Sure, the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) annual meeting disrupts Thanksgiving. And the cold wind coming off Lake Michigan makes it all the harder to leave family and friends. But it’s easy to love RSNA, especially the exhibit floor. 

Computer programs have defeated humans in Jeopardy!, chess and Go. Now a program developed at Case Western Reserve University has outperformed physicians on a more serious matter.

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced in September that the company will focus its resources on its proprietary GalXC technology platform to advance development of product candidates in its core therapeutic areas. Those areas include rare diseases, chronic liver diseases, cardiovascular disease and viral infectious diseases. Under this plan, Dicerna will transition its primary hyperoxaluria (PH) development program to focus on DCR-PHXC, a subcutaneously delivered GalXC clinical candidate, which was announced earlier this year.

A new study by Logicalis examined the significant challenges facing chief information officers (CIOs) worldwide as they enable businesses in every market segment to respond to threats posed by digital disrupters like Uber and Airbnb. The 2016 Logicalis Global CIO Survey, now in its fourth year, polled over 700 CIOs worldwide. According to the survey, distributed IT, shadow IT departments and data security are among the biggest issues facing CIOs today.

For men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, radiation treatment with brachytherapy alone can result in similar cancer control with fewer long-term side effects. The findings come from research presented at the 58th annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) comparing brachytherapy alone to more aggressive treatment that combines brachytherapy with external beam therapy (EBT).

Calgary Scientific announced it will be displaying its flagship ResolutionMD technology at the 2016 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov. 27-Dec. 3 in Chicago.

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a specialized and highly targeted method of delivering radiotherapy, or radiation therapy, to treat cancer. This approach, used to treat many solid-tumor cancers, including lung, liver and kidney cancers, can mean greater convenience and quality of life for patients because it involves fewer individual treatments and can help to spare healthy tissue. A new study led by Anurag Singh, M.D., of Roswell Park Cancer Institute presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2016 Annual Meeting suggests that a single high-intensity SBRT dose can be as effective as three slightly lower doses of radiation.

In conjunction with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) meeting in Chicago, Mindray announced the introduction of its new L20-5s ultra-high frequency linear transducer with enhanced iNeedle visualization technology. The new transducer is compatible with the TE7 Touch Enabled Ultrasound System, designed specifically for the point-of-care (POC) imaging environment. The TE7 offers intuitive tablet-like operation, superior image quality with one-touch image optimization, and exam presets to improve both diagnostic confidence and efficiency.

The Human Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) announced it has awarded a $44,000 grant to Duke University School of Medicine’s Division of Pediatric Cardiology for a new research study on the impact of therapy dogs on pediatric echocardiograms.

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