West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital, a 109 bed facility located in Sulphur, Louisiana, installed Philips Ingenuity CT (computed tomography) platform, an innovative technology designed to help redefine low dose imaging. “Our mission is to provide advanced quality healthcare with attention to patient s...

Asia HealthPartners is a GE global reference site and the first in the world to showcase Discovery™ CT750 HD with VEO Singapore - April 14, 2011 – Asia HealthPartners (AHP) and GE Healthcare have strengthened their strategic partnership with the order of Veo, the most advanced dose reducing tec...

GE Healthcare, a leading innovator in the field of healthcare technology, will showcase the strong inroads achieved by healthymagination, the company's path breaking initiative that aims to increasing access to quality healthcare at lower costs, at the 14th International Healthcare, Hospital Suppl...

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (IDSI), a leading innovator in laser breast imaging, announced that it has received a notification from the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requestiing additional information of its 510 (k) Computed Tomography Laser Mammography (CTLM) imaging device in ...

A minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment showed equal effectiveness as the current gold standard surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, without the associated risks of sexual dysfunction, or incontinence, researchers say. The new approach uses prostatic artery embolization...

Imaging Healthcare Specialists (IHS), a full service outpatient medical imaging center company, has announced the opining of a new GE Discovery ST PET/CT system at its Laurel imaging facility in Hillcrest. With this new scanner, IHS now offers state-of-art PET/CT imaging at two locations, in Hillc...

Siemens Healthcare, a major company providing medical imaging systems, has announced its second "International CT Image Contest 2011". The Siemens first "International CT Image Contest 2010" was a great success, with participants from over 30 countries and a fan community on Facebook with more than ...

Philips’ Imaging 2.0 concept brings together a host of new technology introductions and greater partnership with radiologists in mind Vienna, Austria – At the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2011, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is ushering in a new era in radiology science ...

Is it time the United States adopted national healthcare standards for regulating radiology and imaging, and the people who perform x-rays, radiation therapy, MRIs, CT, PET scans? While worries about x-ray mistakes, and elevated dangers posed by increasing use and over utilization have been bubblin...

The number of hospitals offering CT colonography, sometimes referred to as virtual colonoscopy, rose slightly between 2005 and 2008, despite lack of Medicare coverage, a new study shows. The researchers led by Dr. Megan McHugh, director of research at the Health Research and Education Trust, survey...