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. 

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A ‘nuclear scalpel’ may emerge from discovery of four new elements

Scientists from Japan, Russia and the U.S. have discovered four new chemical elements that, taken together, complete the seventh period of the periodic table of elements. And the first area of human endeavor to find a practical use for the expanded knowledge may be nuclear medicine.

Adding whole-body PET/MRI improves evaluation of colorectal cancer

Compared with conventional multi-detector, contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) alone, CECT with integrated whole-body PET/MRI is better at detecting metastatic lesions and characterizing indeterminate lesions in the colon.

vRad Selects Double Black Imaging LED Displays

vRad, a leading teleradiology service and telemedicine company with over 350 radiologists, has selected Double Black Imaging as their display provider. 

Radiologists boost reading accuracy, streamline workflow with Barco’s pioneering diagnostic displays, featured at RSNA 2015

Healthcare imaging specialist Barco continues to lead the industry in breakthroughs that empower radiologists to quickly and accurately diagnose medical issues and detect breast cancer at its earliest stages.

Quantum Installs 3 Quantum Digital Radiographic Systems at All Florida Orthopaedic Associates in St. Petersburg, FL

Medical equipment manufacturer, Quantum Medical Imaging - Division of Carestream has completed the installation of three 3 Fully Integrated Quantum Digital Radiographic Systems at All Florida Orthopaedic Associates in St. Petersburg, Florida.  

Akrotome Imaging Receives $1.7M Grant from NIH to Advance Research for Technology that Sheds a “Light” on Cancer

Akrotome Imaging Inc., a Cleveland-based medical imaging technology company, has received a major award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to complete development and commercialization of its leading-edge imaging platform.

Isotope Technologies Garching GmbH Announces In-licensing of DOTA-Zoledronate for Bone Targeted Radionuclide Theranostics of Osseous Metastases

The ITM Group announced today that its subsidiary ITG GmbH has successfully in-licensed DOTA-Zoledronate, a next generation theranostic agent for Bone Targeted Radionuclide Therapy and Diagnostics in patients suffering from bone metastases. 

New DRX-Evolution Plus Digital Imaging System Available for Order Worldwide

Carestream Health’s newest DRX digital imaging system—the CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution Plus—offers major software and hardware enhancements to help expedite complex medical imaging exams and support future advanced imaging applications. The new system is now available for order in many countries across the globe.