The Software & Information Industry Association recently announced the 2017 Jesse H. Neal Award finalists, with ITN named a finalist in the Best Commentary/Blog category for “How Radiology Can Put the Patient First” by Contributing Editor Greg Freiherr. The September blog post was the culmination of a themed blog series on patient centricity.

Using data from the world’s largest computed tomography (CT) dose index registry, researchers have established national dose levels for common adult CT examinations based on patient size. Healthcare facilities can optimize these exam protocols so that dose is commensurate with the size of the patient, avoiding unnecessary radiation exposure.

February 22, 2017 — Does a patient have depression or a cognitive disorder (CD) such as Alzheimer's disease or both ...

TeraRecon is demonstrating their Within Image Analysis (WIA) Cloud machine learning solution this week at the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS17) Conference and Exhibition, Feb. 19-24 in Orlando, Fla. WIA Cloud aims to accelerate and automate image interpretation and advanced post-processing tasks using artificial intelligence to eliminate repetitive operator tasks.

A new digital breast tomosynthesis technique has the potential to reduce the rate at which women are called back for additional examinations without sacrificing cancer detection, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

Radiology information system (RIS) is a computer networked system used to organize and manage the workflow of medical imagery and radiology department, supporting business analysis in a department. RIS is widely used along with picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and vendor neutral archive to manage billing, record keeping, and image archives.

In the first large-scale study of its kind, Dutch researchers demonstrated a strong linear relationship between decreased screening performance and volumetric breast density. Involving more than 110,000 mammograms from the Dutch Breast Screening Program (Foundation of Population Screening Mid-West), the study showed that increasing volumetric breast density, automatically measured by Volpara Density software, impacts mammography performance measures, such as sensitivity and the rates of recall, false positives and interval cancers.