Feature | Todd Loesch
As meaningful use standards become a crucial component of medical care, many hospitals and clinics are looking to upgrade or even fully replace their picture archive and communication systems (PACS). Such a switch is not something to be taken lightly, and the solution often isn’t as simple as “plug and play.” Typically, hundreds of thousands of images from numerous modalities need to be converted to the new system. And aside from choosing a system that best suits their individual needs, organizations need to consider a range of factors, from network security and HIPAA to cost and staff training.
May 18, 2011 
Feature
As the imaging industry has looked for methods to achieve lower doses, especially in computed tomography (CT), many systems vendors have focused on utilizing software as one way to do it. GE Healthcare and Siemens are two of the companies offering dose reduction software technologies. Described below are their products and recent efforts.
May 18, 2011 
Feature | Patrick Courneya, M.D.
The use of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other high-tech diagnostic imaging (HTDI) scans increased 8 percent a year from 2003 to 2006 in Minnesota. There was concern that this potential overuse could expose patients to unnecessary radiation, plus contribute significantly to unsustainable increases in healthcare costs.
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Founded in 2010 by Helen Mrose, M.D., Bay Radiology provides advanced screening and diagnostic digital mammography, screening and diagnostic breast ultrasound, ultrasound-guided cyst aspiration, ultrasound-guided core biopsy and stereotactic core biopsy.
May 18, 2011 Feature | Dave Fornell
This article appeared as the introduction to the CT Dose Reduction comparison chart.
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May 17, 2011 – iCAD, an industry-leading provider of advanced image analysis, workflow solutions and radiation therapies for the early identification and treatment of cancer, announces that it has secured regulatory approval for its SecondLook Digital by the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) in the People’s Republic of China. The approval allows iCAD’s SecondLook Digital computer-aided detection (CAD) technology to be sold with GE Digital Mammography Systems in order to assist radiologists in distinguishing potential cancers from other anomalies on a mammogram.
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Case Study
May 17, 2011 - Gamma Medica and Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn., document the achievement of a five-fold reduction in the necessary dose of Tc-99m sestamibi to perform molecular breast imaging (MBI). This achievement enables the new LumaGEM MBI System by Gamma Medica to deliver the same low radiation dose as digital screening mammography.
May 17, 2011 
News
May 16, 2011— GE Healthcare today received the Price Performance Value Leadership Award in PET (Positron Emission Tomography) for North America 2011 from global research organization Frost & Sullivan.
May 16, 2011 
News
May 16, 2011 - Varian Medical Systems and Augmenix announced they reached an agreement under which Varian will make a $15 million minority equity investment in Augmenix. The company is developing hydrogel products to improve outcomes in radiation oncology.
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May 16, 2011 - Infinitt North America announced its G3 Radiology Information System/Picture Archiving and Communication System (RIS/PACS) has been tested and certified as meeting the modular electronic health record (EHR) requirements for ambulatory settings by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC).
May 16, 2011 
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May 16, 2011 
Case Study
This case study shows how Diversified Radiology of Colorado P.C. uses Intelerad’s InteleOne distributed radiology solution to leverage automation, increase efficiency and reduce turnaround time.
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Michael Ringold, M.D., an interventional radiologist at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa., shared a case in which he used GE Healthcare’s Innova 4100 IQ interventional imaging system to perform dual embolizations on a 56-year-old man with liver cancer.
May 11, 2011 
News
May 11, 2011 -The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) will host its 22nd Annual Scientific Sessions: The Patient the Image: The Role of Cardiovascular Ultrasound in Clinical Decision Making (ASE 2011), June 11-14 at the Palais des Congres de Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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May 11, 2011 – Telemis, the specialist in medical imaging solutions, has released new software for its medical image-management system, which provides a full-featured dual-modality PET/CT viewer on any PC across any hospital using Telemis software. Upgrade is provided free with a standard software maintenance contract, and will enable healthcare institutions to reduce patient waiting times, speed up diagnosis and enhance treatment.
May 11, 2011 News
May 10, 2011 – The Methodist Hospital in Houston has taken a significant new step in radiation therapy and surgical planning at the facility’s world renowned Plato’s CAVE (Computerized Augmented Visual Environment). New PhyZiodynamics from Ziosoft, Inc., a pioneer and leader in supercomputing functional analytics, will be used to produce true-fidelity, highly accurate 3-D and 4-D images based on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), and positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the brain, lungs and other organs.
May 10, 2011 
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May 10, 2011 – A simple blood test may help prevent a serious complication associated with a contrast agent commonly used in MRI exams, according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology.
May 10, 2011 
News
May 10, 2011 – Hitachi announced it entered into an agreement to provide Mayo Clinic with its proton beam therapy (PBT) system. This next-generation technology has spot scanning capability for treating certain forms of cancer. The agreement includes PBT system maintenance for both facilities for 10 years following completion of the systems’ installation.
May 09, 2011 
News
May 10, 2011 – Thirty Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) members visited Capitol Hill on May 2 to meet with congressional offices on a variety of issues facing the nuclear medicine and molecular imaging community. Forty-eight meetings were held with staff members from key congressional committees and from the local districts of the SNM members.
May 10, 2011 
News
May 10, 2011 – Varian Medical Systems is highlighting its ProBeam proton therapy system and Eclipse treatment planning capabilities at the 2011 Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group (PTCOG) meeting from May 8-14 in Philadelphia.
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