August 21, 2023 — A Seoul, South Korea-based provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, Lunit Inc., has announced that findings from a groundbreaking study will be presented at the 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC 2023), to be held Sept. 9-12 in Singapore.

August 18, 2023 — Artificial intelligence (AI) is capturing the public imagination as the pace of innovation accelerates sharply and easy-to-use AI tools offer new possibilities to transform whole industries. 

Building on a legacy of innovation, Cedars-Sinai is harnessing rapidly evolving breakthroughs in AI technology to enhance patient care, improve efficiency, advance scientific discovery, and cultivate greater physician and staff wellbeing. 

August 18, 2023 — Kitware, a leader in developing innovative medical visualization software, is pleased to announce its successful collaboration with Polarean, Inc. – a medical imaging technology company and long-standing customer – and their recent FDA-approval of their lung imaging technology. 

August 17, 2023 — A 67-year old patient presenting with oesophageal cancer was treated at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) with a form of radiation provided by protons, i.e. positively charged particles. This is the first time this type of radiotherapy has been used in Switzerland to treat an oesophageal tumour. The five-week course of treatment is part of a European clinical trial involving both PSI and University Hospital Zurich.

August 17, 2023 — SSM Health and Siemens Healthineers have announced a new 10-year strategic partnership agreement focused on expanding access to high-quality care and training the next generation of health care workers. The agreement with SSM Health creates the largest geographic Siemens Healthineers strategic partnership to date.  

August 17, 2023 — University of Missouri School of Medicine neurologist Adnan Qureshi, MD recently led a study that discovered last year’s iodinated media contrast dye shortage affected the assessment of stroke patients at hospitals across the country.

August 16, 2023 — In a recently published news update, the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) reported on highlights and newly-appointed leadership updates from the SBI 2023 Symposium, held in National Harbor, MD. A snapshot of significant updates from that event, as reported in an SBI online update of the 3-day event held in May, follows.

August 15, 2023 — In elderly patients with suspected prostate cancer, PSMA PET/CT can diagnose advanced disease and aid in therapy selection without the need for a biopsy. Published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, this new research demonstrates how imaging with PSMA PET/CT can potentially reduce the number of prostate biopsies and associated complications in the elderly while providing accurate staging data. 

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