Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.
Chest CT is routinely performed for things like lung cancer screening, coronary calcium assessment and pulmonary nodule surveillance, but the modality also can be used to extract additional information.
By highlighting subtle abnormalities that could otherwise be overlooked, an algorithm could potentially serve as an additional safety net when radiographic findings are indeterminate.
With a backdrop of New York's Museum of Natural History and an introduction by CNN's Larry King (heart attack survivor and author of "Taking on Heart Disease"), Siemens Medical Solutions today unveiled the world's first dual source CT (DSCT) system.
Duke University engineers are working to develop ultrasound technology to potentially allow physicians to use high frequency waves both to visualize the heart's interior in three dimensions and then destroy certain heart tissue with heat to correct arrhyt
Network Appliance Inc. was listed in the "leader" quadrant for midrange enterprise disk arrays in Gartner's research note "Magic Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise Disk Array, 2H05."
GE Healthcare this week announced results from a study which confirms that the LightSpeed VCT scanner captures images of the human heart in just five beats.
Viatronix Inc. has announced a worldwide CAD integration partnership with QI (Quantitative Imaging). Under the agreement, Viatronix will integrate QI's colon CAD engine - PolypPoint - with its clinically proven V3D-Colon workstation.
TeraMedica Healthcare Technology has announced a new agreement with members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison that would allow TeraMedica's Evercore Clinical Information Manager to be used in a clinical trial setting, the company said.
