October 6, 2008 - Doctors in Syracuse, NY, have deployed RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems. A ...
Automated workflow enhancements and clinical applications for the Aquilion CT line are designed to reduce patient radiation dose, provide faster diagnosis and maximize patient comfort.
October 3, 2008 - Zotec Partners said Atlantic Medical Imaging (AMI) has licensed the company’s Electronic Billing ...
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
Over the past year, headlines across industry and consumer media have highlighted FDA warnings on the dangers of gadolinium-based contrast agents. To date, it has become common knowledge and a FDA black box warning that gadolinium-based agents run the risk of causing Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis or Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NSF/NFD).
This case is a routine coronary CTA with the focus on the coronary arteries. The patient was a middle-aged male with a family history of coronary artery disease, moderate risk profile and atypical chest pain. The EKG did not indicate myocardial ischemia and there was no enzyme leak.
Advances in molecular imaging, specifically through the discovery of new molecular imaging agents and developments in the technologies that enable their visualization have opened up new possibilities for the early detection of disease as well as personalized medicine.
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
October 3, 2008 – 23andMe Inc. is embarking on a worldwide effort to assemble the largest cohort of women whose lives ...
In this retrospectively gated full thoracic CT study, the examination was performed using the LightSpeed VCT 64 system with 0.625 mm detector collimation, retrospective cardiac gating and mono-sector reconstruction. The patient received three 5 mg injections of Metoprolol intravenously for cardiac rate control. Heart rate during acquisition was 64 to 65 BPM.
The definition of core requirements for the different PACS system administrator (SA) jobs, ranging from associates to interface analyst, administrator and manager, and corresponding exams has definitely encouraged many professionals to start enhancing their skills and filling in the gaps, whether in the IT or clinical domain or both.
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
October 2, 2008 – The American College of Radiology is offering a radiology education program – the “Classroom of the ...
Sage Software will feature its RIS and PACS solution at RSNA 2008. Designed for radiology practices of all sizes, Sage Intergy RIS features patient flow tracking and sophisticated appointment scheduling to split billing.
The Modalixx G202MP, GC8 and GC212HB will now add to the range of products Ampronix encompasses. The solution features a ...
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
Vitrea software is Vital Images’ advanced visualization solution that creates 2D, 3D and 4D images of human anatomy from CT and MR image data, allowing physicians to navigate within these images to better understand disease conditions. Vitrea addresses specialists’ needs through various software options for cardiac, colon, vessel probe and other applications.
October 2, 2008 - In a study that used Hologic’s R2 computer-aided detection (CAD) system, researchers found that ...
Two new FUJIFILM Computed Radiography (FCR) systems – FCR XL-2 and FCR XC-2 – are customized to meet the imaging needs ...
INFINITT North America has developed a Tele-RIS module that enables radiology reading services to provide advanced ...
Anthro's Carl’s Table (Model CT08) is advanced radiology furniture for reading soft copy and for teleradiology applications.
ScImage provides a mammography workflow solution that features MQSA-compliant archiving, patient letter creation for various exam statuses and statistical reporting for various patient procedure statuses. It delivers the required tools to track all positive and incomplete mammography exams to completion.
Since its clinical adoption in the early 1990s, anesthesia agent monitoring has evolved significantly from standalone units to modules that are used in multiparameter monitoring systems. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), over 40 million anesthetics are delivered each year in the United States, irrespective of the care setting.
GE Healthcare launched a new ultrasound system for radiology and vascular applications, the LOGIQ E9, which fuses ...
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