News | Information Technology
Safe implementation of new technologies and therapies accompany classic patient safety challenges on ECRI Institute's “2017 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations.” The report highlights concerns from health information management, clinical decision support and new oral anticoagulants, to long-standing concerns like test result reporting and follow-up and unrecognized patient deterioration.
March 24, 2017 
News | Mammography
GE Healthcare announced the launch of its new Senographe Pristina mammography system, designed to make breast screening more comfortable and inviting for patients.
March 24, 2017 
News | Digital Radiography (DR)
Carestream announced that it provided a DRX Plus 3543 digital X-ray detector for the 2017 National Football League (NFL) Scouting Combine in Indianapolis to aid in physical examinations for top college football players. The detector was used with the existing X-ray system at Lucas Oil Stadium; additional tests were conducted at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
March 23, 2017 Sponsored Content
Case Study | PACS
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
February 03, 2025 
News | Advanced Visualization
ContextVision recently received a patent approval on a new skeletal visualization technology for 3-D ultrasound.
March 23, 2017 
News | Enterprise Imaging
March 23, 2017 — Swedish healthcare provider Danderyd Hospital AB has signed a five-year contract with Sectra for the ...
March 23, 2017 Sponsored Content
News | Artificial Intelligence | June 21, 2024
SPONSORED CONTENT — EnsightTM 2.0 is the newest version of Enlitic’s data standardization software framework. Ensight is ...
News | Biopsy Systems
March 23, 2017 — Urology specialists at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute (Detroit) have begun using the UroNav ...
March 23, 2017 Sponsored Content
Feature | Breast Imaging
While most women understand the importance of health screenings, an estimated 72 million have missed or postponed a ...
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Profound Medical Corp. announced that it has successfully completed the first sale of a TULSA-PRO system in Finland to the Turku University Hospital (“Tyks”). The deal was completed in collaboration with Philips, who is working in partnership with Profound to commercialize the TULSA-PRO system in Europe.
March 22, 2017 
News | Ultrasound Imaging
Carestream Health will show its Carestream Touch Prime and Touch Prime XE Ultrasound Systems at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine convention, March 25-29 in Orlando, Fla. Both premium systems are designed for general diagnostic imaging use in radiology.
March 22, 2017 
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
Samsung NeuroLogica announced that its portable computed tomography (CT) technology will be included in Carolinas HealthCare System’s Levine Cancer Institute’s innovative Mobile Lung CT Unit. The unit will bring lung cancer diagnosis and intervention to underserved populations in the Carolinas.
March 22, 2017 Sponsored Content
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
September 25, 2024 
News | Lung Imaging
An emerging approach for cancer treatment seeks to combine radiation therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPIs) to more effectively control tumors in the chest with an acceptable risk of severe treatment-related side effects. Ten percent of patients in a retrospective analysis of metastatic lung cancer experienced severe toxicity as a result of the combination therapy. Findings were presented at the 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium, March 16-18 in San Francisco.
March 22, 2017 
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
March 21, 2017 — Toshiba Medical demonstrated its Forward projected model-based Iterative Reconstruction SoluTion (FIRST ...
March 21, 2017 
A new imaging biomarker may help predict which children will take longer to recover from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a preliminary study published online in Neurology.
March 21, 2017 Sponsored Content
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
August 06, 2024 
News | Advanced Visualization
EchoPixel recently announced progress in the clinical adoption of its True 3D virtual reality software in pediatric surgical procedures. At several leading clinical sites, the company said surgeons and radiologists are adopting True 3D powered by HP to develop surgical plans, effectively communicate in a common 3-D language, and assist in challenging procedures - including a 17-hour operation to separate conjoined twins.
March 21, 2017 
Sponsored Content | Case Study | Enterprise Imaging
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), a 600-bed academic medical center, faced the dual challenges of long-term image storage and lack of true disaster recovery for full-fidelity images. With the implementation of Merge interoperability solutions, these important issues were addressed, workflow was improved and CCHMC now plans to further expand its archive beyond radiology and cardiology, across all specialties.
March 21, 2017 
Patients in their 80s and 90s who have early-stage lung cancer but cannot undergo an operation can be treated safely and effectively with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), according to research presented at the 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium. The advanced form of radiation therapy (RT) was well tolerated among this relatively understudied elderly population, indicating that SBRT is a viable option for patients who may otherwise be offered no curative treatment.
March 20, 2017 
Technology | Enterprise Imaging
Agfa HealthCare announced the release a new version of its Enterprise Imaging for Cardiology platform at the American College of Cardiology ACC.17 expo, March 17-19 in Washington, D.C. Customer-driven enhancements include new structured reporting modules for congenital echocardiology and nuclear cardiology.
March 20, 2017 
Technology | Cardiovascular Ultrasound
March 20, 2017 — Cardiologists can now access the advanced ultrasound imaging technology needed for fast and confident ...
March 20, 2017 
News | Digital Radiography (DR)
UnityPoint Health – Meriter (Madison, Wis.) recently installed two Carestream DRX-Evolution Plus systems as part of an upgrade designed to enhance and expedite diagnostic imaging for orthopedic and general radiology patients at the 448-bed hospital.
March 16, 2017 
News | Biopsy Systems
March 16, 2017 — Exact Imaging has received Health Canada approval and the corresponding medical device license (#98667) ...
March 16, 2017 
The featured clinical investigation article of the March 2017 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine demonstrates that the positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer fluciclovine (fluorine-18; F-18) can help guide and monitor targeted treatment for recurrent prostate cancer, allowing for individualized, targeted therapy.
March 16, 2017