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. 

Regulators give green light to GE's acquisition of Instrumentarium

General Electric Co. (GE) on Sept. 16 cleared the final hurdle in the regulatory process to purchase Instrumentarium Corp. for approximately $2.1 billion.

Agfa to proceed with Western Australia PACS project

Agfa Healthcare Australia is set to embark on a $17 million contract for its PACS and RIS system to support image management in a number of tertiary hospitals in Western Australia (WA).

DICOM Standards Committee celebrates its inaugural advanced seminar

What's new and exciting in DICOM? The question will be answered in Baltimore, Md., as the DICOM Standards Committee hosts its first-ever DICOM anniversary conference Sept. 22-23.

R2 Technology, iCAD settle counter patent infringement suits

Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology firms R2 Technology Inc. and iCAD Inc. this week came to a settlement in their patent infringement lawsuits against each other.

Molecular Imaging kicks off mobile PET/CT service

Molecular Imaging Corp. has initiated mobile PET/CT service in the northeast United States with contracts in New York.

HL7 hosts its 17th Annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting

The Standard Developing Organization (SDO), HL7, held its 17th annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting Sept. 7-12 in Memphis, Tenn.

Telehealth 2003 to be a global event

Luggage, air-fare and hotel accommodations are not necessary for Telehealth 2003, the seventh annual international conference of the Association of Telehealth Service Providers (ATSP).

Instrumentarium sponsors breast imaging conference for 23rd time

This month marks the 23rd year mammography imaging provider, Instrumentarium Imaging, has sponsored the annual Breast Imaging Conference being held in New Orleans Sept. 15-17.

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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