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MedPAC urges closer look at costs for MRIs, CT scans
A 17-member independent advisory group has urged Congress to get tough on doctors who order too many diagnostic...
Web Exclusive: Medical Image Testing Rate Declines
The volume of advanced imaging tests has started to drop after years of increased usage. The reasons for the decline...
Web Exclusive: CT Scans for Abdominal Pain May Reduce Hospitalizations
Abdominal complaints are a primary reason for emergency department visits, but the use of CT scans to facilitate...
St. Louis company strikes deal with Poland for isotope that is crucial to medical tests
As U.S. physicians face an impending crisis caused by lack of a crucial isotope used in many diagnostic procedures, a...
Web Exclusive: New source of an isotope in medicine is found
As the worldwide shortage of a radioactive isotope used in millions of medical procedures was expected to get worse...
CT scans gain favor as option for colonoscopy
Virtual colonoscopy has been available for some time, but more medical centers are gearing up to offer the procedure at...
Medison launches new ultrasound technologies
Seoul, South Korea-based Medison, a diagnostic ultrasound systems company, has released it new compact ultrasound...
Cell phone finds use as diagnostic tool in areas without ultrasound, X-ray machines
A professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley and his colleagues have developed a portable...
Cleveland Clinic studying more-sensitive EKG
The Cleveland Clinic recently began studying a mega-EKG machine that has nearly seven times the number of leads. It...
Audio: Hospital Uses Blueberry Juice During MRCPs
Wayne Patola, MRI Leader at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, BC, discusses how the facility uses blueberry juice as...