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. 

Patients and Technologists Benefit from Reduced Dose of UltraSPECT Image Reconstruction Software

UltraSPECT, a leading provider of nuclear medicine (NM) image reconstruction technology that reduces radiopharmaceutical dose and acquisition time, announces today the installation of its proprietary Wide Beam Reconstruction (WBR™) software at nearly ten healthcare facilities.

GE Acquires Ultrasound Probe Test Company

GE Healthcare has acquired Unisyn Medical Technologies’ Transactional Business for an undisclosed amount. Unisyn is a provider of comprehensive ultrasound probe repair solutions to biomedical and clinical engineers, and GE Healthcare plans to integrate its products and services into its Global Services organization

Report predicts continued boom in molecular imaging

Molecular imaging has been in a growth phase since 2010, spurred by emerging markets and demand for hybrid and other cutting edge scanner and biomarker technologies, according to a market report profiling the most recent developments in molecular imaging published in April by UK-based Espicom Business Intelligence.

Cleveland researchers launch Amyvid study

A team of radiologists and neurologists at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland are enrolling patients with suspected early-stage Alzheimer’s disease in a study designed to determine if Amyvid can identify amyloid plaques via PET or MRI. Read more about the research by clicking the link below.

Healthcare reform launches new era for nuclear medicine

While healthcare reform has been slowly evolving as a result of many acts of Congress during the past decade, it is the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), that is driving major changes in healthcare coverage, the economics of the medical industry and quality of care. The latter is being carried by a series of reporting and incentive programs that have a direct impact on the practice of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, according to a review published March 1 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.

Dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI could tip off early-stage Alzheimer’s

Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is an emerging indication of Alzheimer’s pathology and dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) MRI may be an ideal modality to track CBF in high-risk patients with mild cognitive impairment, as well as those already diagnosed with the disease, according to a study published in the June issue of Academic Radiology.

High-res detectors improve SPECT/CT evaluation of skeletal disease

SPECT/CT using high-resolution CT detector technology has been found to increase the diagnostic capabilities of SPECT when used to detect diseased bone, including osteomyelitis and other peripheral skeletal disease, and at a lower cost than high-resolution multi-detector CT, according to a study published May 23 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

PET/CT powers MPI improvements

There are several advantages to PET/CT for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) including upgrades in quantitative analysis and biomarker technology that could provide a more complete evaluation of cardiovascular disease, according to a review published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.