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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Results of thousands of mammograms at Hawaii imaging center in question

The results of thousands of mammograms from an imaging center in Hawaii are in doubt after the FDA had its mammography services temporarily suspended.  

Endomag receives FDA clearance for magnetic marker

Global healthcare company Endomag has announced it received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its Magseed magnetic marker. 

Large Independent Physician Group Installs Konica Minolta AeroDR Across Multiple Sites

Wayne, NJ, March 31, 2016 – Konica Minolta Medical Imaging announced today that one of Massachusetts’ largest independent physician groups is implementing seven AeroDR wireless Digital Radiology solutions across six different outpatient facilities. Reliant Medical Group (RMG) has over 500 physicians providing care across 30 specialties in 25 locations. The AeroDR Digital Radiology solutions are being configured with Shimadzu radiographic systems, all provided by Konica Minolta’s dealer Medical Imaging Systems, Inc.

Merit Medical receives FDA clearance for new biopsy system

Merit Medical, a medical device company based out of South Jordan, Utah, announced this week that it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its Corvocet Biopsy System.

Radiology data remains insecure, especially in U.S.

Despite the increased awareness of digital security in recent years, a significant amount of radiology data is still not secure, according to a recent analysis published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

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Hospital data held hostage: This must not stand

Who in the world would wrap his or her fingers around the throat of a hospital, potentially impeding caregivers from doing their best to save and improve hundreds of lives, just to make off with a few thousand lousy dollars?

Toshiba’s Aplio 500 Platinum ultrasound systems to be used for placenta research

Toshiba America Medical System announced this week that researchers from the Fetal Cardiovascular Center at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) will be using the company’s Aplio 500 Platinum ultrasound systems as part of a new initiative to learn more about placental function. 

Dune Medical Devices receives FDA clearance for MarginProbe modifications

Dune Medical Devices announced this week that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to modifications made to the company’s MarginProbe 1.2 breast cancer surgical device. 

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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.