The MarkeTech Group (TMTG) conducted a poll of its imagePRO opt-in panel of more than 600 U.S.-hospital based imaging administrative directors and managers. Manuel Andrade, TMTG's reserach analyst, made the analysis.

Q: How will the change in reimbursement change your institution's current use of PET/CT imaging?

November 4, 2009 - PACSGEAR, a provider of document and multimedia connectivity solutions for hospitals and healthcare facilities, has added to its offerings GEARView QC, a quality control tool for PACS, which it will launch at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago from November 29 – December 4, 2009..

November 4, 2009 - CIVCO Medical Solutions is launching the new Universal Couchtop at ASTRO booth #1547. The new Universal Couchtop is a strong, lightweight couchtop with low attenuation, ideal for IGRT tracking.

Gammex’s new 621 Lung CT Reference Phantom is a simple to use device that will provide a CT number in the range of common lung disorders. It consists of an acrylic shell that houses four reference sections. The material in each section has a different density and a correspondingly different CT number.

November 4, 2009 - Accuray unveiled the CyberKnife VSI System, extends the CyberKnife System’s robotic radiosurgery capabilities to enable high precision radiation therapy and Robotic IMRT, at the ASTRO 2009 annual meeting held Nov. 1-5 in Chicago, Ill.

November 4, 2009 - Hitachi will demonstrate continued focus on patient-friendly high field MRI at this year's RSNA meeting, emphasizing 16 channel Echelon 1.5T and Oasis Bore-less high field imagers' capabilities and value.

November 4, 2009 - “We know it's less expensive to treat a disease in its early stages, yet CMS’ reimbursement policies continue to undermine the effectiveness of early diagnosis for diseases like breast cancer and heart disease," Tim Trysla, executive director of the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC).

November 4, 2009 – Myocarditis is an important and often unrecognized cause of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Several new diagnostic methods, such as cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are useful for diagnosing myocarditis, according to a study published in the November 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

November 4, 2009 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the review copy of the 2010 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rule on Oct. 30, 2009.

The final rule provides the following, as summarized by the American College of Radiology (ACR):

November 4, 2009 - During the National Radiologic Technology Week, Nov. 8-14, which recognizes and honors the radiologic technology personnel who provide medical imaging and radiation therapy treatments, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has issued recommendations to patients for safer and better X-ray exams.

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