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. 

ImagineSoftware to exhibit at RBMA spring conference with focus on product enhancements and new financial suite

ImagineSoftware, a leading provider of billing and medical practice management software, will be exhibiting at the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2015 Radiology Summit Conference.  The conference, held on June 7-10 at Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV, brings together radiology business management professionals for three days of industry seminars, networking, and innovative business solutions. 

Cambia Health Solutions leads new round of investment in lifeIMAGE

lifeIMAGE announced today that it has closed a $17.5 million round of financing led by Cambia Health Solutions (Portland, Ore.), a nonprofit total health solutions company dedicated to transforming health care by creating a person-focused and economically sustainable system. 

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Demonstration data shows imperfect CDS performance, but one expert is optimistic

Clinical decision support (CDS) systems have significant difficulty matching imaging orders to appropriateness criteria, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. But that may not tell the whole story of a CDS system’s worth.

FORE Support Services launches breakthrough automated prior authorization software for imaging centers at RBMA 2015 Summit

FORE Support Services, a premier developer of health care financial process automation, has announced the launch of its AuthPal automated prior authorization technology. The announcement was made today at the June Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2015 Radiology Summit Conference.

GE Healthcare announces next-generation small cyclotron and PET tracer production solution to enable increased access to PET imaging

Tracers for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging procedures play a critical role in medical care today. Yet the logistics of getting tracers onsite at healthcare providers’ facilities can sometimes prove difficult for sites outside of radiopharmacies’ distribution network, particularly in emerging markets. GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that it has created a solution to make PET tracers for diagnostic imaging more readily available.

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New platform creates patient-friendly radiology reports

Patients may soon have a much easier time understanding the details of their own radiology reports, thanks to a platform presented by Seong Oh, MD, and colleagues at the American College of Radiology’s ACR 2015 Annual Meeting.

Toshiba helps customers go beyond XR-29 compliance with Assurance 360

TUSTIN, Calif., June 1, 2015 – Toshiba’s new Assurance 360 program is making it easier for existing CT customers to lower radiation dose, improve their CT scanners’ performance and achieve compliance with the MITA Smart Dose standard, also known as XR-29. Assurance 360 not only updates a system to XR-29 compliant but takes patient safety a step further with dose reduction technology and the training and support needed to become dose efficient.

Nuance launches the industry’s first evidence-based computer-assisted reporting solution for radiologists

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced the general availability of PowerScribe 360® Reporting version 3.0, delivering the industry’s first integrated computer-assisted reporting solution at the point of clinical documentation for radiologists.

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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.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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