Hologic, Inc. will feature several imaging, sampling and diagnosis technologies at RSNA this year, including the recently approved Selenia Dimensions breast tomosynthesis system.

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. will feature several imaging technologies at RSNA this year.

Digital X-ray provider Kubtec will highlight its recently FDA approved Digiview 250 digital radiography detector at RSNA 2011.

Image processing software developer Claron Technology will debut a cloud-based viewer and the latest release of its software development platform at RSNA 2011.

RIS/PACS vendor Intelerad Medical Systems will highlight new RIS soluion and other product enhancements at RSNA 2011.

Philips’ Ingenia 1.5 T and 3.0 T MR will get a spotlight in the Philips booth at RSNA 2011. Touted as the first ever digital broadband MR, the devices received FDA clearance in April 2011 and started shipping commercially in July.

Vizua will debut their cloud-based 3-D scan visualization platform at RSNA 2011.

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.

CMS released last week the final rule for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), relaxing some of the onerous requirements for healthcare providers.

GRAPEVINE, TX - No one's plates are getting any less full these days. So when thrown a new work project, it's best to breathe and strategize, management consultants told attendees of the annual AHRA conference this week.

Everyone from radiologists to technologists must address upcoming health care changes, as the imaging industry reels from - and faces probable new - cuts in federal funding, said Maggie Sayre, executive director of the Association for Quality Imaging in Washington, D.C.

GRAPEVINE, TX - On the show "House," radiologists themselves almost never get screen time - a “sobering parallel” to the real world. That's because for radiologists, industry changes and emerging imaging resource trends are threatening some of their livelihood, according to Lawrence R. Muroff, president and CEO of Imaging Consultants.