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CMS' MPFS 2025 final rule includes colorectal cancer screening

AuntMinnie

We are … expanding coverage for CRC screening to include computed tomography colonography (CTC)." "We are removing coverage of barium enema as a method of screening because this service is rarely used in Medicare and is no longer recommended as an evidence-based screening method.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. His research interests include 3D medical visualization, cardiac imaging, multidetector computed tomography/CT angiography development, oncologic imaging, and Wed-based education and training.

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Fujifilm to Unveil New Medical Imaging Innovations at the 2023 Radiological Society of North America Conference

Imaging Technology

MRI system and a 128- slice computed tomography (CT) system. “At In 2003, Fujifilm released the world’s first commercially available ultrasound platform with real-time tissue elastography. The new imaging systems that will be on display include three new digital radiography (DR) suites, two new fluoroscopy systems, a 0.4T

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A brief history of radiology

Radiology Cafe

Within weeks of his announcement hospitals world-wide had taken the initiative to open up X-ray rooms, which gave rise to the first radiology departments. (3) 3) This is what is known as tomography. Tomography originates from the Greek words ‘tomos’, meaning ‘slice’ or ‘section’, and ‘graphia’, meaning ‘description of’.