A study in the JACR finds that after increasing sharply for 10 years, the use of MRI for Medicare patients began to decline four years ago

Consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics America, Inc, introduced its first medical imaging product featuring Samsung technology and design at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s (AIUM) annual convention in New York City this week.

Of all the outsourcing decisions that radiology practices must make, none might take as long as deciding whether to outsource medical billing and coding. This is due, in part, to the fact that billing is the company’s cash register, so to speak, and is therefore more likely to be scrutinized —even agonized over—than are other services.

GE is responding to the call for advanced and affordable care with two new 1.5T MR scanners — the Optima MR360 Advance and Brivo MR355 Inspire — designed to produce images that compare well with 3T systems, but at a reduced total cost of ownership for the facility

Demographic differences in the use of PET imaging among Medicare beneficiaries with non-small cell lung cancer have persisted since the modality’s approval by Medicare in 1998, according to a study published online Feb. 15 in Radiology.

GE Healthcare announced two new image analysis software packages for cardiovascular MR images: CardiacVX and MR VesselIQ Xpress

The Brooklyn Nets, an NBA team, have selected Newburgh-based New York Imaging Service as its full-service digital X-ray provider

Introduction: Imaging providers—now, more than ever—need to operate their technology resources as efficiently as possible. To achieve maximum efficiency, the imaging devices must be properly maintained, or providers run the risk of equipment failure. If efficiency is defined as the number of units (procedures) produced in a standard day (10 hours), then three key elements drive efficiency: technology availability (uptime), speed (time needed to produce a single unit), and staff productivity. These three elements are the foundation of throughput.