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Medicare panel raises doubts about CT lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
Members of a Medicare advisory panel expressed a range of doubts about the benefits of CT lung cancer screening in a meeting on April 30 in Baltimore, giving screening low confidence scores. The question now becomes how the mostly negative panel meeting will shape the debate about Medicare reimbursement over the next six months.
April 30, 2014
FDA clears GE's Discovery IGS 740 angio system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Discovery IGS 740 mobile angiography system.
April 30, 2014
MEDCAC panel shows low confidence in CT lung screening
By Eric Barnes
CT lung cancer screening for high-risk individuals in the Medicare program received a vote of low confidence by a panel of medical experts meeting in Baltimore today. The vote seriously weakens the case for establishing Medicare payment for low-dose CT lung cancer screening.
April 29, 2014
Carestream nets FDA OK for iPad feature
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a tablet viewer option for x-ray studies on the iPad 2.
April 29, 2014
BridgeHead Software completes Ohio order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
BridgeHead Software has implemented its Deduplication for Backup and Recovery and Enterprise Backup services at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, OH.
April 29, 2014
CIRS rolls out 2 new US phantoms
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computerized Imaging Reference Systems (CIRS) has released two new quality assurance phantoms to satisfy updated ultrasound accreditation requirements published by the American College of Radiology.
April 29, 2014
Merge sales slump, but firm posts Q1 profit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Merge Healthcare's sales declined in the first quarter of 2014, but the developer of healthcare IT and advanced visualization software still posted a profit for the period.
April 29, 2014
Kubtec debuts new Xpert models
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Kubtec has unveiled new versions of its Xpert 20 and Xpert 40 digital specimen radiography systems.
April 29, 2014
GE touts results of multicenter DaTscan studies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is touting the results of four clinical trials that show its DaTscan tracer with SPECT brain imaging was associated with a high level of diagnostic effectiveness.
April 29, 2014
Kubtec launches technology for breast-sample tomo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Kubtec has launched its TomoView tomosynthesis technology for digital radiography of excised breast tissue.
April 29, 2014
GE begins U.S. rollout of Vizamyl PET tracer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare said that its Vizamyl PET tracer for beta-amyloid detection will soon be available in seven U.S. markets.
April 28, 2014
Novarad adds customer in SD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS firm Novarad has installed its software in South Dakota.
April 28, 2014
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