Medical Imaging Healthcare Costs Medicare Patient's

Often-stated assumptions that medical imaging tests are one of the factors driving health care spending increases are being undermined by a new research study showing that physicians are ordering diagnostic imaging exams on an increasingly lower percentage of their interactions with Medicare patients.

July 12, 2013 — Agfa HealthCare announced the availability of its newest digital radiography (DR) detector, the DX-D 35C, an 11x14-inch wireless panel with high spatial resolution for detail. The detector will be on display at the annual meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) July 28-31 in Minneapolis.

Biopharmaceuticals Inc. Clinical Study Alzheimer's Beta Amyloig

Biopharmaceuticals Inc. announced the first subject has been enrolled in its NAV4694 global, pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial. The trial will assess the safety and efficacy of NAV4694, an investigational positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent, in detecting cerebral ?-amyloid in end-of-life subjects with and without the diagnosis of dementia. The study will examine the effectiveness of NAV4694 in detecting the presence or absence of ?-amyloid deposition in the brain by directly correlating the PET image findings during life with those of the brain tissue upon autopsy after death.

Patients in the United States who want to communicate with healthcare providers via an online portal indicate they would eagerly embrace the ability to download and share medical images and radiology reports with their physicians, according to a study of 1,000 adults conducted by IDR Medical.

Sorna Corporation, a global leader in digital medical image and data distribution systems, announced that as a result of its settlement with RADinfo SYSTEMS, it has entered into an agreement to assume all service and support obligations for existing RADinfo CD PowerPACS customers. Cyrus Samari, Sorna’s vice president of sales and marketing, stated “This agreement benefits the CD PowerPACS customers. They will have immediate access to Sorna’s solutions to automatically share medical images and reports using any combination of CD production, cloud sharing, and Secure DICOM Share.

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading cause of death in high school-aged athletes. To determine if SCD can be prevented with a heart screening, The Christ Hospital Health Network (Cincinnati, Ohio), The University of Mississippi Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center partnered with USRowing and Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. to conduct The Athlete Heart Research Study. Initial participants included volunteer high school rowers with more than two years of continuous practice who competed in the USRowing Youth National Championships, June 7 – 9, 2013 in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Siemens Healthcare’s Mammomat T Inspiration Prime Edition, which lowers patient radiation dose up to 30 percent without compromising image quality. The Mammomat Inspiration Prime Edition lowers dose by replacing the standard scatter radiation grid with a new algorithm for progressive image reconstruction. Capable of identifying scatter-causing structures and calculating a corrected image, this new algorithm potentially enables complete use of primary radiation so physicians can achieve high-quality images using less dose.

SNMMI Alzheimer's Association Medicare Decision CMS Beta Amyloid PET Coverage

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the Alzheimer Association have released responses to the draft Medicare decision from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposing Coverage with Evidence Development for the use of beta-amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents. Both groups expressed disappointment to the CMS decision, stating that sufficient evidence exists to support immediate coverage, which would change patient management, leading to better health outcomes for patients and assisting families making care decisions.
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