Move to position Philips as leader in growing market for integrated Cath Lab solutions.
HMSA receives FDA marketing clearance for CXR16, 16-slice helical CT scanner.
DOTmed 100 ranked RB Enterprise Inc. satisfies customs and customers in the heavily regulated export market.
An equipment shortage crisis may be an underlying threat in the event of a human-to-human bird flu pandemic.
The lineup: new PET/CT and MR technologies, cath lab information management solutions and patient monitoring tools to improve clinicians' diagnostic and patient evaluation capabilities.
More than 20 sites embark on study comparing GE's LightSpeed VCT cardiac imaging application to diagnostic catheterization, the current gold standard.
MRI system boasts advanced capabilities for cardiac imaging applications.
Society of Nuclear Medicine COO Michael S. Nelson, CFO Deborah A. Barnes bring strengths in leadership and finance.
SNM's 53rd Annual Meeting June 3-7 in San Diego to host molecular imaging and nuclear medicine physicians, technologists, scientists, physicists and pharmacists.
Academy of Radiology Research Blueprint now available online.
FDA comes out with specifics for patient safety in new guidance document.
New application of fMRI technique may help physicians better diagnose and treat the effects of stress.
Denmark company is growing along with the international market in second-user imaging equipment.
KLAS survey ranks Toshiba's AQUILION 64-SLICE CT System top among leading OEMs.
Proposed legislation the result of Tom Cruise incident.
Breast biopsy more effective in detecting cancer than noninvasive diagnostic tests, reports ECRI.
Muscle activity--from turning a page in a book to shoveling snow--impacts Positron Emission Tomography results, says study in Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.
Without radiation, MRI demonstrates acute appendicitis and other conditions that masquerade as appendicitis clinically, preventing unnecessary surgery, according to a study in Radiology.
Company awarded high-profile contracts to implement regional projects across the European Union.
Clinical applications include oncology, cardiology and molecular imaging; dramatic improvements in image quality may lead to earlier disease detection.
Federal deficit reduction effort will cap medicare fees for imaging; it may point to value of refurbished option.
Kodak to help transition to digital medical imaging-information management 26 U.K. hospitals involved in project.
CDC says children are too often treated at facilities that lack pediatric equipment.
New checklist helps home health care providers prepare for an influenza pandemic.
Devices may go from Class III to Class II; comments accepted through 5/16/06.
Asahi Tornus(R) device may help physicians deliver life-saving stents and balloons to dense areas of blockage in coronary and peripheral vessels.
Baxter receives contract from National Health Service in United Kingdom to produce stockpile of H5N1 flu vaccine.
Many papillary lesions (benign growths in the duct of the breast that are needle biopsied) harbor cancer, the latest research shows.
Public and private organizations join forces to simplify health care complexity.
New KODAK Dental CR System gives dentists the benefits of digital with simple workflow of film.
New Nanoscale 1D-LC peptide separation system combines excellent reproducibility with accurate performance.
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology funds training at 10 institutions.
March 29 meeting to cover hand-held doppler ultrasound prenatal listening devices; registration and comments due March 10.
New report suggests promising areas for intervention.
Anne LeGrand, mammography solutions manager, among new VPs.
Abe Sokol, marketing director tells why the company is growing rapidly and has just invested in a new warehouse.
Priscilla Ray, MD, chair of the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, speaks out.
Last week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting in San Diego was a platform for the latest health IT demos. If you missed the meeting, here's a recap...
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) reveals similar abnormalities in the brains of adolescent marijuana users and adolescents with schizophrenia.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases announces key appointments.
Invacare Corporation's response to the administration's FY 07 budget proposal to sharply reduce the home oxygen therapy benefit.
New website shows "Insider's Look" into sports injuries; explanations of clinical images continue GE's commitment to breakthrough magnetic resonance technology.
Ford C. Greene applies the Golden Rule to business and treats customers as he would want to be treated.
New web-based enhancement provides faster, more flexible user interface for hospitals and medical facilities.
The latest IMV Market Report on U.S. angio lab facilities shows increased budgets for capital equipment and interventional medical devices. Over one quarter of the sites surveyed indicated budgets exceeding $1 million, according to the most recent survey.
Users rate GE first among nine vendors for composite rating, service repair quality, applications training, system performance.
Portable ultrasound "in a backpack" provides insight into heart disease.
Largest Catholic and nonprofit health system in U.S. taps the group purchasing organization.
If Congress gets tough, will China open barriers to trade in industries like used medical equipment?
Revolutionary miniaturized systems empower Olympic winter games medical teams to easily and accurately diagnose athlete injuries where they occur.