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Choosing the Right Diagnostic Imaging Center: What Patients Should Consider

TRA Medical Imaging

Look for centers that offer advanced technologies like 3D mammography, PSMA PET scans for prostate cancer, and low-dose CT scans for lung cancer screening. A center that offers comprehensive services will allow you to receive the right scan without delays or needing to be referred to a different facility.

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PACS: Diminishing the Distance and Enabling the Real-Time Services in Teleradiology

Cloudex Radiology

PACS – Picture Archiving and Communication System; a system involved in acquiring the medical images, transmission, viewing, storage, and retrieval of same images. Teleradiology , identified with remote working is actually vibrant, spontaneous, and into real-time work. All this is possible because of PACS.

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Benefits of Teleradiology to Telehealth

Future Teleradiology

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is used to transmit and store data. Diagnosis Radiology images like CT Scan, PET Scan, X Rays are needed for diagnosing. This necessity led to the invention of teleradiolgy and its roots can be dated back to 1947.

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What is DICOM Image Format & Why is It Important in Radiology?

Intelerad

This standard has revolutionized the radiology industry, encompassing many imaging modalities such as X-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, nuclear medicine, PET scans, etc. What is DICOM Image Format? DICOM image files are sourced from different modalities, either standalone or integrated.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

AuntMinnie

tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image. PET scans predict patient response to Pluvicto.

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Alzheimer's disease tests raise ethical questions

AuntMinnie

Is it acceptable to communicate results of Alzheimer's disease PET scans t. Alzheimer's researchers find high PET tracer uptake in women's skulls

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