Facility Management

Toshiba's strength in CT is an outgrowth of its development of sensor technologies in key modalities. Efforts in CT have produced a 64-slice detector, which will be showcased at the RSNA meeting as part of a continuum of engineering that already extends to a 256-slice detector prototype. The company will display the prototype as evidence of its technological prowess.

Radiology's cardiac turf losses are legion: cardiac catheterization, cardiac angioplasty, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology. Today, another turf battle is taking shape: control of cardiac CT and MR.

Medicare reimbursement for an FDG-PET scan could be reduced by nearly $500 if proposed changes to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system are enacted in 2005.

The government today announced its participation in one of the largest initiatives to date to determine effective neuroimaging techniques that will help chart brain changes associated with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. The announcement comes barely two weeks after Medicare agreed to reimburse for PET studies of suspected Alzheimer’s patients.

Cardiologists can make money owning CT scanners and performing coronary CT angiography, according to a presentation given at the North American Society for Cardiac Imaging meeting this week in Amelia Island, FL.

Busy schedules may prevent radiologists from taking full advantage of 3D imaging data, so the 3D Imaging Service and Radiology Computer Aided Diagnostics Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital is stepping up to the postprocessing bat.

Busy schedules may prevent radiologists from taking full advantage of 3D imaging data, so the 3D Imaging Service and Radiology Computer Aided Diagnostics Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital is stepping up to the postprocessing bat. The lab uses a full-time staff to provide support to radiology departments and the rest of the hospital.

Philips Medical Systems has developed a 16-slice CT scanner designed specifically for private practice cardiologists. The new system, which will be unveiled this week at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in Washington, DC, is restricted to the analysis of cardiac and peripheral vasculature and cannot be used to perform radiologic exams.

Teleradiology has allowed an Oklahoma radiologist to build a solo practice from home. Dr. Byron Marr explains how he works and why he has chosen this approach.

I have been approached by a friend to join him in starting a new outpatient imaging center. I just made partner in my current hospital-based group and this would unfortunately necessitate my leaving to do this, but I think a lot of the local docs would send cases to me. I have been thinking about this opportunity a lot lately because it sounds very attractive, but I just don't know what to do. What do you think?

People and machines are vessels for different species of intelligence. Comparing them invites disparaging labels: natural versus unnatural, real versus artificial.But in reality, machine is whatever people make of it. It is not truly intelligent

Imaging services provider Medical Resources has selected Dynamic Imaging as the PACS provider for centers in its Florida region. The company's Web-driven IntegradWeb PACS will be installed at seven sites throughout the state. The primary reading location

People and machines are vessels for different species of intelligence. Comparing them invites disparaging labels: natural versus unnatural, real versus artificial.

Another vendor is ready to enter the market for digital mammography. Siemens Medical Solutions obtained FDA approval Aug. 20 for its Mammomat Novation DR full-field digital mammography system.Siemens is the fourth vendor to offer such a product in the

A consortium of trade organizations has launched an initiative it hopes will establish a certification process for electronic health record (EHR) products. Such a process could go into effect next year.Following an initial meeting July 13, the trade