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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Challenged by health IT? Tell me

Much chatter has surrounded meaningful use and the benefits of health IT. And now, deadlines for physicians to be incentivized for EHR use loom. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently reminded eligible physicians to register for incentive payments for calendar year 2011 by Feb. 29, 2012. But as the deadline approaches, I wonder how advantageous various health IT will be.

CMS to host webinar series on bundled payment initiatives

The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services will host a series of webinars dedicated to helping healthcare organizations understand bundled payment programs as part of its accelerated development learning session series.

Study: Not so fast Head injury patients on blood thinners should repeat CT

Patients taking warfarin, a blood thinner widely prescribed to prevent blood clots from forming, who suffer minor head injury and have a negative CT scan should have another CT scan after 24 hours, according to the results of an Italian study published online Jan.13 in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

FDA clears Agfas CR digitizer

The FDA has cleared Agfa HealthCare to market its DX-M computed radiography digitizer with needle-based detectors.

Software provides tool to catch cancer on digital pathology slides

Software developed by researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor was able to separate malignancy from background tissue on digital pathology slides, according to a paper published in the January issue of Analytical Cellular Pathology.

JACR: PET use surges in cancer patients

The use of PET imaging increased rapidly from 2004 through 2008 among Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with cancer, according to a study published in the January issue of Journal of the American College of Radiology. The researchers surmised that PET primarily serves as an additional, rather than replacement, imaging exam.

New avenues for age-old problem

Worldwide, breast cancer comprises 22.9 percent of all cancers in women; and in 2008, breast cancer caused 458,503 deaths worldwide, according to the 2008 World Cancer Report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer. These statistics indicate a clear need for better diagnosis and treatment methods.

Bioscan opens subsidiary in France

Bioscan, a developer of preclinical imaging systems, has established a subsidiary in Dijon, France, Bioscan Molecular Imaging France.

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