All Eizo medical-grade monitors are adjusted for uniform brightness and DICOM calibration

Until recently, medical-grade flat panel displays have been the obvious choice for reading diagnostic imaging exams. But advances in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) display technology coupled with a lower list price have prompted many radiology groups to make the controversial decision to choose commercial-grade over medical-grade displays.

Only the strong and most wired will survive.
This never rang so true for outpatient imaging centers as it does today. With drastic cuts in medical imaging reimbursements, imaging centers must be more nimble than ever. The centers that implement information technology (IT) to leverage interoperability, track business trends, protect data, and enhance patient safety are securing their future.

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Perhaps there is no other area of medicine that requires as much of a team effort to deliver treatment as radiation oncology.

John C. Lincoln Health Network is a Phoenix-based health system that includes two hospitals, two dozen physician practices and, as of May 2009, one of Arizona’s first truly comprehensive breast health centers. By providing technologically advanced breast care in a comfortable setting, the John C. Lincoln Breast Health and Research Center is setting a new standard for quality breast care.

A novel imaging agent for PET, BMS747158 detects more ischemia than technetium SPECT/CT imaging.
Jamshid Maddahi, M.D., FACC David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA.

When digital electronic devices are first released on the market, they are sold at a premium. Gradually, as their capabilities improve, they become less expensive and more accessible to the masses. Such is the case in molecular imaging with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT).

May 5, 2010 - SenoRx Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with C. R. Bard at a price of $11 per share, or approximately $213 million in the aggregate.

May 5, 2010 - Automated links to equipment service providers are helping U.S. hospitals control the costs of maintenance and repair for their diagnostic imaging equipment.

IMV Ltd. surveyed 401 radiology and biomedical engineering managers from a bed-size adjusted sample of hospitals throughout located throughout the United States.

May 5, 2010 – A new high-definition intravascular imaging system gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance today. LightLab Imaging Inc. said its C7-XR optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system and companion C7 Dragonfly OCT imaging catheter are now available on the U.S. market.

May 4, 2010 - Researchers have developed a computer-based system that can automatically track patient-specific radiation dose exposure on every patient that receives a computed tomography (CT) scan, according to a study to be presented at American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego.

May 4, 2010 - Currently, using conventional imaging modalities to distinguish between acute and chronic aortic dissection (AD) for surgical risk evaluation is not possible. However, in a recent study, researchers were able to use fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to detect reparatory hypermetabolism in the lacerated aortic wall of acute AD.

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