Doctors are gleaning important information from the most common imaging exam, the chest X-ray, by using sophisticated software that improves X-ray images captured by the equipment they already have or are in the process of purchasing.
Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) planning is a time-consuming and labor-intensive process often producing inconsistent results.
August 6, 2014 — The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has expanded its popular MR Basics series to include two new modules focused on common pathological conditions seen on magnetic resonance images (MRI).
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
August 6, 2014 — Cerner Corp. and Siemens AG announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Cerner to acquire the assets of Siemens' health information technology business unit, Siemens Health Services, for $1.3 billion in cash.
August 6, 2014 — Standardizing prescribing practices for single-fraction radiation therapy (SFRT) for palliation of bone metastases could lead to cost savings and improvement in patients' quality of life, according to a study published in the Aug. 1 edition of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal), the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
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Zonare announced the introduction of its Z.One Pro ultrasound system to worldwide markets.
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A new clinical study diagnosing infection in patients with pancreatic fluid collections may swiftly and accurately rule out active infection in the body.
Imagine a targeted radiation therapy for cancer that could pinpoint and blast away tumors more effectively than traditional methods, with fewer side effects and less damage to surrounding tissues and organs. That is the reality with a treatment called carbon ion radiotherapy, an option that is, for now, available only outside the United States.
August 5, 2014 — Konica Minolta Medical Imaging announced a new cost-effective digital imaging solution that combines the ImagePilot Sigma state-of-the-art computed radiography (CR) technology with Konica Minolta’s total cost of ownership (TCO) long-term support plan.
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August 5, 2014 — Carestream has added a Motor Assist feature to its fully automated Carestream DRX-Evolution DR (digital radiography) room that allows operators to manually move the overhead tube with assistance from the system’s motors.
August 5, 2014 — Rayence announced it will begin shipping its flat panel detectors with newly enhanced XmaruView V1 image acquisition software. The new software is the third version of image acquisition software developed by Rayence in as many years.
August 5, 2014 — GE Healthcare announced the first integrated, simultaneous, time-of-flight (TOF) capable, whole-body Signa PET/MR (positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance) is 510(k) pending at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Did you know that approximately one-third of all the data in world is created by the healthcare industry and that ...
Did you know that medical data on 20,000 people could be exposed to abuse today? According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS), that is the number of people whose protected health information was breached per day on average in 2013. While healthcare practitioners may not realize the value of the data in their care, criminals certainly do. Clinicians and nurses may feel wary of security measures that might slow them down, but there are ways to improve security that will not cost precious moments in an emergency situation. Being lax with security can have a long-lasting impact on all of your patients, not just those with emergencies.
The Web-based dicomPACS MobileView viewer is one of many extension modules of dicomPACS vet diagnostic software.
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The 2014-15 U.S. News and World Report rankings of the nation’s Best Hospitals were recently released.
e2v will be exhibiting at the 56th annual ASTRO Symposium in New York, Sept. 14-17.
August 4, 2014 — A two-step decision tree analysis, incorporating Donabedian’s model, is a feasible process to evaluate and distill the many available quality standards, guidelines, recommendations and indicators in order to update national and international quality standards for radiation therapy, according to a study published in the July/August 2014 issue of Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO).
Patient radiation dose safety has become the latest buzzword. With the emerging regulations and mandates, technologies and best practices, the radiation safety information pool has become convoluted with disparate and conflicting information. With numerous opinions and interpretations on radiation safety trends, best practices, regulation updates and studies, healthcare providers as well as the general public are experiencing difficulties filtering the true message in managing patient radiation dose away from the industry noise. Healthcare providers are constantly reviewing and assessing regulations, best imaging processes and the emerging technologies (automated dose management systems and dose management CT devices) promising to decrease or eliminate the chance of another sentinel event.
New research published in June issue of Global Heart (the journal of the World Heart Federation) show that there are no significant differences in the incidence or severity of atherosclerotic disease (narrowing of the arteries with fatty deposits) between ancient and modern people, showing that atherosclerosis is not just a disease of modern times. The journal included three articles [1,2,3] on the finding of the HORUS Study, which used CT scans from ancient mummies to compare arterial calcification caused by HORUS atherosclerosis.
August 4, 2014 — New technology in the form of a magnetically assisted remote-controlled catheter (MARC), which could allow physicians to see and assess brain tissue more clearly while treating a stroke, may hold promise, according to study authors who released their findings at the 11th annual meeting of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) in Colorado Springs, Colo.