imagingBiz | The global market for X-rays will top $9 billion by 2017, according to “Medical Imaging Markets,” a new report from TriMarkPublications.com.X-rays comprise the largest share of the global medical imaging market at 32%. North America was the largest single market for medical imaging...
DiagnosticImaging | About a decade ago, I was covering a typical callshift at a level-1 trauma center. One of the requisitions for imaging caught my eye. Hastily scrawled in the space for a clinical history was the unilluminating statement: “Patient needs CT.” Although a number of...
DiagnosticImaging | A new technique combining electrocardiographs (ECG) and computed tomography (CT) paints a more accurate picture of the electrical activity of a beating heart, according to a new study in Science Translational Medicine. The technique, which its inventors call electrocardiographic imaging, or ECGI, can...
ImagingEconomics | GE Healthcare has received FDA clearance for its new platform of Radiotherapy (RT) Planning Computed Tomography (CT) systems. The CT systems are designed specifically with treatment planning in mind and help physicians address the increasingly specialized imaging needs of patients. GE’s new wide bore...
imagingBiz | To make a point about how health IT can curb runaway health care costs, Peter R. Orszag cited the experience of Partners HealthCare System Inc. in Boston. Orzag was President Obama’s director of the Office of Management and Budget and is now vice chairman...