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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Ziosoft nabbed, renamed Qi Imaging

NantWorks, a newly formed healthcare, educational, scientific and communications technology company led by Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, has acquired Ziosoft.

Seminar on preclinical imaging planned for December

Carestream Molecular Imaging is sponsoring a complimentary seminar on Imaging Technologies & Strategies in Pre-Clinical Small Animal Research on Dec. 6, in Cambridge, Mass.

Philips sees uptick in Q2 sales, driven partly by imaging

Philips Healthcare saw its sales improve by 8 percent on a comparable quarter-over-quarter basis, driven by high single-digit growth in all its businesses.

Report: Prior authorization wont cut imaging costs

Policy proposals to adopt prior authorization for advanced medical imaging as a means of controlling utilization would not provide meaningful cost savings, according to a literature review by The Moran Company. The report, released by the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition, evaluated the cost savings of various proposed imaging policies and found that the Congressional Budget Office is unlikely to score significant savings for these strategies.

NVIDIA outfits molecular imaging lab with display wall

In designing a new imaging facility, Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging (CAMI), Thomas J. Meade, PhD, professor of cancer research, chemistry, molecular biosciences, neurobiology & physiology and radiology at Chicago's Northwestern University, aimed to create a place for researchers and the public to view research being done at the university, through advanced visualization technologies.

Inmate shot, killed while trying to escape imaging facility

A deputy with the Jefferson County, Colo., sheriffs office shot and killed an inmate who was attempting to escape during an exam at Advanced Medical Imagings facility, according to a report from KDVR-TV.

Insight Agents becomes Agfa HealthCare Imaging Agents

Agfa HealthCare is changing the name of Insight Agents to Agfa HealthCare Imaging Agents.

AJR: Speech recognition linked with errors in half of breast imaging reports

Breast imaging reports generated using speech recognition were eight times as likely as reports dictated with conventional transcription to contain major errors, according to a study published in the October issue of American Journal of Roentgenology. The researchers estimated that nearly 25 percent of the reports in the study contained a major error that could have affected understanding of the report or altered patient care.

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