Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510 (k) clearance for the sale and distribution of its most recent picture archiving and communication system (PACS) technology, Synapse 5.
Radiotherapy effectively damages brain tumors but the cancer cells can repair themselves in order to live on. Now, researchers at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center have tested a strategy that combines radiotherapy with a drug that shuts down the ability of tumors to mend themselves.
McKesson announced Conserus Imaging Fellow to help automate and simplify access to relevant clinical data by integrating information from the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) with other data sources such as electronic health records (EHRs). The solution presents the relevant information for the specific clinical scenario at the point of care, within the imaging cockpit.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
Richardson Healthcare, a division of Richardson Electronics Ltd., announced the opening of its diagnostic imaging replacement parts and training center in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Metastatic prostate cancer, where better therapeutic strategies are desperately needed, appears to be tailor-made for precision oncology, according to a new study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. They found that a single metastasis within an individual patient can provide consistent molecular information to help guide therapy in metastatic prostate cancer.
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SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
February 26, 2016 — lifeIMAGE announced that it has formed a strategic relationship with Client Outlook that will make ...
February 26, 2016 — When a child needs repeated X-rays, exposure to radiation is always a concern for parents. A new ...
Head and neck cancer patients who receive induction chemotherapy (IC) rather than the standard treatment of concurrent chemoradiation (CRT) do not benefit from increased survival rates, according to a new study. They are also less likely to receive a full course of radiation.
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February 26, 2016 — New Venture Medical announced the release of an anti-radiation product from their research and ...
Nuance Communications Inc. announced Dragon Medical One, a universal and secure cloud-based platform that provides unified voice-driven clinical documentation for physicians, whether they are dictating into electronic health records (EHR) or mobile productivity apps.
February 25, 2016 — The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) announced that the Maryland Proton Treatment ...
Did you know that approximately one-third of all the data in world is created by the healthcare industry and that ...
While two advanced radiosurgery approaches — Gamma Knife and RapidArc — offer different strengths, they are equally effective at eradicating cancer in the brain, say researchers at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia.
While healthcare organizations are making great strides to manage patient data within an electronic health record (EHR), imaging data from across the continuum of care is often widely unmanaged, or even missing from the patient’s electronic health history. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) have aligned to form the HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Workgroup with enterprise imaging thought leaders to tackle these challenges.
SPONSORED CONTENT — EnsightTM 2.0 is the newest version of Enlitic’s data standardization software framework. Ensight is ...
Investing in Toshiba Medical, which is seeking potential partners, is likely to deliver strong returns for companies looking to expand into the diagnostic imaging space, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData. This could be particularly attractive in the Japanese market, according to the analyst.
February 25, 2016 — Apollo PACS has announced it has changed its name to Apollo Enterprise Imaging Corp. to better ...
February 24, 2016 — The addition of chemotherapy to radiation therapy (RT) improves survival rates among a subset of ...
Statistics have been the basis of modern medical practice. Soon it will be Big Data’s turn.
ScImage announced it has entered into an agreement with NextGen Healthcare to integrate its PICOM365 Enterprise PACS into the NextGen Ambulatory EHR, allowing for seamless workflow during a clinical encounter.
Frost & Sullivan has awarded Carestream Health its 2016 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation Leadership. Carestream was recognized for innovation focused on value-based imaging that solves real-life problems and addresses unmet customer needs.