AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Joint Commission on the dangers of medical radiation. Joint Commission has issued an alert on the dangers of medical radiation, sending an unmistakable signal that radiology has entered its sights in a formal way. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that begins in January 2012. Noting that the U.S.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 20, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 07/20/2023 - 20:11 July 20, 2023 — The members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) recently elected three new officers to ASTRO’s Board of Directors, including Sameer Keole , MD, FASTRO , as President-elect; Wendy Woodward , MD, PhD, FASTRO, as Science Council Vice Chair; and Vivek S.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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.

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Omega Medical Imaging

JANUARY 19, 2023

Omega helps hospitals meet this aspect of the Quadruple Aim by providing patients with better peace of mind knowing that they are being treated in the safest environment and are receiving the best care possible. Lower radiation exposure directly translates to lower lifetime risks of cancer. spent 17.7% trillion, or $11,582 per person.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 12, 2023

That’s clearly the case at Massac Memorial Hospital , an award-winning critical access hospital in Metropolis, Ill., The hospital serves patients in Massac County and the surrounding areas. “Our The Persona RF offers a host of benefits for the hospital and patients. with 25 beds. We’re a gem in the rough.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) federal fiscal year (FY) 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule includes several radiology-relevant topics, according to a detailed summary from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The CMS finalized a 2.9% The CMS finalized a 2.9%

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2024

In North America, PET MPI using rubidium-82 and N-13 ammonia radiotracers has gained prominence, with its growth driven by superior diagnostic accuracy compared to other imaging modalities and its potential for reducing radiation exposure to patients, the authors explained. the authors noted. the authors noted.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Alara Imaging is offering free HIPAA and SOC-II certified software to help physicians and health systems comply with a new radiation dose quality measure included in the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule for 2024. CMS published the rule on November 2.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 9, 2024

Radiation doses from computed tomography (CT) scans on patients are highly variable across patients and hospitals throughout the United States and other nations.1 Radiation doses from computed tomography (CT) scans on patients are highly variable across patients and hospitals throughout the United States and other nations.1

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AuntMinnie

JULY 12, 2024

As nuclear medicine therapies gain stature compared to nuclear medicine in diagnostic imaging, hospital administrators may be eyeing the potential of adding theranostics services. Reshaping the hospital's nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceutical strategy toward theranostics involves intensive and inclusive planning, Beyder explained at SNMMI.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 11, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is now backing Medicare reimbursement for CT colonography (CTC) for colorectal cancer screening. We expect that clinicians who order CTC for CRC Screening will educate their patients on risks and context of radiation exposure and potential extracolonic findings.”

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

Owing primarily to its noise reduction capabilities, DLR has repeatedly been shown to sharply lower radiation dose while maintaining image quality. In their review, Willemink et al noted that DLR yields improved image quality compared with FBP and HBIR, as well as the potential of between 30% and 71% lower radiation dose compared with HIR.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a national payment rate for RefleXion Medical's Scintix biology-guided radiotherapy system. These are created by injecting the patient with a radiopharmaceutical to deliver a radiation dose that targets the cancer itself.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 12, 2024

a therapeutic oncology company, announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a national payment rate for RefleXion’s SCINTIX biology-guided radiotherapy using CMS’ New Technology (NT) Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) pathway. 1, 2024, to describe SCINTIX therapy.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 26, 2023

The guideline is published in Practical Radiation Oncology. Radiation and surgery are the only recommended modalities for definitive local treatment of oligometastatic NSCLC. Radiation is favored when multiple organ systems are being treated or when the clinical priority is to minimize breaks from systemic therapy.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to Lammers. At the same time, the use of imaging, particularly CT, has been on the rise in emergency departments and may present health risks due to the effects of radiation exposure. If all hospital-based EDs in California and Florida fully participated in HIE, more than $2.9

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Findings will be presented today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting. Allen, MD , a radiation oncology resident physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Black patients with prostate cancer in the U.S.

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