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Panel urges adoption of appropriate use criteria
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impending Medicare guidelines requiring physicians to consult with appropriate use criteria and clinical decision-support tools when ordering diagnostic imaging services will improve patient outcomes and help manage healthcare costs, according to a panel convened by the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition.
October 27, 2014
Merry X-Ray picks up Pacesetter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Merry X-Ray continues its recent buying spree with the acquisition of Minneapolis-based Pacesetter Medical Imaging.
October 9, 2014
Merry X-Ray buys Mich. firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Merry X-Ray has purchased a Michigan company, Wolverine X-Ray West.
October 2, 2014
Use of SPECT MPI exercise stress continues to decline
By Wayne Forrest
The convenience of pharmacologic stress agents and an increase in patient mobility issues are contributing to a decades-long decline in the use of exercise stress for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), according to a study presented at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology annual meeting.
September 29, 2014
Radcal and Rigel Medical team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
X-ray radiation-measurement firm Radcal and Rigel Medical have entered into a partnership to sell and promote each other's products in the U.S. and Canada.
September 28, 2014
Groups support use of echo in cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging have released a consensus statement recommending the use of echocardiography in cancer patients.
September 22, 2014
ViewRay's MRIdian in use at 2 sites
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer ViewRay's MRIdian system is now in use at two facilities.
September 10, 2014
FDA eyes preclinical MRI use in rats
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S Food and Drug Administration is looking to expand the preclinical use of MRI by studying the effects of various chemicals on a live rat's brain.
September 4, 2014
CMS relaxes EHR meaningful use rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new rule published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on August 29 gives healthcare providers more flexibility in how they use electronic health record (EHR) technology to meet meaningful use standards in 2014.
September 1, 2014
BC Technical buys service firm Polaris
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging equipment provider BC Technical has acquired imaging sales and service firm Polaris Medical Imaging.
September 1, 2014
Brainlab planning software used in Tel Aviv
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brainlab said its new Automatic Brain Metastases Planning software is now being used at Assuta Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel.
August 26, 2014
Dual-use probe combines optical, nuclear imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from Ohio State University have completed a pilot study with a peptide-based molecule that could function as both an optical and nuclear imaging agent, with both therapeutic and diagnostic uses.
August 21, 2014
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