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.
UltraSPECT introduced its Xpress.cardiac a new myocardial perfusion SPECT image enhancement protocol at last week's 52nd Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada.
SNOMED International, a division of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has inked a two-year agreement with Health Level Seven (HL7) which formalizes the long-standing relationship between the organizations aimed to further bind the SNOMED Clinical
Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Decru, a privately held storage security provider based in Redwood City, Calif.
Canada Health Infoway has increased its financial investment in electronic health records (HER) as well as increased the number of initiatives it has in each province and territory in Canada.
According to a study in the July issue of Radiology a large amount of unneeded diagnostic and breast images are performed due to concerns by radiologists over medical malpractice worries.
Omnicell Inc., a provider of supply management technology, and Witt Biomedical Corp., provider of cardiology image and information management systems (CIIMS), will partner to give cardiology departments and cath labs integrated productivity and data manag
Communication Technologies Inc. (COMTek), a high-speed broadband service provider available in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), announced this week that it will be the broadband provider for the Virgin Islands eHealth Initiative.
