September 21, 2009 - GE Healthcare hosts two consortium workshops on imaging technologies and molecular imaging agents at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) September 23-26, 2009, in Montreal, Canada.

September 21, 2009 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.), a provider of PET radiopharmaceuticals, and Aposense Ltd., a developer of agents targeting apoptosis (programmed cell death) for molecular imaging and therapy, today announced an exclusive collaboration agreement for commercializing Aposense [18F]–ML-10, Aposense’s novel agent for molecular imaging of apoptosis.

September 21, 2009 – Ingalls Health System and St. Peter’s Hospital are the latest healthcare providers to successfully launch Siemens Soarian Clinicals Healthcare Information System (HIS) in their facilities to enhance patient care delivery processes, increase efficiencies, and reduce costs and errors.
 

September 21, 2009 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. introduced Low-Contrast Imaging (LCI) for Toshiba’s Infinix-i systems with mid (12 x12-inch) flat and large (12 x16-inch) flat-panel detectors (FPD), and will demonstrate its low-contrast imaging capabilities at this year’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting in San Francisco, Sept. 21 - Sept.

September 18, 2009 - A team of researchers led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) radiologists has developed a computed-tomography-based protocol that identifies both narrowing of coronary arteries and areas of myocardial ischemia in a single examination, giving a better indication of clinically significant coronary artery disease, said a report appears in the September 15 issue of the Journa

September 19, 2009 - Particle beam radiation therapy (PBRT) is safe and may provide effective tumor control, but "there are not enough comparative studies to base an evaluation of the clinical or cost effectiveness of [the technology] compared with other treatments," concluded investigators at the Tufts Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center in Boston, which did the review for the Agency fo

September 18, 2009 - A new, free PQI program, Image Gently: Practice Quality Improvement (PQI) in Computed Tomography (CT) Scans in Children, authored by the Chair of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, Dr.

September 18, 2009 - Continuing its technology leadership in image-enabling the healthcare enterprise, Merge Healthcare launched the release of FusionWeb, a zero-client software platform designed to enable secure Web access for the real-time exchange of patient information, procedure reports and digital images.


It began in 2006 with dramatic reductions in reimbursements for outpatient imaging procedures brought about by the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA.) Some believed the end of outpatient facilities was at hand. Yet in working with imaging centers nationwide for more than 15 years, I’ve seen organizations that have not only survived, but actually thrived through changes brought about by the DRA.
Cardiac PET Adoption Gets a Boost
Cardiac PET Adoption Gets a Boost

“Our profession faces one of the most significant crises in its history,” said Michael Graham, M.D., president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), regarding the shortage of nuclear medicine radioisotopes.
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