Radiology reporting is undergoing the same digital revolution as image acquisition. A recent pilot study took one of the first looks at the effect of structured reporting/speech recognition (SR) on radiologist report creation time, as compared with

Enhancements relate to applicationsExpanded applications are the key ingredient of GE Medical Systems' new flagship 1.5T Signa Infinity. The magnet, electronics, and housing are identical to those on the Signa MR/i, the cornerstone

This year¹s RSNA meeting held few surprises in MR, as manufacturers updated prospective customers on progress in equipment development but unveiled no new systems. Despite more than

Research backs vendor claims of valueClinical support for the use of hybrid PET/CT scanners is increasing. That's good news for the nuclear medicine industry, whose leaders have invested heavily in this technology. At the RSNA

New parent assures customers of supportPhilips Medical Systems has taken over service and support for the PACS division once run by Marconi Medical Systems. The decision, reached shortly before the RSNA meeting, has Philips taking

GE Medical Systems and Amersham Health announced at the RSNA meeting that they are teaming up to develop molecular imaging technologies for PET. Their first joint project will involve development of a PET synthesis system to

Two deals, each potentially worth millions of dollars, are now in the back pocket of Siemens Medical Solutions. The company has signed a multiyear agreement totaling approximately $5 million to provide Touchstone Medical Imaging with CT scanners at

U-Systems, ADI choose breast imagingWhen it comes to introducing new products, going slow may be better than going fast. U-Systems of San Jose, CA, has found that to be the case with its newly introduced Vista ultrasound platform.

Developments in digital radiography (DR) may have held the high ground of x-ray imaging on the RSNA exhibit floor this year, but technical improvements in surgical C-arms,

GE Medical Systems has signed an exclusive multiyear agreement to supply American Diagnostic Medicine (ADM) with more than 40 PET and hybrid PET/CT imaging systems. The agreement includes GE's Discovery LS and Discovery VI, as well as its Advance NXi PET

Regulatory hurdles are behind the three major CT vendors, and the industry is moving nearly in lockstep to produce a commercial 16-slice capability in the coming months. The

Traditionally, diagnostic ultrasound was a hotbed of competition, characterized by brutal marketing battles among the small and midsize companies that dominated this sector. So

For six years, GE Medical Systems has relied on Sopheon to act as a virtual library for GE's operating units in industries from financial services and aircraft engines to medical devices. The relationship will continue under a new four-year contract.

Texas researchers have found ways of preserving PACS archive storage space and minimizing network image transfer times by tightening the size of their studies. "Removing unnecessary data from generated studies greatly eased storage demands on the

The wait for the digital mammography market to take shape may finally be over. Fischer Imaging has joined GE in selling full-field digital units in the U.S., and Hologic, with an

The steady growth in the number of imaging procedures per year, combined with healthcare's inexorable digital migration, means medicine can expect an avalanche of data in the future. PACS may have to be renamed PACKS. A 2000 study titled "How Much

Interventional radiology has developed tremendously since the term was first coined some 30 years ago.1,2 Its minimally invasive nature has made it suitable for use in emergencies and in cases when even the surgeons do not know where to begin. Radiological procedures rival surgical operations in the treatment of aneurysms (Figure 1).

String of missteps caused demiseOnly a year ago, top executives at Marconi Medical were touting their PACS division as the company’s backbone and the key to future development. Today the division is barely functioning,

The first commercial installation of Siemens’ hybrid PET/CT scanner, called biograph, has been completed at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. A prototype of the biomolecular imager has been operating at the University of

Latest batch of 510(k)s has something for everyoneFDA clearances surged to 25 during October but fell short of the level reached during the same period last year, when the regulatory agency cleared 30 radiological devices in the