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.
Forming a new division, Varian Surgical Sciences, Varian Medical Systems Inc. said today it has entered into the estimated $250 million neurosurgery market for radiosurgery products.
EMC Corp. says demand for its expanded software portfolio, tiered network storage systems and professional services spiked sales and earnings in the fourth quarter of FY04.
StorageTek this week introduced Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager (LFCM) 100 that helps healthcare organizations address storage and archival needs for fixed content data and adhere to stringent government and federally-mandated compliance requirements.
Philips Medical Systems, in collaboration with Emergin, has unveiled a new Patient Monitoring Gateway that allows care teams to communicate secondary alarm information.
Eastern Isotopes' parent company, Belgium-based Ion Beam Applications (IBA), has acquired New Mexico Positron LP (Albuquerque) and Lubbock West Texas Positron LLC, two PET tracers production and distribution companies from the Isorex Group.
The third edition of the "Review of Nuclear Medicine Technology," which includes the previous companion piece "Preparation for Examinations in Nuclear Medicine Technology" and chapters of new information about patient care, instrumentation and nuclear onc
The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) announced this week that 65 percent of the 51 radiology administrators who took the October 31 Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA) examination received a passing score and are now CRAs.
