General/Advanced Imaging



Novel Endoscope Enables Increased Diagnostic Yield IAD
A permanently integrated balloon system mounted at the tip of a conventional endoscope enhances colonoscopy detection capabilities by straightening intestinal haustral folds, improving endoscope optics, and eliminating bowel slippage. More...23 Mar 2017
Consulting Cardiologists Face an Imaging Paradigm Shift
In response to the rapid and unsustainable growth in the use of cardiac imaging procedures, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) has confirmed the January 1, 2018, deadline for physicians to begin reporting on appropriate use criteria (AUC) interactions in order to receive payment for Medicare advanced imaging, as mandated by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014. More...22 Mar 2017


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MedImaging General Imaging channel provides a portal into the less common imaging technologies such as diffuse optical tomography (NIR), optical coherence tomography, electrical impedance tomography and more.







