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Lancaster General Health is a 550-bed system in Central Pennsylvania performing nearly 500,000 exams per year in its major acute-care hospital, rehabilitation hospital, stroke and trauma center, women’s center and 12 outpatient facilities. The 26 diagnostic radiologists and three radiation oncologists at Lancaster Radiology Associates, Ltd., handle all the radiology services for the health system, providing round-the-clock coverage. Leigh S. Shuman, M.D., a practicing radiologist at Lancaster Radiology Associates and the PACS medical director for the health system, and John Jones, radiology PACS administrator, recently spoke to us about the importance of communication and workflow.
November 06, 2014 
News
Future prevention and treatment strategies for vascular diseases may lie in the evaluation of early brain imaging tests long before heart attacks or strokes occur, according to a systematic review conducted by a team of cardiologists, neuroscientists, and psychiatrists from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published in the October issue of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging.
November 05, 2014 
News
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) will officially kick off its 100th annual meeting and scientific assembly (Nov. 30 – Dec. 5, McCormick Place, Chicago) with a look back on the role RSNA has played in the history of radiology, brought to life in the RSNA Centennial Showcase.
November 05, 2014 Sponsored Content
Case Study | PACS
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
February 03, 2025 
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Hologic, Inc. announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released reimbursement rates for screening and diagnostic 3-D mammography. The action establishes national average payment rates for the Category I Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code for 3-D screening mammography and creates a new add-on Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code for 3-D diagnostic mammography.
November 05, 2014 
News
Fujifilm Medical Systems will highlight its women’s healthcare portfolio at the 2014 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, Ill. The company will show enhancements to its Aspire Cristalle mammography system, released in July.
November 05, 2014 
Technology
Fujifilm Medical Systems will introduce a new X-ray image processing tool called Virtual Grid at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, Ill. The Virtual Grid intelligently adapts contrast to improve image quality for exams that are taken without a grid.
November 05, 2014 Sponsored Content
Feature | Breast Imaging
While most women understand the importance of health screenings, an estimated 72 million have missed or postponed a ...
December 03, 2024 
Technology
Carestream announced availability for its Dryview 6950 Laser Imager, which is designed to produce rapid output of high-resolution images for all imaging modalities including mammography. The new imager will be showcased at the upcoming annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago.
November 05, 2014 
Technology
Siemens Healthcare announces the availability of the Acuson X600, a cost-effective new ultrasound system with advanced technologies migrated from premium Siemens systems and workflow efficiencies for clinical applications in general imaging, obstetrics and gynecology, and cardiology
November 04, 2014 Blog
All major technology advances in the world of radiology and imaging are unveiled or highlighted at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago.
November 04, 2014 Sponsored Content
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
September 25, 2024 
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Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. will show several new technologies at the 100th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago.
November 04, 2014 
Technology
Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.’s Kalare R&F digital X-ray system with flat panel detector (FPD) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance.
November 04, 2014 News
Ascendian Healthcare Consulting, a national healthcare IT consultancy, partners with Medical Imaging expert Mike Cannavo to deliver the PACS Check Up and PACS Sanity Check to healthcare providers seeking evaluation and optimization of existing radiology imaging
November 04, 2014 Sponsored Content
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
August 06, 2024 
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American Shared Hospital Services announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted its final Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment rates for calendar year 2015. The rates for Gamma Knife and proton therapy remained as proposed earlier this year.
November 04, 2014 
Technology
Siemens Healthcare announces the availability of the Acuson X600 – a new ultrasound system with advanced technologies migrated from premium Siemens systems and workflow efficiencies for clinical applications in general imaging, obstetrics and gynecology and cardiology.
November 03, 2014 
Technology
Elekta's Clarity 4-D prostate monitoring system can now automatically interrupt, or "gate," the radiation beam when it detects that the prostate has moved out of position. Clarity 4-D Monitoring software has enabled doctors to continuously visualize the prostate's precise location during radiation therapy. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for Clarity to be used with Elekta's Response gating interface will give United States physicians the potential to further safeguard the patient's normal tissues from overexposure to radiation during prostate radiotherapy. The feature is available as an option with Elekta's advanced Versa HD radiation therapy treatment system.
November 03, 2014 
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Biopsies were found to be the most costly tool prescribed in lung cancer diagnosis, according to research presented today at the 2014 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology. The symposium is sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and The University of Chicago Medicine.
November 03, 2014 
News
The Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center has developed a treatment that allows patients to lie on their stomachs while the breast tissue falls away from the chest wall, allowing the radiation to target the cancer.
November 03, 2014 
Technology
The Gammex 464 CT phantom better indicates the scanner's performance with a phantom that more accurately mimics a torso. The optional Gammex 464-Ring torso adapter permits the use of the Gammex 464 Accreditation in this type of application
November 03, 2014 
Technology
RaySearch Laboratories AB has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for version 4.5 of its treatment planning system RayStation.
November 03, 2014 News
The 4th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound featured clinical and research advances on the use of focused ultrasound technology to treat conditions as diverse as Parkinson's disease and essential tremor, obsessive compulsive disorder, several cancers, hypertension and uterine fibroids. More than 400 clinicians, scientists, government and industry representatives from around the world gathered from Oct. 12-16 to share the latest translational and clinical research in image-guided focused ultrasound.
October 31, 2014 