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GE adds to cardiac offerings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems released upgrades to its CardIQ Analysis, CardIQ Function, and SmartScore CT software at this week's American Heart Association meeting in Chicago.
November 18, 2002
FlexScan launches flexPlus CT screening program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging center financer and marketer flexScan has formally debuted its flexPlus CT screening program. Designed as a corporate benefits program, flexPlus is a self-contained Section 125 Cafeteria Plan that can coexist with existing corporate benefits or become the foundation of a corporate benefits strategy, according to the Mission Viejo, CA-based firm.
November 12, 2002
Technology keeps CT vital for coronary assessment
By Eric Barnes
BOSTON - The future of cardiovascular disease asessment will be multidisciplinary, involving the wider use of blood markers along with several imaging modalities, according to physicians at the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance screening conference. CT will remain an essential tool for evaluating the heart.
November 12, 2002
GE acquires micro-imaging firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems of Waukesha, WI, has acquired London, Ontario-based Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS), a developer of micro-CT technology for high-resolution 3-D micro-imaging.
November 11, 2002
CT screening centers: Is there a right way to start one?
By Eric Barnes
BOSTON - In a talk Sunday at the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance's course on medically principled CT screening, Dr. Lincoln Berland shared his thoughts on building a CT screening center.
November 11, 2002
Why CT lung cancer screening will (and won't) work
By Eric Barnes
BOSTON - If it is to succeed, CT lung screening has a big job ahead. University of Michigan radiologist Dr. Ella Kazerooni discussed the pros and cons of the technique at a conference this week organized by the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance.
November 10, 2002
CAD scheme offers faster, more accurate virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
An improved computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) scheme detects colorectal polyps with relatively high accuracy and a low false-positive rate. The system is designed to save time and reduce human error in the detection of adenomatous polyps with virtual colonoscopy.
November 5, 2002
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Medicare boosts outpatient mammography and colonoscopy payment rates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Under a final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare payments for hospital outpatient procedures will increase in 2003 by almost 6%. Payments for diagnostic mammography and colonoscopy will increase 11% and 10%, respectively.
November 4, 2002
VC screening trials find good sensitivity, high patient acceptance
By Eric Barnes
A number of recent studies have examined feasibility and patient-acceptance issues associated with virtual colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer. Trials in Australia and in Holland found that individuals preferred VC over conventional colonoscopy.
October 29, 2002
GE to launch new e-Speed EBCT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems is launching e-Speed, the first completely new electron beam computed tomography scanner to be developed since the company bought EBCT vendor Imatron in December 2001.
October 29, 2002
PET-CT pioneers see benefit in key applications
By Brian Casey
SAN DIEGO - Hybrid PET-CT is all the rage in medical imaging, but when is it appropriate to use this powerful but expensive technology? A radiologist from the first hybrid PET-CT site in the world addressed the question at this week’s Academy of Molecular Imaging meeting.
October 24, 2002
E-Z-EM completes recapitalization merger
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Virtual colonoscopy and contrast developer E-Z-EM has completed its previously announced plan to combine its former two classes of common stock into one.
October 21, 2002
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