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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Siemens, Riverain align on chest imaging technology

Siemens Healthcare has integrated its digital radiography technology, Ysio, with Riverain Medicals SoftView chest imaging offering.

Intrinsic to deploy Merge's Clinical Imaging Management System

Intrinsic Imaging, a bio/pharmaceutical medical imaging services developer, has entered a technology agreement with health IT provider Merge Healthcare, in which Intrinsic will implement Merges new Clinical Imaging Management System (CIMS).

HHS updates comparison data on imaging measures, heart readmissions

New information about the quality of care available in U.S. outpatient and emergency departments, including how well hospitals care for patients with heart attacks and protect outpatients from surgical infections, was added to the Department of the Health and Human Services website.

Toshiba unveils breast imaging workstation

Toshiba America Medical Systems has released Aegis breast imaging workstation for use with its MR products.

MedPAC seeks to further stop in-office imaging incentives

The Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, known as the Stark Law, was passed almost 15 years ago to prevent physicians from benefiting from referrals that provide them financial gain. However, even after its passage, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services still struggle with the law's provisions and restrictions.

SIIM: Imaging informatics can plug gaps in rad depts

MINNEAPOLISImaging informatics can help in solving many of these persistent problems that plague radiology departments, including radiation dose concerns and mobile patients. During a Thursday afternoon scientific session at the annual meeting of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), three sites shared projects that leveraged informatics to overcome common imaging problems.

SIIM opens with imaging informatics year-in-review

MINNEAPOLISThe SIIM 2010 annual meeting opened with an overview of breakthroughs and advances in imaging informatics, including a sneak peek at highlights related to the eight learning tracks at the show: integrating IT and images, communication of patient data, 3D and processing of CT and MR, digital radiography, cloud-based storage, security and privacy issues, political aspects of healthcare reform and the role of informatics.

Insight subsidiary nabs N.J. imaging provider from bankruptcy

Ocean Medical Imaging Center (OMIC), developed through a partnership with Lake Forest, Calif.-based InSight Health Services Holdings, has acquired X-Ray Associates in Toms River, N.J., from the Sonix Medical Resources bankruptcy proceeding in New York.

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