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. 

Radiologist helping amputees with phantom limb pain

A recent report from WNDU in South Bend, Ind., examined the work J. David Prologo, MD, interventional radiologist at Emory School of Medicine, is doing to help amputees who are suffering from phantom limb pain. 

Medical 2D X-Ray Equipment Market Is Expected To Reach $16.9 Billion By 2021: Hexa Reports

Worldwide 2-D X-Ray equipment markets are increasingly diversified, poised to achieve significant growth as new technology breathes new life into a saturated market, forcing every facility to upgrade its existing x-ray equipment to have digital and therapeutic capability.

Indiana hospital upgrades radiology equipment to improve care in ER

Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health-Crawfordsville in Crawfordsville, Ind., has given its radiology department an upgrade, installing two Carestream x-ray imaging systems and improving its portable x-ray system.

Radiologist studying Egyptian pharaohs makes historical breakthrough

The work of Cairo University radiologist Sahar Saleem has led to a breakthrough in our knowledge of Egyptian Pharaoh Usimare Ramesses III.

Imbio announces new collaboration with GE Healthcare

Imbio, a Minneapolis, Minn.-based diagnostic imaging software company, announced this week that its Lung Density Analysis (LDA) will be one of the first software applications available on the GE Health Cloud. 

Strengthen Radiology Practice Management Skills at ACR 2016

Newswise — Washington, DC — Unique ACR 2016 —The Crossroads of Radiology® sessions, tailored specifically for early career professionals, residents and fellows, supply critical advice from experts on the front lines of radiology.

Global Thermal Imaging Market is expected to grow at the CAGR of 9.2% during 2015-2022

According to a recently published report, the Global Thermal Imaging Market is expected to grow at the CAGR of 9.2% during 2015-2022 and it estimated to be $11.2 billion by 2022. The Global Thermal Imaging Market is segmented on the basis of application, solution and geography.

Author warns radiology ‘can be automated quite easily’

According to author Martin Ford, the increased use of robots to carry out professional jobs could someday put radiologists out of a job. 

Around the web

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

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.