Haojie Wang, M.D., director of advanced cardiovascular MRI and a member of the heart valve clinic at Baylor Scott White ...
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner approved the Illinois Breast Density Reporting Law (Public Act 100-0749) on Aug. 10, 2018 making Illinois the 36th state to report dense breast tissue to patients. It became the fifth state to enact a breast density law in 2018, joining Utah, Washington, Florida and Wisconsin.
ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the innovative new technologies on the expo floor at the 2018 American ...
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
August 13, 2018 — The American College of Radiology Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) steering committee ...
A discussion with Mahadevappa Mahesh, Ph.D., FAAPM, FACR, FACMP, FSCCT, professor of radiology and cardiology and chief ...
SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
A discussion with Matthew Freeman, Ph.D., scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. He spoke about his ...
SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
Exact Imaging announced that it has become a UroGPO Imaging Partner, joining the North American urology-specific group purchasing and service organization. As an Imaging Partner, Exact Imaging’s ExactVu micro-ultrasound platform for targeted prostate biopsies will now be available to UroGPO’s 550-plus member urology practices as part of the UroGPO suite of offerings.
Patients in Pulaski County, Ind., now have access to quiet, comfortable magnetic resonance (MR) exams thanks to the installation of the Vantage Titan/Zen Edition 1.5T from Canon Medical Systems USA Inc. at Pulaski Memorial Hospital. Pulaski Memorial, a critical access facility that was previously using a mobile unit to conduct MR exams, is the first healthcare provider in the U.S. to install the system. The facility is leveraging the system to conduct musculoskeletal (MSK) and neuro exams, as well as expand its abdominal imaging capabilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule August 9 that would overhaul the Medicare Shared Savings Program established by the Affordable Care Act and launched in 2012. The Medicare Shared Savings Program is the umbrella under which the vast majority of Medicare’s Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) operate. The redesigned program is called Pathways to Success.
SPONSORED CONTENT — EnsightTM 2.0 is the newest version of Enlitic’s data standardization software framework. Ensight is ...
Visage Imaging Inc. announced that it has signed a seven-year contract with Mercy, the fifth largest Catholic health system in the U.S., for Visage 7 Open Archive. Visage 7 Open Archive is a core module of the Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform, closely coupling the open storage of medical images and multimedia to Visage 7.
A discussion with Martin Vallieres, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He spoke on this ...
In metastatic breast cancer, prognosis and treatment is largely influenced by estrogen receptor (ER) expression of the metastases. However, little is known about ER expression across metastases throughout the body and surrounding normal tissue. Using a positron emission tomography (PET) tracer, researchers in the Netherlands have been able to identify differences in ER expression, which could help guide treatment for metastatic breast cancer patients. The study is featured in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine’s August issue.
Did you know that approximately one-third of all the data in world is created by the healthcare industry and that ...
Patients at The London Clinic, a private hospital and charity, will be the first in the United Kingdom to access the latest Siemens magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology in September. A high-rise crane carefully lowered the multi-million pound 3.0T MRI scanner through the hospital’s roof on July 14.
Aidoc announced that it was granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the first product of its expanding suite of artificial intelligence (AI)-based workflow optimization solutions. The clearance is for Aidoc’s brain solution that works with radiologists to flag acute intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) cases in head computed tomography (CT) scans. Aidoc calls it the world's first deep learning solution to assist radiologists in workflow triage.
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iCAD announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its latest artificial intelligence (AI) software solution, PowerLook Density Assessment Version 3.4. The software is compatible with iCAD’s digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) platform on both GE and Hologic mammography systems, enhancing the company’s comprehensive suite of breast health solutions available in a single platform.
Johns Hopkins researchers say a heart imaging study of scores of pregnant women with the most severe and dangerous form preeclampsia further proves the condition mainly damages the heart’s ability to relax between contractions, making the organ overworked and poor at pumping blood.
Metro Health-University of Michigan Health announced it is partnering with healthcare data company Eon to improve the management of lung cancer screening and pulmonary incidental nodule patients with EonDirect. EonDirect is the first cloud-based software powered by deep learning and machine automation to seamlessly interface with hospitals' electronic medical records (EMR) and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) to deliver meaningful, actionable data to healthcare providers.
August 7, 2018 — While heart failure is an uncommon complication of breast cancer treatment, the risk is higher in ...
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. announces UGPro Solution, a new initiative that provides complete solutions for ultrasound-guided procedures (UGP) and therapies. By acquiring complimentary products and developing distribution agreements, Konica Minolta Healthcare is expanding its product and service portfolio vertically in the MSK specialty. The company is taking a novel and comprehensive approach by providing solutions that unite advanced ultrasound technology, such as the Sonimage HS1 and Sonimage MX1, with the latest minimally-invasive procedural technologies in regenerative medicine and robust, skills-based education to provide musculoskeletal (MSK) clinicians with a better way to provide care.
The world market for machine learning in medical imaging is set for a period of robust growth and is forecast to top $2 billion by 2023, according to a new report from Signify Research. The artificial intelligence (AI) market comprises software for automated detection, quantification, decision support and diagnosis according to Signify Research, an independent supplier of market intelligence and consultancy to the global healthcare technology industry.