending July 31.

2003 Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to two MRI scientists

Paul Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield will split $1.3 million following Monday's announcement that the pair will share this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Molecular Imaging teams with Siemens Medical Solutions

Molecular Imaging Corp. and Siemens Medical Solutions have signed a five-year strategic alliance to purchase molecular imaging equipment from Siemens.

CTI Molecular Imaging combines PETNet and CTI Services

CTI Molecular Imaging Inc. has formed a new CTI Solutions group by combining two of its divisions.

Philips MR adds Cedara Software

Cedara Software Corp. will supply Philips Medical Systems with imaging technologies and related support services for Philips' MR systems.

October is Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month

To increase public awareness of medical ultrasound, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) is sponsoring Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month in October.

SMAART Medical Systems to distribute AccuImage software

Digital image software firm AccuImage Inc. has inked an agreement with SMAART Medical Systems to distribute AccuImage's systems and diagnostic image software.

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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