On June 8, Insight Imaging and Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) announced their plans to merge. Venture capital played a key role in the transaction, with Black Diamond Capital Management, which owns a majority interest in Insight Imaging, enabling it to buy out the owners of CDI. The combined organization will be headquartered in Minneapolis,

The interventional-radiology department at Tufts Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) was an early adopter of the workflow tool HI-IQ, developed by ConexSys; however, a recent initiative to develop a paperless workflow led the department to fuller use of its features. “When I came on board two years ago, we sat down and looked at the capabilities

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In many ways, the problem of radiation overexposure still resembles a crime scene. Investigators come in after the fact and attempt to determine what really happened. There is another way, however, according to Charles W. Socia, RT, CIIP, product manager for the information-systems division of FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA—one that focuses on

When it comes to radiation exposure, there is not much on which the medical community agrees. One exception (and point of consensus) is that children are more vulnerable to the effects of radiation than are adults, and therefore, they deserve the highest level of protection available.

In May, the FDA¹ released for public comment a guidance document intended to ensure that manufacturers’ imaging devices are either suited for pediatric use or labeled with a warning that cautions against use in pediatric populations.

This article is the first in a three-part series.

With reimbursement increasingly linked to patient satisfaction, as well as a growing consumer influence in health-care spending, making a positive patient experience possible is a priority for radiology groups and hospitals. Stephen Neushul, CEO of iCRco, a developer of CR, DR, and mammography systems (as well as complementary software), sat down