News tagged with imaging equipment

O, Pioneers! (Part 1): The motes in God's eye

March 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of one of the most extraordinary spacecraft ever constructed - Pioneer 10 - the first true deep space probe. The story of the Voyager spacecraft is well ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Trillion-frame-per-second video

By using optical equipment in a totally unexpected way, MIT researchers have created an imaging system that makes light look slow.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (41) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

Old life capable of revealing new tricks after all

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaea are among the oldest known life-forms, but they are not well understood. It was only in the 1970s that these single-celled microorganisms were designated as a domain of life distinct ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Imaging cuts in Medicare fee schedule: An access catastrophe and danger to patients

Medical imaging cuts contained in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will restrict life-saving imaging care to large hospitals, produce longer commutes and wait times to receive care, and cause life threatening delays ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Data: Actual imaging use far below President's rec. 95 percent utilization rate for Medicare

The amount of time imaging equipment is in use in outpatient settings does not approach use rates President Obama and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommend Medicare utilize to calculate reimbursement ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1