Blog | Radiology Imaging

Making healthcare more objective and precise promises to increase efficiency and reduce costs — the key ingredients of value medicine.

Time July 20, 2016
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News | Neuro Imaging

In a new study published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, neuroscientists from the University of Chicago show that white matter in a region of the brain called the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) has less integrity and density in people with intermittent explosive disorder (IED) than in healthy individuals and those with other psychiatric disorders.

Time July 19, 2016
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Technology | Radiology Imaging

July 19, 2016 — Siemens Healthineers recently introduced an expanded Services portfolio, known as Enterprise Services ...

Time July 19, 2016
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Videos | Information Technology

At SIIM 2016, itnTV caught up with opening keynote speaker and SIIM treasurer Rasu B. Shrestha, M.D., MBA, Chief Innovation Officer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Executive Vice President, UPMC Enterprises, to discuss the dynamic changes that imaging is facing today.

Time July 19, 2016
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News | Nuclear Imaging

An updated joint American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) imaging guidelines and Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) procedure standard for positron emission tomography (PET) nuclear cardiology procedures has been published in the 2016 September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.

Time July 19, 2016
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Videos | Information Technology

New this year is the SIIM Innovation Challenge, which offered a prize of $10,000 to the winning team to help support innovation exploration and development to raise awareness and engagement in innovation efforts that will help shape the present and future of imaging informatics.

Time July 19, 2016
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Videos | Artificial Intelligence

Eliot L. Siegel, M.D., Dwyer Lecturer; Closing Keynote Speaker, Vice Chair of Radiology at the University of Maryland and the Chief of Radiology for VA Maryland Healthcare System, talks about the current state of the industry in computer-aided detection and diagnosis at SIIM 2016.

Time July 19, 2016
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Videos | Information Technology

2016 marks the third year for the SIIM Hackathon. itnTV sat down with Marc D. Kohli, M.D., Hackathon Committee-Co-Chair, SIIM Board of Directors and director of clinical informatics at UCSF to discuss some of its new objectives and future plans.

Time July 19, 2016
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Videos | Information Technology

At SIIM 2016, Paul G. Nagy, Ph.D., CIIP, FSIIM, discussed the main challenges to adaptive change in healthcare IT, and the adaptive leadership skills necessary to complement technological changes in a clinical setting. He also discussed his vision for SIIM as he assumes leadership as incoming chair.

Time July 19, 2016
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News | Archive Cloud Storage

Purview recently announced that it has exceeded 1 million patients on its medical imaging access platform, Purview ViVA, in just three years since its launch. Purview has now processed over 175 million medical images through ViVA and is adding a new image every second and a new patient every two minutes.

Time July 18, 2016
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News | Lung Imaging

Annual low-dose computed-tomography (CT) screening can eliminate the need for biopsy or surgery in nonsolid lung nodules, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

Time July 18, 2016
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Technology | Breast Imaging

Volpara Solutions last week announced the commercial launch of VolparaEnterprise software, which helps breast imaging providers deliver high-quality, personalized breast screening.

Time July 18, 2016
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News | Colonoscopy Systems

U.S. government agencies and their colorectal cancer prevention have set a goal that at least 80 percent of adults ages 50-75 will be screened for colorectal cancer. A recently published study conducted by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the U.S. healthcare system has the capacity to make this goal a reality.

Time July 18, 2016
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News | Clinical Decision Support

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of 27 of the nation’s leading cancer centers, has been recognized as a qualified provider-led entity (PLE) for the new Medicare Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Program by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Time July 15, 2016
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News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Unlike most brain studies where scientists watch as people respond to cues or commands, Johns Hopkins researchers found a way to observe people’s brain activity as they made choices entirely on their own.

Time July 15, 2016
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News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Stomach MRI images combined with functional fMRI of the brain activity have provided scientists new insight into how the brain listens to the stomach during eating.

Time July 15, 2016
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News | Prostate Cancer

While active surveillance is often recommended for patients with nonaggressive prostate cancer to reduce unnecessary treatment, the challenge for clinicians is to monitor and distinguish early-stage tumors from advanced cancers.

Time July 15, 2016
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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Alternative imaging procedures, radiation safety and parent education should be the top priorities when considering performing computed tomography (CT) procedures on pediatric patients, according to a literature review published in the scientific journal Radiologic Technology. Among the best practices covered are the importance of education, use of traditional and bismuth shielding and radiologists’ review of examination requisitions.

Time July 14, 2016
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News | Prostate Cancer

July 14, 2016 — Adding F-18-choline positron emission tomography (PET) to multi-parametric prostate magnetic resonance ...

Time July 14, 2016
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News | Digital Radiography (DR)

July 13, 2016 — Siemens Healthineers announced that University of Utah Health Care in Salt Lake City is the first ...

Time July 13, 2016
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