The Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund, which funds Medicare Part A, will only be able to pay full benefits for Medicare beneficiaries until 2026, according to the 2019 annual report from the Medicare Board of Trustees. The Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Trust Fund, which funds...
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GE Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its Deep Learning Image Reconstruction engine on the new Revolution Apex computed tomography (CT) device. The engine has also been approved as an upgrade to GE’s Revolution CT system in the United...
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When planning a screening program to detect the early signs of breast cancer, age is a major consideration.
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In August 2018, a workshop was held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., to explore the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging. The workshop was co-sponsored by NIH, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the American College of Radiology (...
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Editor's Note: This article was updated following the SBI symposium.
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April 23, 2019 — Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. announced that its Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR)...
GE Healthcare showcases Senographe Pristina with its add-on-biopsy kit at the breast imaging symposium in Hollywood, Florida. Photo by Greg Freiherr
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Signs of what the future may look like in women’s health dotted the exhibit floor of the...
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April 22, 2019 — Mentice AB, provider of endovascular performance solutions, has signed an agreement with the...
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The pressure to be efficient and effective when imaging outpatients may be rising due to imaging’s increased...
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April 22, 2019 — The Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund, which funds Medicare Part A, will only be able to...
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April 22, 2019 — A new study finds wide...
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There were more than 150 companies showing some version of artificial intelligence at RSNA, but very few have FDA cleared products for sale. One of the trends seen on the floor was a movement toward AI app stores where these start-up companies can offer their wares through a larger vendor and provide a single point of contracts and IT integration for hospitals.
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In a demonstration on the exhibit floor of the SBI symposium, Koios software identified suspicious lesions in ultrasound images. Photo by Greg Freiherr
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Commercial efforts to develop...
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April 18, 2019 — University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers have developed a new...
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Fatty tissue and breast density may be considered in the context of many factors that affect the occurrence and detection of breast cancer. Permission to publish provided by DenseBreast-info.org
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