Imaging Informatics: Page 1241

Empiric nets new RIS client
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Empiric Systems of Morrisville, NC, has signed a new RIS client, the company reported.
November 15, 2007
Computer-aided program can help match metastatic lung nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
A computer-aided matching program can yield a high rate for matching metastatic pulmonary nodules on clinical series CT scans, provided that lung findings and lung expansion between the serial scans are relatively unchanged, according to a team from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis.
November 15, 2007
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CAD vs. radiologist second reads: What's better for screening mammograms?
By Kate Madden Yee
After years of gaining clinical approval, computer-aided detection (CAD) for mammography has hit a rough patch of late, with insurance payors pondering cuts to CAD reimbursement. The question for insurers and clinicians is whether CAD is effective in detecting more cancers. Boston researchers recently addressed this issue by comparing a human second reader of screening mammograms with CAD for reducing false-negative cases by a primary radiologist.
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Virtual Radiologic goes public
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology overread service firm Virtual Radiologic of Minneapolis has completed its initial public offering (IPO), the company announced.
November 14, 2007
Philips, Elsevier to partner on speech recognition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dutch industrial conglomerate Royal Philips Electronics announced that it will collaborate with Elsevier to integrate Philips' speech recognition platform with Elsevier's radiology diagnostic reference system, the Netherlands-based company reported.
November 14, 2007
Carestream wins Chinese contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health of Rochester, NY, has joined forces with China's Ministry of Health and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region People's Government to launch a pilot digital information network, the company reported.
November 14, 2007
Israeli PACS firm gains FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli PACS developer CDP has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for two multispecialty PACS offerings, the company reported.
November 14, 2007
NDMA, SourceCorp team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA) and offsite image storage provider SourceCorp Radiology have created a joint offering to streamline the delivery of health information created from analog and digital images.
November 14, 2007
CodeRyte, AAPC form partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical coding provider CodeRyte has signed an agreement with the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).
November 14, 2007
Viztek adds billing application
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek will introduce its Opal-Billing application at this month's RSNA meeting in Chicago.
November 14, 2007
RIS Concepts adds client
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS Concepts has added Eastlake Radiology in Texas to its customer stable.
November 14, 2007
Remote island gets telemedicine capability
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A remote island in the south Atlantic Ocean, Tristan da Cunha, now has access to telemedical care, thanks to a telemedicine project called Project Tristan.
November 13, 2007
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