Brian Casey[email protected]Industry NewsRefurbished equipment helps imaging facilities do more with lessFarida Razvi was facing a dilemma. As manager of the nuclear medicine department at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, she wanted to replace the hospital's aging single-head gamma camera, a Prism system of Picker International vintage. But as a nonprofit community hospital, Mount Sinai faced serious budget constraints in terms of how much money it could commit to acquiring new technology.February 28, 2007Digital X-RayAuntMinnie.com Digital X-Ray InsiderFebruary 27, 2007ISSalaryScan rolls into home stretch; HIMSS coverage startsFebruary 26, 2007Digital X-RayDual-energy x-ray searches for nicheFebruary 21, 2007PACS/VNACMS yanks IDTF rules; PACS installs slowFebruary 19, 2007Industry NewsFischer founders return to radiology in effort to revive brandWhen Fischer Imaging filed for Chapter 11 and announced its plan to sell off its assets in August 2006, many industry observers assumed it was the end of the line for the Denver-based developer of x-ray and mammography systems. But now a group of Fischer veterans has acquired the company's x-ray-based assets and product rights, and is laying the groundwork for a return as Fischer Medical Technologies by targeting market niches that they believe have been overlooked by the large imaging vendors.February 18, 2007CTStep-and-shoot CT slashes cardiac radiation doseFebruary 14, 2007Industry NewsAuntMinnie.com Business & Industry InsiderFebruary 13, 2007Practice ManagementSalaryScan marches on; new CMS rules for IDTFsFebruary 12, 2007MRILack of MRI safety could add up to disasterFebruary 7, 2007Previous PagePage 105 of 190Next PageTop StoriesWomens ImagingHybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screeningA hybrid reading strategy for screening mammography reduced radiologist workload by 38% without changing recall or breast cancer detection rates.Practice ManagementThe hidden link between image quality and diagnostic confidenceMRIUltrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathyWomens ImagingCombined MRI approach characterizes architectural distortions on mammoInterventionalGAE reduces pain biomarkers in knee osteoarthritis
