Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

Siemens CT Dose Reduction App Promising for Children

Siemens Healthcare showed off its new CT application for dose reduction specifically for children at the Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Radiology in London.

Nuclear Cardiology Society Chooses New President

The newly inducted president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology said the field’s proven a valuable asset in diagnosing cardiovascular disease.

Michigan Radiology Group Accused of Kickbacks

The federal government is seeking $150 million in damages and penalties from a Michigan radiology group for alleged anti-kickback violations.

Review Finds PET Accurate in Detecting Dementia

Over a decade of research demonstrates that PET scans are a safe and accurate way to detect early onset dementia and Alzheimer disease.

FDA Grants Pre-Market Notice to NinePoint OCT Device

The Food and Drug Administration granted 510(k) pre-market notification for a new diagnostic imaging tool that reports to look deep into diseased tissue.

Cancer Screening Increases with Virtual Colonography Over Colonoscopy

It’s no surprise that men would prefer not to receive a colonoscopy, but just how much they prefer the alternative CT colonography was the subject of a study in the current issue of The Lancet.

DR Systems Earns Patent for Resolution ID

With the age of digital imaging comes new considerations that radiologists had not previously thought about, such as resolution size of a digital image.

RadSite Reviews More Than 60,000 Image Systems

Radsite, one of the leaders in improving quality among imaging facilities, announced that it has reviewed more than 60,000 imaging systems and about 23,000 facilities.