Radcal Corp. will be presenting the new Accu-Gold Touch platform, a multi-analyzer the company says is the latest in X-ray dose measurements, at the 2019 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting, July 14-18 in San Antonio, Texas. It features a 5-inch touchscreen, internal memory for up to 100,000 measurements and built-in Wi-Fi, which provides a powerful and safe wireless connection.

Jonathon A. Leipsic, M.D., FSCCT, is the recipient of the 2019 DeHaan Award for Innovation in Cardiology, announced by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT). Leipsic will present the second Dehaan Award Lecture at the SCCT 14th Annual Scientific Meeting, July 11-14 in Baltimore. The award, presented by the Jon DeHaan Foundation, includes a $200,000 grant.

Infervision announced their InferTEST program at the recent Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference, June 26-28 in Denver. InferTEST provides a gratis, no-commitment method for hospitals and radiology groups to see how artificial intelligence (AI) works and what value such tools can add to their practices and patients.

Aktina Medical announced that Elekta Instrument AB, based in Sweden, will offer and distribute the Aktina line of patented SRS Cones globally for use in cancer treatments and other appropriate radiation therapies.

Medic Vision Imaging Solutions announced that its 3-D iterative image reconstruction technology for shortening magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, iQMR, has been cleared by the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA). The software will be distributed in Japan by Nagase & Co. Ltd.

Happy 4th of July from the Imaging Technology News team!