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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Study Shows Web-Based Tutorials Are an Effective Tool for Teaching Technical Skills in Pediatric Ultrasound

Leesburg, VA, Sept. 16, 2016— Web-based tutorials are an effective method of teaching technical skills in pediatric ultrasound to radiology fellow and resident trainees, according to a study published in the September 2016 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR).

Reactor shutdown may lead to Mo-99 shortage

Changes to the worldwide supply chain of molybdenum-99 could lead to drastic shortages of a nuclear medicine tracer over the next 18 months, according to a U.S. National Academy of Sciences report. The National Research Universal reactor in Ontario will shut down at the end of October, and while global supply will be “adequate," the reports judges a 50 percent chance of a substantial shortage until other suppliers complete upgrades.

Varian Medical Systems receives FDA approval for single imaging platform

Varian Medical Systems has received approval from the FDA to market its Nexus DR imaging system capable of producing high resolution images using a digital x-ray detector.

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Affordable anthropomorphic phantoms: Pipe dream or a reality?

A team of researchers in Berlin saw that high costs and a complex manufacturing process were limiting the use of anthropomorphic phantoms of patients in radiology. There must be more affordable and efficient way, they thought. 

Radiologist develops app for helping doctors respond to in-flight emergencies

When medical emergencies occur during a flight, the instinct is to ask if there is a doctor on the plane. But what if there is, and that doctor isn’t actually trained to assist with the emergency at hand? 

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With $6 million in funding, DICOM Grid becomes Ambra Health

New York-based DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) Grid, makers of a cloud-based, medical imaging software, is rebranding itself as Ambra Health and appointing a new chief employee with the help of a $6 million fundraising gift.

ROS, Medic Vision reach deal for selling rights to CT equipment

Radiology Oncology Systems (ROS) has reached a multi-year agreement with Medic Vision Imaging Solutions to become the seller of Medic Vision's SafeCT-29 product line.

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Q&A: USC Radiology Chair Ed Grant talks savings with contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Following in the footsteps of espresso and nutella, contrast-enhance ultrasound (CEUS) is crossing the pond. While it’s a common modality in Europe, U.S. doctors are relatively unfamiliar with the modality. CEUS can be a cost- and time-effective alternative to MRI or CT when visualizing the liver or the kidneys, according to Edward G. Grant, MD, chair of the USC Medical School’s Radiology Department. 

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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.