Equipment: Page 32

App uses smartphones to detect radiation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image analysis software developer Image Insight has developed a smartphone application that uses a phone's camera to measure radioactivity levels in the environment.
April 30, 2012
Cocaine use linked to mixed coronary plaque on CT
By Eric Barnes
Cocaine users are known to have higher-than-normal rates of acute coronary syndrome compared to others at risk of heart disease. Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina used dual-source CT to learn more about how cocaine use affects the development of coronary atherosclerosis.
April 23, 2012
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FDA clears Amyvid for Alzheimer's use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eli Lilly and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Amyvid, a molecular PET imaging agent used for imaging of beta-amyloid plaques in patients with cognitive impairment being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease and other causes.
April 8, 2012
Equipment services sector projected to rise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Global demand for imaging equipment services is expected to rise sharply over the next five years, according to a new report by market research firm Global Industry Analysts (GIA).
April 5, 2012
RamSoft partners with ADP AdvancedMD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor RamSoft is partnering with ADP AdvancedMD to offer practice maintenance software to imaging centers and radiology groups.
April 5, 2012
Swearingen RIS nets meaningful use certification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swearingen Software's RISynergy 5.2 radiology information system has achieved certification from an Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) as a module for meaningful use.
March 28, 2012
Cardinal Health expects 'stable' Tc-99m supply
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardinal Health is reassuring its customers that there will be a "stable" supply of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) through the end of May while two nuclear reactors are down for planned maintenance.
March 28, 2012
SIR: Electric-pulse IR therapy used for pancreatic cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Irreversible electroporation, a new interventional radiology procedure, is being used to treat patients with inoperable locally advanced pancreatic cancer, attendees at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting learned this week.
March 26, 2012
Anesthesia use spikes for endoscopy patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of anesthesia services in endoscopy -- both colonoscopy and upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy -- has increased substantially in recent years, according to a new study in the March 21 Journal of the American Medical Association.
March 19, 2012
Mostashari weighs in on whether EMRs lead to imaging use
By Cynthia E. Keen
Dr. Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator of the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has jumped into the fray over whether the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) leads to more imaging use, as claimed by a study published in the March issue of Health Affairs.
March 7, 2012
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HIMSS: Imaging included in stage 2 of meaningful use
By Erik L. Ridley
LAS VEGAS - Viewing of images will be included in the proposed stage 2 requirements for achieving meaningful use under the U.S. government's healthcare IT stimulus program, according to an announcement on Wednesday at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting.
February 21, 2012
U.S. hospitals' use of HIT doubled in 24 months
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of hospitals in the U.S. using healthcare IT has more than doubled over the past two years, according to an announcement made last week by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
February 20, 2012
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