In February 2018, a workshop was held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, to explore ...
Siemens Healthineers announced the first global installation of its newest ultrasound system, the Acuson Sequoia, at ...
Client Outlook, a leading provider of FDA Class II enterprise diagnostic and clinical image viewing solutions, announced its partnership with DocPanel Technologies to support a progressive alternative to traditional radiology reading services.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of high doses of radiotherapy and hormonal therapy provides the best ...
Shimadzu Corp. has entered the medical near-infrared camera market with the release of the Lightvision near-infrared ...
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Aidence, an Amsterdam-based medical AI company, announced that Veye Chest version 2, a class IIa medical device, has ...
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It’s crucial for medical professionals to understand the radiation risk/ benefit balance of diagnostic imaging systems ...
A discussion with Ehsan Samei, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, director of the Duke University Clinical Imaging Physics Group ...
Like the industrial revolution, which led to wrenching changes in society (for example, factory robotics and automatic pinsetters at the ends of bowling alleys), the widening use of artificial intelligence (AI) will change the American workforce. We are only seeing the ripples of what may turn into the wake of major innovation.
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If you are confused about the conflicting advice surrounding mammography screening guidelines, welcome to the club. When ...
Boston Scientific has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Augmenix Inc., a privately-held company which has developed and commercialized the SpaceOAR System to reduce common and debilitating side effects that men may experience after receiving prostate cancer radiotherapy. The transaction consists of an upfront cash payment of $500 million, and up to $100 million for reaching sales-based milestones.
“Disruptive innovation” is all the buzz. Repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is so last year. Well, disrupt this: Repeal Medicare and Medicaid and get the government out of the medical care business.
Did you know that approximately one-third of all the data in world is created by the healthcare industry and that ...
Established in 1970, Sovah Health – Martinsville, Va., resides in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains caring for not only the people of Martinsville, but those of surrounding locales as well. The full-service, acute care hospital is licensed for 220 beds and provides medical services such as behavioral health, cancer care, orthopedics, surgical services, rehabilitation and more. The nearby Martinsville International Speedway has an audience capacity of 60,000 and conducts major race events throughout the year.
Over the last several years in the U.S., healthcare providers have been trying to shift their focus to more preventive care to keep healthcare costs down. This has placed a greater emphasis on screening large segments of the population for various diseases in an attempt to catch them earlier. Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening has emerged as a powerful tool in the early detection of lung cancer, following a B rating by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in 2013.
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One of the Northeast’s major teaching hospitals is an international leader in virtually every area of medicine. It has been the site of pioneering breakthroughs that have improved lives and advanced healthcare around the world. This hospital includes more than 100 outpatient practices with more than 1,000 physicians serving patients from New England, across the United States, and from more than 100 countries around the world.
As soon as the Compressed SENSE technology became available to the MRI team at Kantonsspital Winterthur (Switzerland), the site started applying the acceleration possibilities for their MRI scans of the brain, spine and joints, as well as pelvis and abdomen. Using Compressed SENSE appeared a simple yet powerful way to accelerate MRI scanning for different contrast types and sequences, in 2-D as well as 3-D. The significantly reduced scan times convinced the team to plan for adjusting all their ExamCards, with the objective to shorten patient timeslots and then actually plan for increasing their number of MRI patients per day. This is of strategic importance to help them generate revenue when reimbursements go down.
According to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society (ACS), almost 165,000 new cases of prostate cancer were expected in 2018, with over 29,000 men expected to die from the disease this year
Nuclear imaging technology for both single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) have made advancements in the past couple years. The main drivers for this have been a movement to digital imaging detectors to improve image quality and address radiation dose concerns, reimbursement and radiotracer supply issues. Other advancements have come in the areas of software to improve image reconstruction quality, offer better clinical qualification and analytics data.
For the sixth consecutive year, Mount Sinai will serve as the official medical services provider for the 2018 U.S. Open Tennis Championships. Healthcare professionals from the hospital supporting the tournament will include orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians and musculoskeletal radiologists deploying the latest technology and expertise.
While working with a patient with Crohn’s disease in my gastroenterology practice, I nearly ordered a computed tomography (CT) scan for her as I began to formulate a plan. After talking with her, I discovered she had received 18 CT scans at multiple hospitals in the prior three years. As a physics major, I knew medical radiation was potentially harmful, but nowhere was that harm calculated and put into real terms for me to assimilate in my plan.