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Ultra-fast, less than one-minute scan time, cardiac MRI enables accurate assessment of heart anatomy and function, improves patient comfort, increases access to care, and reduces costs

Philips and the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research Collaborate on New Ultra-fast Cardiac MRI Protocol

July 2, 2021 — Philips has participated in an important research project to develop a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging ...

July 02, 2021

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

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Dave Fornell, Editor

CT Scans Help Predict COVID Outcomes at One Month

In a new study published in Radiology of more than 10,000 patients, researchers found that chest computed tomography (CT ...

July 01, 2021

The study investigates targeted drug delivery by focused ultrasound for pancreatic cancer

News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy

University of Oxford Announces Opening of PanDox Phase 1 Study

July 1, 2021 — The University of Oxford announced commencement of enrollment for the Phase I PanDox study of ...

July 01, 2021

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IBA Dosimetry Features Compass 3.0 at AAPM 2013

IBA Dosimetry's Compass 3.0 is a unique two-in-one solution that allows the user to do both calculations and ...

August 13, 2013

VUNO’s road-tested, clinically-proven chest X-ray detection software is reshaping the delivery of medical imaging diagnostics by being fully integrated with Samsung Electronics’ X-ray system

News | Artificial Intelligence

VUNO Embeds AI-powered Algorithms in Samsung’s Premium Mobile X-ray System

July 1, 2021 —South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) developer, VUNO Inc., announced today a partnership with Samsung ...

July 01, 2021

HIMSS21 is a COVID-19 Vaccination Required Event for all attendees, exhibitors, and HIMSS staff

News | HIMSS

HIMSS21 is a Vaccination Required Event

July 1, 2021 — If you are traveling to HIMSS21 in August, be sure to note that the Healthcare Information and Management ...

July 01, 2021

IQ-AI subsidiary Imaging Biometrics (IB) was awarded a U.S. patent for its artificial intelligence (AI) software technology that eliminates the need for gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) in medical imaging exams.

News | Contrast Media

Imaging Biometrics Awarded Patent for No-contrast MRI Exams

June 30, 2021 – IQ-AI subsidiary Imaging Biometrics (IB) was awarded a U.S. patent for its artificial intelligence (AI) ...

June 30, 2021

Laurel Road, a digital platform of KeyBank with specialized offerings for healthcare and business professionals, is partnering with US Radiology Specialists, a network of premier physician-owned radiology operators, as its exclusive student loan employer contribution and refinancing provider.

News | Radiology Business

Laurel Road and US Radiology Specialists Partner to Empower Radiologists in Reaching Financial Goals

June 30, 2021 — Laurel Road, a digital platform of KeyBank with specialized offerings for healthcare and business ...

June 30, 2021

News | Radiology Business

Center for Diagnostic Imaging Relaunches as Rayus Radiology

June 29, 2021 – Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI), the nation’s leading subspecialty practice for advanced diagnostic ...

June 29, 2021

Now a new study from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) highlights the impact that structural racism and residential segregation has on NSCLC outcomes.

News | Lung Imaging

Racism and Segregation Associated with Advanced Stage Lung Cancers Among Blacks

June 29, 2021 — Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...

June 29, 2021

The RefleXion X1 is the world’s first biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) machine that’s expected to improve treatment and expand options for patients with metastatic disease, where few treatments are currently available.

News | Radiation Therapy

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Among First in Country to Offer Radiotherapy That Lets Tumors Guide Treatment

June 29, 2021 — UPMC Hillman Cancer Center will be the first cancer center in the eastern United States, and one of just ...

June 29, 2021

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new imaging agent for detection of prostate cancer, providing a more effective imaging approach to detect the spread of cancer to other parts of the body. Piflufolastat F-18 injection is the first fluorinated prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) agent approved by the FDA and also the first commercially available PSMA PET imaging agent.

News | PET Imaging

FDA Approves First Commercially Available PSMA PET Imaging Agent for Prostate Cancer

June 28, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new imaging agent for detection of prostate ...

June 28, 2021

RaySearch Laboratories AB announced an extension of its relationship with Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV) in Lausanne, Switzerland, which will include orders for RayStation RayCare and RayIntelligence.

News | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)

Raysearch Signs Agreements with Switzerland Clinics

June 28, 2021 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announced an extension of its relationship with Centre hospitalier ...

June 28, 2021

Siemens Healthineers and Prisma Health announced today a 10-year strategic relationship to help create a better state of health for South Carolina.

News | Radiology Business

Siemens Healthineers and Prisma Health Join Forces to Innovate Healthcare for South Carolina

June 28, 2021 — Siemens Healthineers and Prisma Health announced today a 10-year strategic relationship to help create a ...

June 28, 2021

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BLOG: Orchestrating Radiology Workflow in a Large, Distributed Reading Environment

Large radiology groups often face challenges distributing workflow effectively and fairly across the organization ...

November 05, 2021

Breast cancer recently surpassed lung cancer as the number 1 diagnosed cancer in the U.S., excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer. Additionally, the National Cancer Institute recently predicted an almost 10,000 excess deaths from breast and colorectal cancers over the next 10 years as a direct result of the pandemic, making it now more important than ever for women to take control over their breast health.

News | Artificial Intelligence

How AI is Helping the Fight Against Breast Cancer

June 25, 2021 — Breast cancer recently surpassed lung cancer as the number 1 diagnosed cancer in the U.S., excluding ...

June 25, 2021

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., a leading national provider of radiology and oncology solutions to hospitals, health systems and physician groups, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired for $820 million by Akumin Inc., a premier provider of freestanding outpatient radiology services in the U.S.

News | Radiology Business

Alliance Healthcare Services Announces Acquisition by and Integration with Akumin

June 25, 2021 — Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., a leading national provider of radiology and oncology solutions to ...

June 25, 2021

Patients with primary lung cancer detected using low-dose computed tomography screening are at reduced risk of developing brain metastases after diagnosis, according to a study published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Primary Lung Cancers Detected by LDCT are at Lower Risk of Brain Metastases

June 25, 2021 — Patients with primary lung cancer detected using low-dose computed tomography screening are at reduced ...

June 25, 2021

$The two-year project focused on reducing the use of extended-fraction radiation therapy to treat pain from incurable cancer that had spread to patients’ bones. Once a standard practice, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has recommended against the routine use of extended-fraction radiation to relieve pain from bone metastases, especially more than 10 treatments.$

News | Radiation Therapy

Statewide Quality Improvement Project Reduced Excessive Radiation Treatments for Bone Metastases by 80%

June 24, 2021 — An effort by the Michigan Radiation Oncology Quality Consortium reduced excessive radiation treatments ...

June 24, 2021

$COVID-19 progression over 4 days in a 28-year-old man. This posteroranterior chest X-ray \ shows bilateral multiple peripheral and lower lobe ground glass opacities (GGOs) shown by the arrows. Image courtesy of Margarita Revzin et al.$

News | Artificial Intelligence

Medical AI Models Rely on 'Shortcuts' That Could Lead to Misdiagnosis of COVID-19

June 24, 2021 — Artificial intelligence promises to be a powerful tool for improving the speed and accuracy of medical ...

June 24, 2021

Mevion Medical Systems announced that the first proton center in the Mountain West, the Senator Orrin G. Hatch Center for Proton Therapy, has opened at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) and began treating patients on May 11 with the MEVION S250i Proton Therapy System.

News | Proton Therapy

Huntsman Cancer Institute Begins Treatment with Mevion Compact Proton Therapy System

June 24, 2021 — Mevion Medical Systems announced that the first proton center in the Mountain West, the Senator Orrin G ...

June 24, 2021