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Canon's Vitrea PACS enterprise imaging system was one of several systems demonstrated at HIMSS 2021 that had easily modified hanging protocols. This included ease of use to customize what each radiologists prefers, including slice thickness. #HIMSS #HIMSS21

Advances in PACS and Enterprise Imaging Systems at HIMSS 2021

Taking advantage of new technology advances, several radiology PACS, enterprise imaging and cardiovascular information ...

November 04, 2021

Philips Healthcare released Spectral CT 7500, which has regulatory clearance in Europe and from the FDA

Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Function and Productivity Drive Computed Tomography Trends

The computed tomography (CT) market was valued at $6.7 million in 2020, and it is expected to reach $9.5 million by 2026 ...

November 04, 2021

The theme this year is Redefining Radiology. RSNA 2021 will highlight new ideas and technologies that redefine what it means to work as a radiologist. This theme will be kicked off in the opening session, held in Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place on Sunday, November 28, at 4 p.m. CT, when Mahoney and James Merlino, M.D., discuss the new ideas and technologies that are redefining what it means to be a radiologist today.

Blog | RSNA | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Chicago, Here We Come!

The in-person 2021 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting in August was the first glimmer of ...

November 04, 2021

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This latest version of Ensight expands the suite of available use cases and provides additional capabilities.

News | Artificial Intelligence

New Version of Data Standardization Software Now Available

SPONSORED CONTENT — EnsightTM 2.0 is the newest version of Enlitic’s data standardization software framework. Ensight is ...

June 21, 2024

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) President Randy Thompson, M.D., getting his COVID-19 vaccine when the vaccines first became available last December. Nearly a year later, some healthcare workers are still holding out and refuse to get the vaccine, which prompted CMS to now require COVID vaccinations for all healthcare workers at facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid patients. #COVID #COVID19 #vaccinations #COVIDvaccine

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Dave Fornell, ITN Editor

CMS Now Requires COVID-19 Vaccinations for Healthcare Workers by January 4

November 4, 2021 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued an emergency regulation now ...

November 04, 2021

The Siemens Naeotom Alpha is the first commercialized photon-counting CT scanner. It gained FDA clearance Sept. 30, 2021. The image shows the system undergoing phantom testing with the outer covers off, showing the motion of the X-ray source and detector ring. Image by Deutscher Zukunftpreis/Ansgar Pudenz.

Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | By Dave Fornell, ITN Editor

First Photon-counting CT System Cleared by the FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the world's first photon-counting computed tomography (CT) scanner ...

November 04, 2021

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News | Artificial Intelligence | June 21, 2024

New Version of Data Standardization Software Now Available

SPONSORED CONTENT — EnsightTM 2.0 is the newest version of Enlitic’s data standardization software framework. Ensight is ...

MIM Software Inc. announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for additional automatically segmented contours and local deployment for Contour ProtégéAI, its robust AI auto-contouring solution

News | Artificial Intelligence

MIM Software Inc. Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Additional AI Contours and Local Deployment

November 3, 2021 — MIM Software Inc. announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

November 03, 2021

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Did you know that approximately one-third of all the data in world is created by the healthcare industry and that medical imaging data comprises 90% of all the medical data worldwide?

Feature | Artificial Intelligence

SPONSORED CONTENT: Enhancing Your Data with AI

Did you know that approximately one-third of all the data in world is created by the healthcare industry and that ...

June 03, 2024

Instadose dosimetry is a SMARTER personal dosimeter technology that eliminates the need to collect and return badges every wear period.

News | Radiation Dose Management

Mirion Technologies Acquires CHP Dosimetry

November 3, 2021 — Mirion Technologies, Inc., a global provider of detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring ...

November 03, 2021

the all new Sectra Keypad—designed in close collaboration with breast radiologists, it empowers users to be more efficient during mammography screening reading and beyond. Its ergonomic design reduces fatigue while easily reconfigurable keys provide access to the right tools at the right time

News | Enterprise Imaging

Sectra to Highlight Brilliant Radiology Workflows at RSNA 2021

November 3, 2021 — “Brilliant workflows. Made for you.” is the key theme for international medical imaging IT and ...

November 03, 2021

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued the following statement today from Laura Dawson, MD, FASTRO, Chair of the ASTRO Board of Directors, in response to the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rules announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

News | Radiation Oncology

ASTRO Deeply Concerned and Disappointed Over CMS 2022 Final Rules

November 3, 2021 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued the following statement today from Laura ...

November 03, 2021

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Philips recently partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop Philips HealthSuite Imaging

Case Study | Enterprise Imaging

Delivering Comprehensive Enterprise Imaging from the Cloud

Having the most efficient clinical workflows with enhanced diagnostic capabilities is a major goal for clinicians and ...

May 16, 2024

PaxeraHealth has announced that it will be unveiling the Ark - a patent pending technology - at RSNA 2021. Inspired by the story of Noah’s Ark, the Ark is a zero-coding authoring platform that offers "Algorithms as a service" to help healthcare systems and academic centers to DIY their own artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for all possible modalities, body parts, and anomalies.

News | Artificial Intelligence

PaxeraHealth Launches the Ark at RSNA 2021

November 2, 2021 — PaxeraHealth has announced that it will be unveiling the Ark - a patent pending technology - at RSNA ...

November 02, 2021

A 37-year-old woman developed a new, palpable left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy lump five days after her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the left arm. On the day of vaccination, the patient was asymptomatic. This is an example of how the vaccine can mimic cancer and swollen lymph nodes. Read more about this case study. Image used with permission of RSNA.

Feature | Radiology Business | Melinda Taschetta-Millane

November 2, 2021 — Here is a list of the Top 10 most popular pieces of content on ITNonline.com from the month of ...

November 02, 2021

FLASH therapy, powered by the use of Varian’s ProBeam, is an experimental treatment modality delivering radiation therapy at ultra-high dose rates, in typically less than one second.

News | Proton Therapy

Varian and the Cincinnati Children's/UC Health Proton Therapy Center Complete Enrollment of FAST-01

November 2, 2021 — Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, and the Cincinnati Children's/UC Health Proton Therapy Center ...

November 02, 2021

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VIDEO: Talking Trends with Philips: Improving Operational Efficiency, Enhancing

Clinicians and referring physicians need fast, secure access to both patient data and their diagnostic or viewing tool ...

February 15, 2024

Philips will demonstrate its Multimodality RT Simulation Workspace, a precision medicine application that provides a vendor-agnostic single space for simulation, multimodality image fusion and contouring

News | ASTRO

Philips Highlights New Patient-centered Innovations at ASTRO 2021

November 2, 2021 — Philips announced new innovations that can help improve cancer care across the patient journey at the ...

November 02, 2021

Data presented demonstrates use of DCISionRT and its response subtype (Rst) was able to identify women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (Stage 0 breast cancer) who remain at an elevated risk of recurrence despite receiving breast conserving surgery (BCS) and radiation therapy (RT).

News | Radiation Therapy

PreludeDx Presents DCIS Precision Medicine Study Results at ASTRO 2021 Annual Meeting

November 2, 2021 — Prelude Corporation, a leader in molecular diagnostics and precision medicine for early-stage breast ...

November 02, 2021

T1-Based Criteria for Myocarditis on Cardiac MRI in Patients With Recent COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination: Early gadolinium enhancement (EGE) compared with precontrast SSFP sequence (not shown) is observed on early postcontrast short-axis SSFP images in (A) 16-year-old male, (B) 17-year-old male, (C) 16-year-old male, and (D) 19-year-old male, and on early postcontrast short-axis perfusion image in (E) 17-year-old male (arrow, A-E). Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is also present (arrows) in all 5 patients (F, G

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Cardiac MRI of Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination in Adolescents

November 1, 2021 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), radiologists need to be cognizant of the ...

November 01, 2021

Koning begins an FDA screening trial this month for their no-compression, Isotropic, 3-dimensional breast imaging device. The company received FDA PMA approval for commercial, diagnostic use in 2017

News | Breast Imaging

Koning Begins FDA Clinical Screening Trial in Daytona Beach

November 1, 2021 — Koning begins an FDA screening trial this month for their no-compression, Isotropic, 3-dimensional ...

November 01, 2021

New ultrafast photon detectors allow for rapid processing of data from positron emission or X-ray scans without the need for tomography to reconstruct images. This image shows a brain phantom (model) scanned by positron emission using the new technology.

News | PET Imaging

Detector Advance Could Lead to Cheaper, Easier Medical Scans

November 1, 2021 — Researchers in the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated the first experimental cross-sectional medical ...

November 01, 2021

18F-FDG PET in patients with long-COVID syndrome. A and B: Transaxial sections of group averaged, spatially normalized 18F-FDG PET scans in patients with long-COVID syndrome (A) and control patients (B). C: The pattern expression score (PES; *adjusted for age and sex, for illustration purposes) of the previously established COVID-19-related spatial covariance pattern was not significantly different between patients with long-COVID syndrome and control patients. Boxplots (grey), as well as individual values

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Molecular Imaging Suggests Long-COVID Symptoms may be Caused by Fatigue

November 1, 2021 — Long-term cognitive problems after a COVID-19 diagnosis may be a result of fatigue rather than ...

November 01, 2021

ClariCT.AI helps improve the image quality of low-dose CT scans. This image shows before and after denoising imaging.

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ClariPi Joins Nuance AI Marketplace for Ultra-Low-Dose CT Image Denoising Solution

October 29, 2021 — ClariPi Inc. recently announced that its ClariCT.AI software will be available on the Nuance AI ...

October 29, 2021

News | Molecular Imaging

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Expansion Event Unveils Advanced Radioisotope Production Equipment and Breaks Ground on First-in-Kind Therapeutic Radioisotope Production Facility

October 29, 2021 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and ...

October 29, 2021