With RSNA upon us after going virtual last year, I have been intrigued by the chance to get caught up on the latest trends in diagnostic imaging practice, innovations in the technology space, and of course friends and acquaintances I haven’t seen since 2019.
Jef Williams

My journey in imaging began in the early 2000s and over the course of that time I have had the opportunity to work with and for many different types of organizations, which has meant observing from various perspectives the ongoing shifts in our industry. With RSNA upon us after going virtual last year, I have been intrigued by the chance to get caught up on the latest trends in diagnostic imaging practice, innovations in the technology space, and of course friends and acquaintances I haven’t seen since 2019.

November 9, 2021 — GE today announced its plan to form three industry-leading, global public companies focused on the growth sectors of aviation, healthcare, and energy, by:

Breast density scale showing the varying degrees of breast density.
Figure 1. Left black and white coronal ultrasound shows irregular “donut” periphery corresponding to desmoplastic tissue, while the right colored elastography demonstrates the fibrotic elements creating the “crater” interior.
Figure 2. Vessel mapping preoperative.
Figure 3. Mixed solid/necrotic axillary lymph node-vessel density allows targeting of active disease.
Breast image using mammogram vs. high-resolution ultrasound.
The late Nancy Cappello, Ph.D.
Robert L. Bard, M.D.
Noelle Cutter, Ph.D.

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Global access to radiation therapy is essential but often overlooked in addressing the growing cancer challenge
Gustaf Salford is president and chief executive officer of Elekta, where he took the helm in November 2020 in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. A proven leader with international business acumen and intimate knowledge of the medical device industry, Salford has held senior management roles at the company for 12 years, including chief financial officer, head of group business control and business controller for Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. 

As the world has been consumed with the global COVID-19 pandemic, another disease continued to devastate lives and livelihoods around the globe. At least 3 million lives were lost to COVID-19 in 2020, spurring unprecedented investment in scientific research and healthcare infrastructure focused on addressing and containing this global pandemic.1 Yet, in 2020, nearly 10 million lives were lost due to cancer, a disease so prevalent and longstanding that it is neither an epidemic nor a pandemic.
How AI provides much needed support for healthcare professionals
Simon Rost is leading the marketing function for GE Healthcare’s Digital Health and AI Portfolio in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He established himself as an expert in marketing, strategy and sales working for GE Healthcare, for the boutique management consulting firm Daemon Quest, now part of Deloitte, and for the German Savings Bank. 

Confidence is like the autopilot on an airplane. It provides assurance and support that we are going in the right direction. Human pilots manage the most crucial aspects of a flight — takeoff and landing — but they also have the backing of artificial intelligence (AI). Clinicians are experiencing the same kind of support from AI in healthcare, and it is coming at just the right time.
Make better business decisions across the medical imaging enterprise
Ray Scott formally accepted the chairman’s role after working with and mentoring the HealthLevel team for two years. He is well known in healthcare IT for pioneering clinical health information exchange, interoperability and analytics with Axolotl Corp., which he co-founded and led as CEO (acquired by UHG/Optum). Prior to Axolotl, Scott managed and grew a number of software companies in Europe.

Radiology is a complex service line. It is an ever-changing landscape fueled by ongoing hospital mergers and acquisitions, relentless downward pressure on reimbursement, the continued impact of the coronavirus pandemic on procedure volumes and deferred technology investments, and an industry shift toward enterprise imaging strategies. Value-based care initiatives have transformed many radiology departments and required leaders to scrutinize how their service line is managed. 
Steven Chmura, M.D., Ph.D., University of Chicago, speaks at an ASTRO 2021 press conference on the results of a phase 1 clinical trial testing the effects of stereotactic body radiotherapy for treating multiple metastases. His study determined that treatments used for single tumors can also be safely used for treating patients with multiple metastases. Read more on this study.

November 8, 2021 — The following links to all the highlighted sessions presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2021 annual meeting. 

ASTRO's 63rd Annual Meeting was held October 24-27 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The meeting marks the society's return to an in-person format after holding its 2020 conference virtually. The 2021 ASTRO meeting featured more than 1,500 research presentations on advances in cancer care.

November 5, 2021 — Robert Chin, M.D., Ph.D., a radiation oncologist with UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, will describe recent research on personalized treatment for HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer – particularly for patients with an inherited variant KRAS gene – during a panel discussion on radiation and cancer biology at ASTRO, the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

The FDA authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Oct. 29 for the prevention of COVID-19 in children 5 to 11 years of age. This was based on a safety review of more than 3,000 patients receiving the vaccine ages 5-11. #COVID19 #COVIDvaccine #COVID #SARSCoV2. Getty Images

November 5, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Oct. 29 for the prevention of COVID-19 in children 5 to 11 years of age. 
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