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. 

Soteria Imaging Services Sells Champlain Valley Open MRI, Open MRI of Lafayette

Soteria Imaging Services, Louisville, Ky., recently completed the sale of two of its imaging facilities, with Plattsburgh, N.Y.-based CPVH Medical Center acquiring Champlain Valley Open MRI, also located in Plattsburgh; and Center For Diagnostic Imaging (CDI), Burnsville, Minn., acquiring Open MRI of Lafayette, Lafayette, Ind.

Ultrasound Cardiac Measurement Tool Receives FDA Nod

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted to Toshiba America Medical Systems clearance to market Auto-IMT ™ , an ultrasound software tool that can measure the thickness of the intima-media layers of the carotid artery. The tool is intended to assist physicians in evaluating asymptomatic patients’ risk of developing cardiovascular disease

Breast MRI Screening A Boon to Women With Radiation Therapy History

Breast cancer screening with MRI can detect invasive cancers missed by mammography in women who have been treated with radiation therapy to the chest for other conditions, according to a new study published online today in Radiology and slated to appear in print in the magazine’s April issue.

PET/MRI System Receives CE Marking; 510 (k) Pending Approval

Opening the door for commercial availability in Europe, The European Union (EU) has granted CE marking to Philips Healthcare’s Ingenuity TF whole body PET/MR system. Billed as the first commercially available unit of its kind, the system—which combines the molecular imaging capabilities of PET with the soft tissue contrast of MR to image the

Health Workers Post Pelvic X-ray on FaceBook, Lose Jobs

Following a seven-month-long investigation of a security breach at St Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia, eight hospital employees were disciplined for photographing an x-ray taken of a male patient’s pelvic area, transmitting the image by cell phone, and posting it to Facebook.

Monitoring Cancer's Course: Quantitative PET Treatment Response Assessment

FDG-PET is more accurately predicting cancer treatment response than anatomical imaging, allowing more individualized, successful therapeutic strategies and patient management in lymphomas, breast, lung, gastroesophageal, colorectal and many other cancers.

PET/MR: Birth of a New Modality

A new imaging modality is coming into clinical focus that promises to improve the diagnosis and monitoring of brain disorders such as Alzheimers, and cancers such as prostate, breast and liver, and even heart disease.

Molecular Breast Imaging: When to Use It

Gamma Medica

There is good news and bad news with breast cancer. While incidence rates have decreased by 2 percent per year between 1999 and 2006 and breast cancer death and diagnosis have largely declined because of improved screening and training techniques, current imaging methods have fallen short on detecting the disease effectively and early in certain patient populations.