Market Analysis: Page 69

Radiographic positioning techniques for the cervical spine

By Naveed Ahmad, MD

Dr. Naveed Ahmad takes you through common routine cervical projections for imaging the cervical spine, including the anteroposterior (AP), AP open mouth, and lateral, as well as the less familiar oblique projections.

March 25, 2003

Hospital-physician collaboration can alleviate radiologist shortage

The workforce shortage in radiology has put many hospitals in a precarious position because diagnostic imaging is both a clinical necessity and a strong financial performer. Kevin P. Forster of ECG Management Consultants offers collaboration strategies for securing high-quality imaging services.

March 25, 2003

PICCing sides: Interventional radiologists weigh IV access lines

Physicians face a difficult decision when they choose intravenous access lines for patients with serious infections who require long-term therapy with antibiotics. RPA/RT Sean David Wiley shares his thoughts on the peripherally inserted central catheter versus the central venous catheter.

February 23, 2003

Imaging market notches 10% growth, with no sign of fatigue

By Erik L. Ridley

The U.S. diagnostic imaging industry generated $9.616 billion in product revenues in 2002, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.8% from the $8.76 billion in sales recorded in 2001, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

February 12, 2003

Misys debuts RIS/PACS initiatives

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

SAN DIEGO - Misys Healthcare Systems of Tucson, AZ, unveiled its two-pronged solution to RIS/PACS integration at this week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

February 11, 2003

Medical system migration, Part II: New target-architecture design

Having evaluated your image-management software and decided there is room for improvement, the next step is to design a new target architecture. The group from Foliage Software Systems explains what the new architecture might look like.

February 3, 2003

Medical system migration: Developing a new software architecture

AuntMinnie.com is pleased to present the first of a two-part article on assessing, improving, and updating medical software systems. By John Cadigan, Jim Everett-Wilson, and Norm Delisle of Foliage Software Systems.

February 2, 2003

HX Technologies aims to improve inter-PACS communication

By Erik L. Ridley

Healthcare IT startup HX Technologies is developing iHistory, a software platform that provides Web access to imaging data and information across different medical centers and information systems from multiple vendors.

January 15, 2003

Start-up firm Photonify sees promise in optical imaging

By Brian Casey

Photonify has developed a device that beams near-infrared light into tissue, then measures the light-scattering and absorption properties of the tissue to determine whether it is malignant or benign.

January 13, 2003

AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #18: Distribution of radiology information systems

Among hospital sites, the proportion of installed RIS networks that are interfaced with a HIS increases with hospital size.

January 9, 2003

IBM takes cooperative approach in PACS initiative

By Erik L. Ridley

IBM's Life Sciences division will marry technology from its PACS partners with specially configured IBM workstations and storage offerings to meet requirements for digital image management.

January 5, 2003

F & S sees larger North America mobile imaging market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The market for mobile imaging services in North America should see further growth from its current levels of $686 million (U.S.) to $1.2 billion by 2008 according to San Jose, CA international market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

December 11, 2002

Previous Page

Page 69 of 76

Next Page