In August 2018, a workshop was held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., to explore the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging. The workshop was co-sponsored by NIH, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the American College of Radiology (ACR) and The Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research (The Academy). The organizers aimed to foster collaboration in applications for diagnostic medical imaging, identify knowledge gaps and develop a roadmap to prioritize research needs. The group’s research roadmap has been published as a special report in the journal Radiology.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) hailed the introduction of federal legislation that would accelerate healthcare payment reform, reduce Medicare costs and better protect patients by closing an expensive loophole in the physician self-referral law. ASTRO Chair Paul Harari, M.D., FASTRO, called on Congress to support healthcare delivery and payment reform by passing the Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2019 (PIMA; H.R. 2143), introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.).

Change Healthcare successfully implemented its Radiology PACS (picture archiving and communication system), Image Repository and Workflow Intelligence solution for Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust. The suite of solutions replaced the existing PACS at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies announced Ethicon has launched a new global registry to collect and analyze real-world data on patients with soft tissue liver lesions ablated with the company’s Neuwave Microwave Ablation System. The company made the announcement at the annual meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR 2019), March 23-28 in Austin, Texas.

Qaelum NV of Leuven, Belgium, and Toyo Corp. of Tokyo, Japan announced they have entered into a cooperation agreement for the distribution throughout Japan of Qaelum’s dose monitoring solution — Dose.