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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HHS stretches worth of healthcare data

Several announcements made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) indicate the degree to which a better handle of data is impacting the healthcare landscape.

HHS seeks comment on essential payor benchmarks

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed rule to establish data collection standards to implement aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

JNM: PERCIST tops RECIST for esophageal cancer eval

Source: J Nucl Med 2012;53(6):872-880PET response criteria in solid tumors (PERCIST) provided an independent predictor of outcomes among patients with esophageal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Radiology: fMRI offers insight into post-stroke depression

Source: Radiology (doi:10.1148/radiol.12111718)Impairments to the functional connectivity in the network of the brain involved in emotional regulation have been shown to have a strong association with the severity of post-stroke depression, according to research published online June 5 in Radiology.

Sorna updates software suite

Sorna, a developer of digital medical image and data distribution systems, has released Plus+, an add-on option to Sornas Reviewer software suite including: Reviewer CD, Admin, MD and Importer.

JACR: Having nearby DR room cuts rate of bedside chest radiography

Implementing a radiography room on a patient care floor can shift chest radiography utilization away from the bedside and allow for more useful posterior-anterior/lateral acquisitions that require a radiographic room, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Urologist, rad cooperation key to optimizing CT dose in obese patients

The effective radiation dose of kidney stone protocol CT exams for obese patients has been shown to be more than three times the dose for a non-obese patient, demonstrating the importance of considering patient body mass index when ordering CTs, according to the results of a study presented at the American Urological Associations annual meeting, May 19-23, in Atlanta.

ONC committees seeking nominations

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is seeking nominations to the Health Information Technology Standards Committee and Health Information Technology Policy Committee.

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