AHRA
The Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) is the professional organization representing management at all levels of hospital imaging departments, freestanding imaging centers and group practices. The association has more than 5,000 members and offers professional development programs and conferences. ITN covers the group's annual meeting. Find more content on radiology business.
Feature | Radiology Business | July 25, 2019 | By Greg Freiherr
Talk about a bad day. As if a natural disaster were not enough, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) came to...
News | CT Angiography (CTA) | July 24, 2019
July 24, 2019 — The West Virginia University (WVU) Heart and Vascular Institute is the first hospital in the country to...
Technology | Breast Biopsy Systems | July 24, 2019
July 24, 2019 – Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. recently expanded its breast imaging solutions with the launch of...
News | Digital Radiography (DR) | July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019 — Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. along with Shimadzu Medical Systems USA announced a...
Body language expert Traci Brown spoke at the AHRA 2019 meeting on how to identify when a person is not being honest by their body language. She said medical imaging department administrators can use this knowledge to help in hiring decisions and managing staff.
Feature | Radiology Business | July 23, 2019 | Greg Freiherr
Can you tell when someone is lying? Body language expert Traci Brown can. She explained how in a session July 21 at...
News | Radiology Imaging | July 22, 2019
For the past twelve years, Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. has partnered with AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging...
John Carrino, M.D., M.Ph., presents “Challenges and Opportunities for Radiology to Prove Value in Alternative Payment Models” at AHRA 2019. Photo by Greg Freiherr
Feature | Radiology Business | July 22, 2019 | By Greg Freiherr
Efforts to reform healthcare are booming, but finding one that will work well is a challenge.
Citing the need to...
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Sponsored Content | Blog | Advanced Visualization | July 19, 2019
Rural America does not show up in any atlas but, geographically, it accounts for 80 percent of the United States’ land...
Advances in long-length digital radiography are creating opportunities for visualization during spinal surgery, as well as pre- and post-operatively. Image courtesy of Fujifilm Medical Systems
Feature | Digital Radiography (DR) | July 19, 2019 | By Greg Freiherr
Recent advances in digital radiography (DR) are increasing demand for whole spine imaging before, during and after back...
Two brain metastases from primary lung cancer are contrast enhanced in the brain of a 61-year-old male. Speakers at AHRA 2019 will state that ProHance and other macrocyclic MR agents present a very low risk to patients. Images courtesy of Bracco
Feature | Contrast Media | July 18, 2019 | By Greg Freiherr
Macrocyclic contrast agents have the best safety profile of all the magnetic resonance (MR) contrast media that are now...
Feature | Radiology Business | July 18, 2019 | By Stefanie Manack and Judy Zakutny
Approximately 30 percent of a hospital or health system’s profit comes from imaging according, to Imaging Market Trends...
News | Radiation Dose Management | July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019 — Featuring dual detectors, the Instadose2 dosimeter addresses international requirements for independent...
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Sponsored Content | Blog | Contrast Media | July 15, 2019
Contrast agents improve every kind of medical image from computed tomography (CT) to magnetic resonance imaging (MR),...
Technology | Contrast Media | July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gadavist injection for use in cardiac magnetic...
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Feature | Artificial Intelligence | July 15, 2019 | By Greg Freiherr
Siemens has long focused on automation as a way to make diagnostic equipment faster and more efficient. Artificial...
Routine scan of abdomen pelvis taken with the UW-Madison’s Revolution 256 CT scanner using the FDA-cleared reconstruction algorithm, called TrueFidelity. UW-Madison was the first site in the U.S. to get this technology. Its use is now being integrated into UW CT protocols. Image courtesy of Timothy P. Szczykutowicz
Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | July 12, 2019 | By Greg Freiherr
When providers develop their own imaging protocols, they are wasting time and money, according to Timothy Szczykutowicz...
News | Mammography | July 10, 2019
July 10, 2019 — Arizona-based SimonMed Imaging announced their implementation of the first U.S. Food and Drug...
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers | July 01, 2019
July 1, 2019 — Bracco Imaging S.p.A. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Blue Earth Diagnostics, a molecular...
News | PACS | June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019 — Washington Open MRI (WOMRI) has selected RamSoft’s PowerServer RIS/PACS (radiology information system/...
The DBI CL8MPS from Double Black Imaging
News | Flat Panel Displays | June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019 — Double Black Imaging (DBI) and their Image Systems Division are releasing their new clinical and...
