As healthcare providers aim to deliver high-quality, coordinated care and improve patient outcomes they must find ways to not only change and adapt to highly technical processes and advances in technologies but also work toward an open, seamless flow of data between departments, providers, organizations and patients.

For some imaging departments, the virus uncovered a disconnect between the imaging technology they have and what they need to thrive

Healthcare is still reeling from the unforeseen disruption that COVID-19 has caused throughout the industry.

July 5, 2021 — Siemens Healthineers announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the Magnetom Free.Max, a new High-V magnetic resonance (MR) scanner that combines a 0.55 Tesla (0.55T) field strength with deep learning technologies and advanced image processing.

How new technology can aid in reducing radiation dose levels in pediatric patients
The ultra-compact, ultra light design of the Samsung AccE GM85 allows advanced mobility even in tight spaces.
Using MRI to image pediatric patients allows for more detailed images and eliminated radiation dose. (Image courtesy of Philips Healthcare)
The Siemens Healthineers MRI system improves access and create a more comfortable and friendly atmosphere to reduce anxiety of your pediatric patients. Its 70 cm open bore and ultra-short magnet length improve access, and features such as the Illumination MoodLight or child-friendly scanner design by Dream Think Imagine create a more friendly atmosphere for your patients.
The Carestream Health DRX-Revolution Nano Mobile X-ray System uses Carbon Nano Tube technology to deliver significantly reduced size and weight when compared to existing mobile X-ray systems.

Let’s face it, kids hurt themselves. They jump off structures that are too high, slip off monkey bars, or some are born with conditions such as hip dysplasia that cause them to need multiple diagnostic images taken.
Studies conducted by Mass General Hospital and University of Virginia have concluded that PixelShine, a disruptive technology from AlgoMedica, significantly improved the diagnostic quality of CT scans acquired at reduced radiation dose. Here, you can see before and after noise reduction is applied.

Computed tomography (CT) imaging has broad diagnostic application and is the imaging gold standard for many clinical indications. However, CT imaging exposes patients to higher doses of radiation than other methods.

Slowly, we are seeing our world come back into focus. The pandemic threw everyone a curve ball that most didn’t see coming, at least at the magnitude that it hit.

July 2, 2021 — Philips has participated in an important research project to develop a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique [1,2] that could potentially revolutionize the use of MR imaging in cardiology.

In the STOIC study, readers classified CT exams as COVID positive, COVID negative or normal. The readers had access to the CT scans using a 3D image visualization web application, allowing scrolling through the entire lung volume in the coronal, sagittal or axial transverse plane. The CT scan shown here has been classified as COVID positive due to the presence of bilateral ground glass opacities and absence of features such as mucoid impaction, bronchiolar nodules, segmental, lobar consolidation. RSNA Image

In a new study published in Radiology of more than 10,000 patients, researchers found that chest computed tomography (CT) was 80 percent accurate in diagnosing COVID-19 pneumonia and predictive of death or the need for intubation. Accuracy increased to 86 percent after five days of symptoms.
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