Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.
The law reflects growing interest in using existing imaging studies to identify cardiovascular disease risk without requiring additional scans, radiation exposure or costs.
New research could provide useful information for cancer registries and potentially help policymakers better evaluate screening outcomes to develop more effective guidelines.
Former SCCT president Ed Nicol, MD, knows there has been interest in the potential of automated CT exams. However, he isn't so sure they are possible at this point in time for a number of reasons.
Warrington, Penn. – June 6, 2017 – Medical device companies CurveBeam and Carestream Health announced a collaboration to support and facilitate education and research for weight-bearing computed tomography imaging.
GENEVA, May 31—West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (West Herts) located in the South East of the UK and Carestream have signed and exchanged contracts to replace the Trust’s existing PACS with a CARESTREAM Vue PACS and Vue VNA. The new five-year contract will be provided as a Managed Service, including software, services, workstation and server hardware.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, June 1, 2017—At the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 59th Annual Meeting & Exhibition to be held in Denver, CO on July 30-August 3, 2017, the President’s Symposium will highlight the roles of the radiation oncology team of the future.
No specialty in medicine serves more Medicare beneficiaries than radiology—and this distinction opens all sorts of opportunities to “engage patients and better brand the specialty.”
On the heels of GE and Partners Healthcare announcing their collaboration on artificial intelligence beginning with radiology comes a longish look at the decades-long relationship between GE and the University of Wisconsin.
Participation in breast cancer screening has declined in England. A new analysis revealed women who miss a first breast screening appointment and are given a fixed date for another appointment are more likely to attend that backup.
Point-of-care clinical decision support (CDS) has showcased its ability to safely head off unnecessary imaging of patients presenting with low back pain—the poster-child condition of overutilization and defensive medicine—in the busy emergency department of an urban academic medical center.
