Vital Images is highlighting the benefits of its Vitrea solutions as it participates in the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), July 6-9 in Washington, D.C. The company will focus on the advantages of its Vitrea Advanced Visualization Version 7.
Augmenix Inc. announced that the first patient in New Zealand has been treated with SpaceOAR hydrogel at the Kathleen Kilgour Centre (KKC) in Tauranga. SpaceOAR hydrogel is the first absorbable spacer designed to separate the rectum and prostate to reduce the risk of long-term side effects after radiation treatment.
Stephen N. Birrell, M.D., Ph.D., presented breakthrough findings into the reduction of mammographic breast density at the 8th International Breast Densitometry and Cancer Risk Assessment Conference in San Francisco. The conference, co-chaired by University of California San Francisco and Karolinska Institutet, included presentations and posters by researchers from institutions across the world, including the Mayo Clinic and Queen Mary University of London.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
Envision Diagnostic Center (Novi, Mich.) has implemented Exa PACS (picture archiving and communication system) from Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. to facilitate the sharing of multispecialty medical images and reports while enabling the use of computerized physician order entry (CPOE).
In a bid to make the world's first while-you-wait test for breast cancer, European scientists are developing a comfortable hemispherical bowl lined with laser sources and ultrasound detectors with the potential to reduce the stages in spotting the disease into a single appointment.
June 27, 2017 — Toshiba Medical, a Canon Group company, introduced its newest magnetic resonance (MR) system, the ...
While most women understand the importance of health screenings, an estimated 72 million have missed or postponed a ...
June 27, 2017 — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and fellow Republicans announced Tuesday that a final ...
Unfors RaySafe recently introduced the RaySafe Pro-Slit Phantom and the RaySafe Pro-Stand.
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced development of a technology to retrieve similar disease cases from a computed tomography (CT) database of previously taken images. The technology, jointly developed with Fujitsu R&D Center Co. Ltd., works by retrieving similar cases of abnormal shadows expanding in a three-dimensional manner.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
June 26, 2017 — Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. announced that its Synapse PACS (picture archiving and ...
June 26, 2017 — A recent study appears to confirm the recommendations of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN ...
Medidata and Median Technologies announced a new collaboration to streamline the growth and use of medical imaging in cancer clinical trials. Median Technologies will leverage the Medidata Clinical Cloud to accelerate the development of medicines in oncology with new, scalable image management services.
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RamSoft announced a new partnership with Peru-based medical imaging equipment provider, Gamel. With RamSoft’s PowerServer RIS/PACS (radiology information system/picture archiving and communication system) and Gateway Viewer Mini PACS, Gamel’s clients will benefit from improved service accuracy, increased patient turnaround times and optimal patient care.
June 23, 2017 — French radiology technology company Therapixel was recently named the winner of the Digital Mammography ...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently issued a new clinical guideline for the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in early-stage lung cancer. While SBRT is the current standard of care for peripherally located tumors in patients who cannot undergo surgery, the new guideline addresses the appropriateness of SBRT for medically inoperable patients with high-risk clinical scenarios requiring curative focused therapy. The guideline also reviews the role of SBRT for centrally located tumors because of their unique risks compared to peripheral tumors.
June 22, 2017 — Riverain Technologies announced that it is now processing data from nearly 50 computed tomography (CT) ...
A new article published by JAMA Oncology compares outcomes for combined mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasonography screenings for new breast cancers in women who have previously undergone breast conservation surgery and radiotherapy for breast cancer initially diagnosed at 50 or younger.
Senate Republicans led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) unveiled the discussion draft of their own bill Thursday to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly known as Obamacare, which overhauled and expanded health insurance coverage for millions of Americans.
Konica Minolta takes a top-down approach to looking at an entire facility and removing the departmental approach. Featured is the Exa Platform. It provides the infrastructure for managing data across the imaging workflow.
June 21, 2017 — RadNet Inc. and Medic Vision Imaging Solutions Ltd. announced that RadNet has acquired an equity stake ...