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.
Strong demand for new radiation therapy products led to another year of record earnings, sales, net orders and year-ending backlog for Varian Medical Systems Inc.
The Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) will host its 2003 National Conference on Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Decisions that Count Dec. 3-5 at the Chicago Hilton Towers.
More than 450 presenters are scheduled to highlight the 27th annual symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Nov. 8-12 at Washington, D.C.
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies (GEMSIT) will provide its Centricity picture archiving and communications system (PACS), computed radiography (CR) products and support services to Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) in Denver.
ViewPoint, a division of GE Medical Systems, has selected for its PIA (peripheral interface adaptor) devices to employ San Diego, Calif.-based DivXNetworks Inc.'s DivX video compression technology.
