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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Imaging center in Hawaii close to resuming mammography services

An imaging center in Hawaii is expected to resume its mammography services soon after they had been temporarily suspended by the FDA.

Artist reveals the hidden pictures in x-ray images

Radiologist Sue Summerton has turned her interest in the hidden imagery of x-rays into a growing career as an artist. 

Sharmila Majumdar honored with ISMRM 2016 Gold Medal

The International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) announced this week it has awarded its 2016 Gold Medal to Sharmila Majumdar, PhD, professor and vice chair for research of the department of radiology and biomedical imaging at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Majumdar is also director of the Musculoskeletal and Quantitative Imaging (MQIR) group at UCSF. 

Radiologist’s new startup dramatically speeds up MR spectroscopy analysis

Thanks to a generous grant, a radiologist is now turning her years-old idea into a new healthcare startup. 

Scientist indicted for trying to send MRI part to Iran sees charges dropped

Federal prosecutors have dismissed an indictment against Mohamad Reza Nazemzadeh, a scientist who tried to purchase and send a coil for an MRI scanner to Iran in 2011 without first acquiring a license from the government. 

Patient awarded $5.9 million after x-ray mix up leads to unnecessary surgery

A patient from Swarthmore, Pa., has been awarded more than $5.9 million after a hospital mix up led to her getting a surgery she did not need. 

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Ashley County Medical Center is First in U.S. to Install Carestream’s New DRX-Excel Plus Radiography/Fluoroscopy System

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 26 — Ashley County Medical Center (Crossett, Ark.) is the first hospital in the United States to install Carestream’s new DRX-Excel Plus radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system. The medical center is a critical access hospital that serves one of the largest counties in Arkansas, encompassing more than 940 square miles.

Are issues with ICD-10 coding ‘waiting to surface?'

There was a significant amount of coverage, discussion, and debate leading up to the recent conversion from ICD-9 codes to ICD-10, but it has been relatively calm in recent months. Does this mean the conversion has gone well? 

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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.