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. 

ACR: Obamas debt reduction plan could raise imaging costs

Imaging cuts in the administrations deficit reduction proposal would restrict patient access to care and may actually raise costs, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR). The college has urged the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reject the Obama administrations imaging recommendations and work with the ACR and other imaging stakeholders to create policies that ensure safe, appropriate care, promote quality and protect patient access.

JACR: Data reconciliation has its place in medical imaging

While the most common medical application for data reconciliation is in pharmaceutical reconciliation, this concept can be applied to the delivery of medical imaging services, which begins with order entry and ends with reporting and communication, according to an article published in the September edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

GE's unit to focus on metabolic imaging

GE has launched a new entity, Research Circle Technology (RCT), to encourage the development of metabolic imaging and other burgeoning technologies.

Novel CT imaging method may identify premature skull fusion

A new imaging technology designed to predict whether a childs skull bones are likely to grow back together too quickly after surgery is being developed by researchers in the Center for Pediatric Healthcare Technology Innovation at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Also in the works are new technologies that may delay the premature fusion process.

Carestream Molecular debuts new preclinical imaging camera

Carestream Molecular Imaging has added the In-Vivo Xtreme to its family of multimodal imaging products for preclinical research. Xtreme will be introduced at the World Molecular Imaging Congress Sept 7-10 in San Diego.

ACR clarifies Joint Commission's alert on imaging

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is seeking to clarify the Joint Commission's Sentinel Event Alert, related to radiation-based imaging.

Joint Commission urges vigilance in radiation-based imaging

Healthcare providers need to use diagnostic radiation sparingly and cautiously, implored the Joint Commission in Issue 47 of Sentinel Event Alert. It also implied a recommendation for obtaining information about patients' recent radiation from other providers.

Methodist tests Philips imaging suite for epidemic, bioterrorism

Methodist Hospital Research Institute (MHRI) in Houston is partnering with Philips Healthcare to build a multi-modality suite capable of imaging highly infectious patients in a contained, quarantine-like environment.

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