Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

DR Systems awarded seven new patents

Leading healthcare imaging and IT company innovates in human-computer interaction and more efficient access to information.

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Beam up a radiologist, Scotty

Step into one radiology reading room in Detroit and you may think you’ve been beamed into Captain Kirk’s bridge inside the Starship Enterprise. 

Samsung premium ultrasound system enhances fetal heart imaging and diagnosis with advanced 5D applications

Samsung WS80A with Elite Performance Package offers fast image processing.

DR Systems Ranked Top 25 EHR Vendor

SAN DIEGO, CA - DR Systems (www.drsys.com), a leader in healthcare imaging and information technologies, was recently named one of the largest vendors of electronic health record (EHR) systems in the U.S. by Modern Healthcare, a major healthcare research and media company.   

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Orchestrating interoperability: One size does not fit all

Sponsored by Konica Minolta

Paul J. Chang, MD, loves live jazz, hates the ballet—and extends his taste to two different means of wringing useful business intelligence from medical imaging informatics.

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2015 outlook for the federal IT programs

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

When it comes to the federal meaningful use program, keep your eye on the prize—not the incentive dollars, advised Doug Fridsma, MD, former director, office of science and technology in the Office of the National Coordinator. With complexity rising and dollars declining, the greater objective in your deployment of health IT should be preparation for payment reform.

NHS pushes for major multi-site genomics project

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) is embarking on an ambitious gene-sequencing project with 11 genomics institutions in England. The objective is to find targeted treatments for a spectrum of illnesses.

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Zecotek settles patent suit against Philips, Saint Gobain

Singapore-based Zecotek Photonics, makers of industrial imaging technologies, announced today that the company has settled a lawsuit brought against Philips and Saint Gobain over patent infringement regarding new PET detector technology.