There is a lot of talk about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the $19 billion earmarked for IT incentives, but little has been said about how it will impact radiology and radiation oncology IT. One of the leading barriers to faster EHR adoption is cost, a factor the new bill aims to address by injecting the necessary revenue to build an EHR highway.
It is not uncommon for a woman to go in for a mammogram and leave with inconclusive results. This event is usually followed by a breast ultrasound scan, and if that exam renders more inconclusive results, the doctor may recommend a breast MRI.
Mammography is the one breast cancer screening test proven to reduce mortality, yet on many occasions, it still does not capture the full picture. Detection using the high sensitivity of breast-MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is very promising, yet it often casts too wide a net.
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The outpatient-imaging sector has been consolidating as a result of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which decreased reimbursement for several types of imaging exams. Now, hospitals are absorbing struggling outpatient centers, and as the entities merge, a unified interface is required between the outpatient centers and their affiliate hospitals.
The clinical adoption of 64-slice CT equipment has spiked over the last two years due, in large part, to an aggressive shift of cardiac procedures to computer tomographic angiography (CTA) and MR angiography.
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It’s no secret many clinicians have predicted coronary CT angiography (CCTA) would replace invasive angiography for the detection of coronary artery disease for low- and medium-risk patients.
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Could “mCT” be the new moniker for molecular imaging as manufacturers try to reinvent the molecular imaging market?
March 10, 2009 – Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital, an 80-bed community hospital in El Dorado, KS, recently installed a Siemens' MAMMOMAT NovationDR, marking the 1,000th installation of the full-field digital mammography system for screening, diagnostics and biopsy applications.
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March 10, 2009 - Researchers have found that over a 10-year period radiologic exams on pregnant women have more than doubled, according to a study published in the online edition of Radiology.
March 10, 2009 – Vidacare is showing its FDA-cleared and CE-marked OnControl Aspiration and Biopsy Systems for bone marrow at the SIR 2009 annual meeting, and said it will be available in the summer of 2009.
March 10, 2009 - Interventional radiologists are using image-guided stem cell therapy to create new or more blood vessels to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in those individuals with extensively narrowed or clogged arteries, reported a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 34th Annual Scientific Meeting.
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March 10, 2009 - Endovascular or endograft repair, a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that uses stent grafts to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), has low re-intervention rates that are comparable to those reported for open surgical repair - and can be recommended as first-line treatment, according to a study released at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 34th An
March 10, 2009 - Swissray International Inc. said today that they have been awarded a new contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs to sell their complete line of digital radiography (DR) systems.
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March 10, 2009 - ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM company, has released its newest software version Synapse ProSolv cardiovascular 4.0.1, featuring an integrated ECG management capability and integration with the Siemens Sensis Hemodynamic system. Synapse ProSolv cardiovascular 4.0.1 will be one of several new products highlighted at ACC 2009 this month.
March 9, 2009 - The use of 3D ultrasound with the Clarity Breast System provided enhanced image information to enable radiation oncologists to better define the treatment region when delivering partial breast irradiation treatment (PBI) for breast cancer, according to a report published in the February 1st issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics that
March 9, 2009 - At a Capitol Hill briefing, colorectal screening experts said today that Medicare should reimburse physicians for virtual colonoscopy so that seniors have access to this minimally-invasive screening test, adding another valuable tool for detecting and preventing colorectal cancer.
March 9, 2009 – GE Healthcare announced today at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual meeting that it has entered into collaboration with STERIS Corp. to offer STERIS products in GE interventional suites as part of a strategy to integrate and equip interventional suites with leading-edge technologies.
The Sectra multimodality mammography workstation is equipped with dedicated software tools to meet the special workflow and throughput requirements of mammography. The system features fast image display, scalable storage capacity and a dedicated keypad with programmed shortcut keys.
Sanarus Medical will showcase its suite of breast care products, including its Visica System, which has predominately been used in the cryoablation of non-cancerous tumors called fibroadenomas.