Scott Smith, director of project management, CT, Philips Healthcare, describes low-dose CT as nearly a given in the marketplace now. What’s more important is maintaining the speed and quality of the image while using iterative reconstruction to keep the dose low.
Philips will highlight its newly released MicroDose Mammography System at RSNA 2011. The Philips unit will go head to head with other new entries in the mammography space including Hologic’s 3-D breast tomosynthesis product, Selenia® Dimensions, whole breast ultrasound from U-Systems, Dilon’s 6800 MBI scanner, and GE’s Discovery MB750b, a molecular breast imaging system.
Kjaya Medical will introduce a cloud-based sharing solution at RSNA 2011 called iShareScan.com.
Carestream will introduce at RSNA 2011 a new portal service that allows facilities to share images and information with authorized physicians, as well as its DRX-Revolultion Mobile X-Ray system as a works in progress.
In this podcast, Tom Gentile, president and CEO at GE Healthcare Systems, explains that “the whole focus of imaging is moving beyond the quality of the image.” Patient care, physician productivity and reimbursement take on a renewed focus in light of healthcare reform efforts internationally, he says.
CoActiv will introduce its Exam-RIS version 2.0 at RSNA 2011. The web-based RIS integrates with their Exam-PACS, and provides specialized work lists, automated referring physician communications, and an HL7 interface for billing, among other features.
Imaging solutions provider Viztek will be debuting several new features for its Opal-RAD PACS at RSNA 2011, including a cloud-based image viewer.
MRI-compatible audio-visual systems vendor Resonance Technology Company Inc. will introduce new features in its CinemaVision MRI video entertainment system at RSNA 2011.
IT workflow and communications company peerVue will introduce the integration of voice recognition and reporting to its Quality Intelligence and Communication System (QICS) at RSNA 2011.
Do you think stripping out textual identifying information in publicly available radiologic images will protect you against privacy violations? Think again. A paper presented Thursday at the 2010 RSNA meeting showed how facial images reconstructed from maxillofacial sinus and cerebral vasculature images could be matched in a database using commonly available face-matching software.
The dramatic growth of Medicare-related medical imaging utilization-which drew the attention of rate-cutting federal policymakers and the wrath of politicians on Capitol Hill in the mid-2000s-has ended, according to a study from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
A study presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting adds further evidence to the recommendation women with newly diagnosed invasive lobular carcinoma should have their contralateral breast screened with MRI. Most women aren’t routinely screened in the contralateral breast because whether to do so is highly dependent on the surgeon’s preference. This research, however, provides more evidence why they should: MRI detected synchronous breast cancers in 16% of patients.
CT scout or scanogram images make up only about 4% of the typical chest/abdominal scan radiation dose, but are an easy target for dose reductions, according to a study presented Wednesday. Further, as technology changes and protocol updates reduce overall dose rates, scout images will make up a relatively larger part of the total and still represent a good target for cuts.
Cancer patients saw a four to five times greater increase in their average annual exposure to imaging-related ionizing radiation than the general population since 1994, according to a retrospective study of more than one million privately insured people in the U.S.
It should be possible to reduce radiation dose levels by as much as 50% in CT appendicitis scans without seriously sacrificing accuracy, a study presented Tuesday by Duke University researchers concluded.
Study reveals breast pain can be only indicator of breast cancer. Findings challenge reluctance to image for breast pain alone.
U.S. hospitals could save nearly $22 million annually by deemphasizing CT in favor of diagnostic ultrasound as the frontline imaging test for suspected appendicitis. Such a change would also spare many patients unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation from CT, according to financial evaluation and meta-analysis by Laurence Parker, Ph.D., an imaging economics researcher at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Yearly mammograms greatly reduce the risk of mastectomy following breast cancer in women between the ages of 40 and 50, according to a study presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting.
A navigation system from Toshiba America Medical Systems has made complex interventions a little simpler.
Remote radiography and fluoroscopy systems traditionally have appealed more to Europeans than to practitioners in the U.S. But Philips is betting the time-and design of its new Juno DRF-are right to make a change in old habits. The Juno DRF remote-controlled flat-detector system, recently cleared by the FDA, offers enhancements that Philips Healthcare is promoting in its RSNA booth as the means to faster workflow and patient throughput and maximized return on investment.
Patients’ risk of developing cancer from CT scans is not as high as previously thought, but the rate still doubled over the time period studied, according to a study presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting.
Too much visceral fat may increase a woman’s risk of developing osteoporosis, according to a study presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the RSNA.
Radiologist errors identified from an analysis of 656 imaging exams paints a unique picture describing why radiologists make errors. The analysis also points to ways such mistakes can be prevented.
Bone can obscure lung lesions that may indicate cancer. The latest version of CAD software from Riverain Medical, shown publicly for the first time at RSNA 2010, takes care of the problem.
Imagers know that you can skip the contrast in heavier patients undergoing CT scans for suspected appendicitis, but just how heavy is heavy enough?
A new study reports that the use of CT in the nation’s emergency departments is growing exponentially. If the growth trend continues, by 2011, nearly 20% of all emergency department visits may involve a CT exam. The results of this study were presented Monday at the annual meeting of the RSNA.
A new approach that detects breast cancer vasculature is making an appearance at the 2010 RSNA meeting. The method, called high spectral and spatial resolution, or HiSS, uses water to detect tumor blood vessels without contrast.
A Monday morning scientific session covering cardiac CT dose and noise broke down into newsworthy matched pairs: two studies examining the implication of CT radiation on public health, two investigating the impact of radiation reduction strategies on patient dose and image quality, and a third pair considering how noise reduction from iterative reconstruction affects the quality of images of highly calcified vessels and morbidly obese patients.
Philips is adding to its portfolio a new line of CT scanners and a new line of PET/CTs based on dose-saving technologies. Ingenuity CT will displace Philips’ Brilliance line of CTs in configurations up to 128 slices; the Ingenuity TF PET/CT will displace the company’s Gemini platform of PET/CTs. Philips will not stop making these older models, but will feature them in its product portfolio as alternatives to the latest releases.
