The past decade has witnessed significant developments in ultrasound technologies ranging from portable devices, wireless transducers to 3-D/4-D ultrasound imaging and artificial intelligence. Researchers and scientists are endeavoring on developing technologies that simplify diagnostic procedures, improve efficiency of clinicians, and enhance image quality.
August 30, 2016 — Calgary Scientific Inc. announced in mid-July that ResolutionMD medical imaging software is registered ...
Rockefeller University researchers have used a recently-developed imaging technique that makes tissue transparent to visualize brain tissue from deceased patients with Alzheimer's disease. The techniques has exposed nonrandom, higher-order structures of beta amyloid plaques — sticky clumps of a toxic protein typically found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. The findings appear July 14 in Cell Reports.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
August 30, 2016 — Franciscan Health Rensselaer, Rensselaer, Ind., purchased a new Carestream DRX-Excel Plus radiography ...
August 30, 2016 — A recently published study identifies two key research findings regarding breast cancer treatment ...
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August 30, 2016 — Mission Health and GE Healthcare announced a novel, 10-year outcomes-based agreement that will help ...
SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
Siemens Healthineers announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Somatom Drive computed tomography (CT) system. This new dual-source scanner is designed to drive precision in diagnostic imaging across a wide range of clinical disciplines, from pediatrics and emergency medicine to cardiology and oncology. The system has the potential to reduce examination time, preparation and follow-up care.
Treatment with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided focused ultrasound significantly improves tremors and quality of life in patients with essential tremor (ET), according to a study published in the August 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
August 26, 2016 — The latest version of Elekta’s Monaco treatment planning software was recently highlighted in multiple ...
SPONSORED CONTENT — EnsightTM 2.0 is the newest version of Enlitic’s data standardization software framework. Ensight is ...
Respiratory motion presents a number of challenges in the delivery of radiotherapy to certain thoracic or abdominal tumors.
As a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance recommending universal testing of donated Whole Blood and blood components for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories.
The brain’s reward centers in severely obese women continue to respond to food cues even after they’ve eaten and are no longer hungry, in contrast to their lean counterparts, according to a recent study.
Did you know that approximately one-third of all the data in world is created by the healthcare industry and that ...
The Radiological Society of North American (RSNA) journal Radiology has published a special report, detailing the spectrum of imaging findings in babies and fetuses infected with the Zika virus. The article includes a large number of ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) images of Zika virus patients during pre- and postnatal development, showing the profound effects of the disease.
Hologic Inc. announced that a recent study shows Low Dose 3-D Mammography exams with C-View software are comparable to traditional Genius 3-D Mammography exams. The study, conducted by University of Pennsylvania researchers and published online in advance of print by Radiology, showed similar overall and invasive breast cancer detection, as well as recall rates.
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Dune Medical Devices has been selected as one of the few recipients of a European Union Horizon 2020 research grant to spur development of its biopsy system. The 80 billion euro, seven-year program is aimed at securing Europe’s global competitiveness.
August 25, 2016 — National insurer Cigna revised its medical coverage policy for breast cancer screening and will now ...
August 25, 2016 — Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the final ...
August 24, 2016 — Guided Therapeutics Inc. announced in late July that it has sold the first LuViva Advanced Cervical ...
Important clinical trial results in Alzheimer's disease and dementia were recently reported at the 2016 Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Toronto, Canada, including the first completed Phase 3 trial of an anti-tau drug in Alzheimer's.
Molecular Dynamics has successfully completed the first phase of a clinical trial to evaluate the Valiance X12 whole-body cadmium zinc telluride (CZT)-based digital SPECT/CT prototype with promising results.