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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2018 SBI/ACR Breast Imaging Symposium headed to Las Vegas

The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) is working with the American College of Radiology (ACR) to host its annual Breast Imaging Symposium April 12-15 in Las Vegas.

AI startup competition tackles MRI times, cell imaging technology

Tech company Nvidia’s Inception contest seeks to find the top artificial intelligence (AI) startups in key sectors, including healthcare, to alter the direction of select industries.

fMRI shows 3-year-olds have brain networks to understand others

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used functional MRI (fMRI) to explore how young children develop an ability known as “theory of mind,” which allows one person to infer about another’s mental state.

Fujifilm to unveil ASPIRE Bellus II mammography workstation in Las Vegas

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. announced Wednesday, March 7, that it will be unveiling its newest mammography workstation, the ASPIRE Bellus II, at two upcoming imaging conferences.

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Researchers find quick fix for RV parameters in pediatric CMR imaging

A group of doctors in Warsaw, Poland, have identified a single parameter for first-line assessment of right ventricular (RV) function in pediatric patients, according to data published in Clinical Radiology this week.

Sectra to utilize Microsoft Azure for its cloud-based imaging IT solutions in the US

Shelton, CT – March 6, 2018 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra(STO: SECT B) will offer cloud-based products powered by Microsoft Azure.

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Non-hospital-based facilities offering cardiac imaging services a rarity in Massachusetts

In 2017, Anthem implemented a new policy that requires outpatient MR and CT scans not considered medically necessary to be completed at a freestanding imaging facility to receive coverage. This went into effect in several states, sparking its fair share of controversy along the way, and a team of Boston-based researchers wanted to know how such a policy could impact patient care in Massachusetts.

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Why do people miss MRIs? Race, money might have something to do with it

The greater the window of time between scheduling an MRI and showing up for the exam, the more likely a patient is to miss the appointment altogether, according to data published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology—and the effect is especially pronounced in minority populations.

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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.