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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Pros and cons of voluntary pre-draft MRIs for MLB draft prospects

As part of the new collective bargaing agreement in Major League Baseball (MLB), the top 50 pitching prospects in each year's draft can voluntarily undergo an MRI scan to provide a clearer background of their health. 

Surgical platform with real-time MRI guidance to be featured at Pediatric Neurosurgical Conference

The medical device company, MRI Interventions announced its ClearPoint Neuro Navigation System will be featured at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery.

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RSNA 2016: What’s up with the new Joint Commission regulations?

A Tuesday, Nov. 29, presentation at RSNA 2016 featured Joint Commission member and practicing medical physicist Tyler S. Fisher, MD, discussing compliance in an imaging department, including the commission’s two new focuses: justification and dose optimization.

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RSNA 2016: The combined advantages of PET/MR hybrid imaging

A Nov. 29 presentation at RSNA 2016 in Chicago outlined the challenges and benefits to using hybrid PET/MR imagining to provide the clearest images possible in “Emerging Technology PET/MRI Opportunities and Challenges."

Siemens Healthineers Unveils SOMATOM go. CT Platform For Excellent Return on Investment

Both new scanners – SOMATOM go.Now and SOMATOM go.Up – are equally suited to new radiology departments and expanding successful institutions. The new platform offers standardized workflows and multi-year service packages.

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Creating a ‘culture of security’ in radiology

Radiologists are becoming a little less in “denial” about the need for imaging security, according to J. Anthony Seibert, PhD, professor and associate chair of informatics in the radiology department at the University of California Davis Health System, Sac­ramento. But he still sees plenty of room for improvement.

Southend Hospital enhances radiotherapy treatment and comfort for patients with lung and oesophageal cancer

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has increased efficiencies in radiotherapy following the implementation of the MacroMedics® EagleBoard™ from Oncology Systems Limited. As Southend are the first clinical users in the UK, the EagleBoard offers them an easier set up for patients that are undergoing radiotherapy to the chest or abdomen region, including patients with lung and oesophageal cancer. The compact and cost-effective solution has provided the hospital’s Radiotherapy Department with the ability to prepare for the latest advancement in radiotherapy - SABR (stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy), specifically for lung cancer patients.

FDA approves full-body MRI scans for Proclaim Elite System

A full-body MR conditional labeling has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Proclaim Elite Spinal Cord Stimulation System.

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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.