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.
3T MRI made its name with brain studies at research institutes. But now it is cross-pollinating in academic and community-based medical centers, performing a wider variety of scans.
Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. (TAMS) has installed its Aquilion 64 CFX multislice CT system at the Woodlands North Houston Heart Center in Texas.
i3Archive Inc. of Berwyn, Penn. has launched the Patient Portability Program that provides access to the National Digital Mammography Archive (NDMA) to women directly.
Network Appliance Inc. this week announced that Sun Java System Messaging Server now supports the NetApp implementation of the Network File System (NFS) protocol to provide increased data management and compliance capabilities in the Sun Java System Messa
Cedara Software Corp. announced that Analogic Corp. sold the 4,580,461 shares it held in Cedara, representing approximately 14.6 percent of the company's outstanding shares.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations issued a public policy white paper advocating that the current proposal for caps on non-economic damages should be expanded to pursue intermediate and long-term system changes that would fa
