Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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Siemens Healthineers gains FDA clearance for SOMATOM go.All, SOMATOM go.Top CT systems

Siemens Healthineers announced Wednesday, April 18, that the company’s SOMATOM go.All and SOMATOM go.Top CT systems have gained FDA approval.

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FDA gives green light to first use of Tracer-QC at Massachusetts General Hospital

Trace-Ability, a Los Angeles-based radiopharmaceutical company, announced that the FDA has approved the first use of its solution, Tracer-QC, for release testing Ammonia N 13 Injection at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston.

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Should primary care physicians order MRIs for adult patients with knee pain?

When primary care physicians refer adult patients for MR imaging for traumatic knee symptoms, it provides no additional value and leads to higher healthcare costs, according to a new study by Dutch researchers published in Radiology.

Carestream’s New Carbon Nano Tube Portable X-ray System Available for Order

Newest Mobile X-ray Unit Offers Reduced Size and Weight; Enhances Bedside Imaging in Critical Care Areas

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8 surprising things people have done in MRI scanners—from opera to magic

MRI might be best used as a critical diagnostic tool for radiologists, but outside of the specialty, researchers have used the powerful machines to image patients’ brains while they do things from play video games to sing opera.

Canon Medical Systems strengthens partnership with Arcoma by entering into a reseller agreement

Canon Medical Systems targets diagnostic X-ray segment with digital x-ray systems Aceso and Aceso+.

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MR-Link receives development grant from NIH

A coin-sized gadget that would allow for simultaneous MR imaging has received a $228,325 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Montreal's MRI simulator is helping kids avoid sedation

North America’s first MRI simulator—a downsized model of enclosed scanners clinicians are used to—has been installed in a Montreal hospital, and officials are saying it’s already helping kids wind down and skip anesthesia ahead of their own procedures.

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Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.