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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ENDRA Life Sciences, GE Healthcare to collaborate on new ultrasound technology

ENDRA Life Sciences announced this week that it will collaborate with GE Healthcare on the development of its Thermo Acoustic Enhanced UltraSound (TAEUS) technology.

Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife radiosurgery system reaches milestone

Elekta, a radiation therapy technology company based out of Stockholm, Sweden, announced this week that its Leksell Gamma Knife radiosurgery system passed a significant milestone: it has been used in the treatment of more than one million patients.

Smart Choice MRI gains new $7 million investment

Smart Choice MRI, a Wisconsin-based healthcare provider known for providing MRIs for an all-inclusive fee of $600 or less, has received a $7 million investment from health system Edward-Elmhurst Health. 

Raymond V. Damadian, inventor of the MRI, to speak on May 17

Raymond V. Damadian, MD, inventor of the MRI, is scheduled to speak at the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 17. 

Educational program in Ohio teaches young children that 'X is for X-Ray'

The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash in Blue Ash, Ohio, has developed a special program for kindergarten students that helps them become more comfortable with science, technology, and even radiology. 

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Review tracks appropriateness—or lack thereof—of shoulder MRI orders

Shoulder MRI examinations are regularly not ordered according to existing appropriateness criteria, according to a new single-site study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

CT for trees? The serious science behind ‘limb’ imaging

For the first time, scientists have used imaging modalities meant for humans—including MRI and CT scans—to observe the presence of “embolisms” in trees subjected to stress during draught conditions, according to a new study published in the Journal of Plant Physiology.

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes expands operations at University of Missouri Research Reactor

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, a nuclear medicine company based out of Madison, Wis., announced this week it is enhancing its production operations at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR). The move will help the company quadruple its capacity to dispense molybdenum-99 (Mo-99). 

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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.