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Technological advances combined with increasing awareness of thebenefits of PET/CT among the general physician population has themodality poised for growth.

By combining SPECT with CT images, a number of different diagnosticstudies are enhanced, including tumor volume renderings, pinpointingthe site of an infection, myocardial perfusion imaging and in thesearch for distant metastases in advanced forms of cancer. Oncology andcardiology are the primary benefactors of this technology.

Web-based PACS results run the gamut from increased convenience to decreased hardware costs and accelerated decision-making.

Molecular imaging is a fast-evolving field that’s making a difference inmore accurate diagnoses, namely in cancer detection and staging andassessing cardiac perfusion.

This year’s PACS Administrator Salary Survey garnered feedback from 720 respondents.

Executives from GE Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Toshiba America Medical Systems, as well as radiologists, offer their perspective on the future of CT.

The healthcare industry provides unique dilemmas to IT professionals working to ensure secure and fast access to wireless networks.

Nuclear medicine departments across the country have integrated newimage management models that facilitate nuclear medicine data flow tobenefit department and enterprise workflow.