http://www.diagnosticimaging.com Radiology, Ultrasound, CT, MRI, X-ray - News and Resources - Diagnostic Imaging en Copyright 2009, CMPMedica US Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:01 GMT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:01 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1489063?CID=rss Edge Medical Devices will feature its Universal Retrofit Kit for digital radiography novel flat-panel touch-screen console for digital radiography at RSNA 2009 next week. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488954?CID=rss Powerful political sources are lining up with radiologists and mammographers against guidelines from a federal panel that scraps longstanding policies for the timing of screening mammography. Even the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is distancing itself from its panel’s recommendations in the wake of criticism from many women’s health advocates and breast cancer survivors. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488920?CID=rss Some have blamed in-office self-referral for imaging’s fall from grace, alleging that overprescription of imaging exams for personal gain and the low-quality images that often result have tarnished the specialty’s reputation. Now relief may come from an unlikely quarter: healthcare reform. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488432?CID=rss Bracco Diagnostics sees opportunity in the latest decision by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to reimburse more for PET procedures in 2010. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488427?CID=rss On Nov. 16, Rob Royea joined Ziosoft as vice president of sales and marketing. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488634?CID=rss Cardiac CTA has matched the clinical safety of a standard emergency room protocol for triaging chest pain patients with suspected myocardial infarction while cutting costs by more than a third in a multicenter randomized clinical trial involving more than 700 patients. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488410?CID=rss Thirty Montana healthcare facilities plan to share radiology images and reports using a new cloud-based technology, called eMix (Electronic Medical Information Exchange). Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488405?CID=rss Data Distributing will market software developed by Mach 7 Technologies to manage the flow of medical images. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488192?CID=rss In addition to possible death and myocardial damage, acute heart attack patients routinely accept the additional risk of cardiovascular imaging exposing them to ionizing radiation, according to research presented Nov. 16 at the 2009 American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, FL. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488180?CID=rss Genitourinary scientific papers to be released at the 2009 RSNA meeting underscore attempts to address diagnostic challenges as old as the subspecialty itself by taking advantage of recent technological developments. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488175?CID=rss Cardiac imaging researchers are expanding the scope of topics considered at the 2009 RSNA meeting to include iodinated contrast media administration as a safety issue and clinical outcomes studies that weigh the relative merits of cost and clinical efficacy. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488098?CID=rss Rather than retreating after the hard blow handed them by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which refused to grant reimbursement for the application in May, CT colonography researchers will arrive at the 2009 RSNA meeting with more of what CMS wants: hard data. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488025?CID=rss RSNA meeting attendees can expect health services scientific sessions to focus on quality, according to the committee chair. The sessions will define quality and how radiologists can work on the entire care experience. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488017?CID=rss The evolution of neuroradiological research from anatomy to biochemistry can be seen in the frequency with which MRI techniques have led to research that will be presented at the 2009 RSNA meeting. Nearly all of the hottest papers this year employ some form of physiological or metabolic imaging. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1488010?CID=rss Musculoskeletal scientific sessions at the RSNA meeting will address the use of dual-energy CT in multiple settings, including the possibility of combined heart and bone density scans. Submitted papers also show the use of dual-energy CT for imaging other indications, such as gout. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1487919?CID=rss Gross revenues fell 16.6% for digital radiography vendor IDC in the third quarter compared to the year earlier period. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1487914?CID=rss Thin-client visualization specialist Ziosoft will unveil workflow enhancements and work-in-progress clinical functionality for its Ziostation system at RSNA 2009. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1487908?CID=rss Outpatient imaging provider Alliance HealthCare Services plans to restructure its debts, offering $200 million aggregate principal amount of seven-year senior notes in a private offering and negotiating and a new senior secured credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1487507?CID=rss The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a recommendation against routine breast cancer screening for women ages 40 to 49 and suggests the screening interval should be changed from every year to every two years beginning at age 50. The new recommendations will result in “many needless deaths,” said a joint statement from the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1487294?CID=rss Carestream to debut vendor-neutral archive at RSNA 2009 Carestream Health will launch at RSNA 2009 an enhanced data archive that the company says will be vendor-neutral, providing data storage and management solution for any data type, regardless of vendor. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT