April 4, 2020 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its recommendations, stating that everyone should now wear protective face cloth covering when out in public, especially in ares of significant community-based...
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In an effort to keep the imaging field updated on the latest information being released on coronavirus (COVID-19), the ITN editorial team will be providing daily recaps of pertinent information.
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The traditional treatment planning process takes days to create an optimized radiation therapy delivery plan, but new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are helping speed this process. In some cases autonomous AI-generated plans can be generated in a couple minutes.
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March 31, 2020 — An artificial intelligence tool accurately predicted which patients newly infected with the COVID-19 virus would go on to develop severe respiratory disease, a...
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On March 27, the House of Representatives approved a historic $2 trillion stimulus package and sent it to President Trump for his signature, who then signed it into law.
Feature | Breast Imaging | April 06, 2020 | By Samir Parikh
A recent study earlier this year in the journal Nature, which...
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D., M.Ph. demonstrates how the general public can make their own face masks for non-clinical use.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 04, 2020 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
April 4, 2020 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 03, 2020 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane and Dave Fornell
In an effort to keep the imaging field updated on the latest information being released on coronavirus (COVID-19), the...
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Blog | Artificial Intelligence | March 02, 2020
Artificial intelligence may be impor
Varian received FDA clearance for its Ethos therapy in February 2020, shown here displayed for the first time at ASTRO 2019. It is an adaptive intelligence solution that uses onboard AI in the treatment system to take the cone beam CT imaging on the system, compare it to the treatment plan and deliver an entire adaptive treatment plan in a typical 15-minute treatment time slot, from patient setup through treatment delivery.
Feature | Treatment Planning | April 03, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
The traditional treatment planning process takes days to create an optimized radiation therapy delivery plan, but new...
Rising concerns over radiation overexposure teamed with a growing focus on improving the quality of patient care are two key drivers of today’s radiation dose management market.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | April 02, 2020 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Rising concerns over...
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Blog | Electronic Medical Records (EMR) | February 24, 2020
When time matters, the need for fast and reliable image transfer is obvious.
An example of Philips’ TrueVue technology, which offers photo-realistic rendering and the ability to change the location of the lighting source on 3-D ultrasound images. In this example of two Amplazer transcatheter septal occluder devices in the heart, the operator demonstrating the product was able to push the lighting source behind the devices into the other chamber of the heart. This illuminated a hole that was still present that the occluders did not seal. Photo by Dave Fornell
Feature | Radiology Imaging | April 02, 2020 | By Katie Caron
A new year — and decade — offers the opportunity to reflect on the advancements and challenges of years gone by and...
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Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 02, 2020 | Jilan Liu and HIMSS Greater China Team
Information technologies have played a pivotal role in China’s response to the novel coronavirus...
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Blog | Electronic Medical Records (EMR) | January 23, 2020
Approaches to gain widespread use of electronic transmission of patient images may be as varied as the needs and circ
News | Radiation Oncology | April 01, 2020
April 1, 2020 — ViewRay, Inc. announced a strategic collaboration...
News | Artificial Intelligence | March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020 — Lung infections generated by the coronavirus can be detected in...
Doctor in our hospital is using this intelligent system for accurate diagnosis. (Photo: Business Wire)
News | Artificial Intelligence | March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020 — The Intelligent ...
News | Artificial Intelligence | March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020 — Two British companies at the leading edge of medical imaging technology are working together on a plan...
News | Artificial Intelligence | March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020 — An artificial intelligence tool accurately predicted which patients newly infected with the...
A physician working in a coronavirus care center nearby Daegu, South Korea, is using Lunit INSIGHT CXR to interpret chest X-ray image of a coronavirus patient. Photo by Seoul National University Hospital
News | Artificial Intelligence | March 30, 2020
March 30, 2020 — Lunit, a medical AI software company that...
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | March 28, 2020 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
On March 27, the House of Representatives approved a historic $2...
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020 — PaxeraHealth has spent years building and...
AI vendor Infervision's InferRead CT Pneumonia software uses artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis to improve the overall efficiency of the radiology department. It is being developed in China as a high sensitivity detection aid for novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19).
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | March 27, 2020 | Jilian Liu, M.D., HIMSS Greater China
An older couple walked into the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine near their...
