Estes Park Medical Center (Estes Park, Colo.) recently upgraded its diagnostic imaging department with high-resolution portable and room-based digital radiography systems from Carestream Health. The hospital also has Carestream Vue PACS (picture archiving and communication system) for enterprise image management and medical images from all modalities are stored on a Carestream Vue Archive.
iCAD Inc. announced that updated clinical data on the use of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) using the Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy (eBx) System will be presented during the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) Annual Meeting, April 21-22 in Boston. The Xoft System and its suite of products will also be showcased at the Xoft booth.
Samsung NeuroLogica recently announced that the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, Calif., added the BodyTom computed tomography (CT) scanner to its brachytherapy suite. BodyTom is the world’s first portable, full-body, 32-slice CT scanner, according to the company.
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
Rob Fabrizio, director of strategic marketing at Fujifilm Medical Systems USA, discusses the latest innovations in ...
To further support clinicians in their fight against chronic liver disease, Echosens and GE Healthcare have joined forces to offer a new integrated system, the Logiq S8 XDclear 2.0 ultrasound system, which will be presented at the International Liver Congress, April 19-23 in Amsterdam. Combining liver tissue quantification and ultrasound technologies, this platform provides a wider range of solutions for the screening, diagnosis and monitoring of liver diseases.
April 19, 2017 — REMyDI (Rapid Estimation of Myelin for Diagnostic Imaging), first introduced by SyntheticMR AB at the ...
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
Siemens Healthineers plans to expand its Population Health Management (PHM) portfolio with the acquisition of Medicalis Corp. based in San Francisco and Kitchener, Ontario. Medicalis is a leading provider of clinical decision support (CDS) solutions at the point of order entry, imaging workflow (IW) management and referral management (RM).
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, will collaborate with RaySearch on the development of RayCare, the next-generation oncology information system. The agreement covers all of MD Anderson’s sites in the Greater Houston area, including five regional cancer centers. One goal of the collaboration is to enable clinical implementation of RayCare in a complex and large-scale environment.
April 18, 2017 — A collaboration between stroke neurologists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
Patients at Terrebonne General Medical Center (TGMC) in Houma, La., now have access to safe, high-quality interventional cardiac exams with the installation of Toshiba Medical’s Infinix-i Sky +. TGMC, a nationally recognized healthcare organization and home to one of the most advanced vascular interventional practices in the country, is the first healthcare provider in the United States to install the Infinix-i Sky +. The center is leveraging the system’s flexibility and high-quality imaging to perform a wide array of procedures, enabling clinicians to provide outstanding care to more patients.
Using 3-D models of a patient’s foot, investigators at Cedars-Sinai have found that the three leading procedures for treating heel deformities do not adequately correct the debilitating problem.
April 17, 2017 — To bolster its technology and treatment capabilities for coronary and peripheral artery diseases across ...
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
A new study led by UC San Francisco has found that radiation doses can be safely and effectively reduced – and more consistently administered – for common computed tomography (CT) scans by assessing and comparing doses across hospitals, and then sharing best practices for how much radiation to use.
April 17, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a new clinical guideline for the ...
This executive brief covers the experiences and best practices implemented by Jefferson Radiology in its deployment across 10 locations and integration with 7 regional hospitals.
Join us for Think RADical, an advisory event focused on driving innovation in medical imaging. Featuring speakers from Lahey Hospital, Atrius Health, and NEBH.
Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have developed an imaging technique using a specific form of helium to measure the effectiveness of a new drug for cystic fibrosis. They hope the finding could lead to improved therapies for cystic fibrosis and other lung conditions.
Medicalis recently announced that Mercy, the fifth largest Catholic health system in the U.S., has completed its enterprise-wide deployment of the Medicalis Workflow Solution in just under six months.
April 14, 2017 — Carestream Health will demonstrate the potential for gains in both productivity and profitability ...
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