Rasu Shrestha, M.D., MBA, chief innovation officer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), executive vice ...
When diagnosing strokes and heart diseases or looking at tumors, perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers a gentler way to capture the blood flow circulation in the organs. However, the method is far from being implemented to its full potential at many clinics. The Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS in Bremen, Germany organized a workshop entitled “Measurement of Perfusion and Capillary Exchange” from June 21-23 to promote adoption of the method. The event provided information about its applications and the current state of research.
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists. Søren M. Bentzen, DSc, Ph.D.; Louis B. Harrison, M.D., FASTRO; and Michael L. Steinberg, M.D., FASTRO, have been awarded the highest honor bestowed upon ASTRO members. They will be recognized for their achievements at an awards ceremony during ASTRO’s 59th Annual Meeting, Sept. 24-27 in San Diego.
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
Clarius Mobile Health has a new option for customers who only want to carry one multipurpose ultrasound scanner in their pocket. Clarius Clip-ons transform a scanner that is typically used to scan deep structures within the abdomen, to one that can also scan superficial anatomy and even the heart.
June 30, 2017 — Solis Mammography was named the 19th fastest-growing, middle-market company in North Texas by the Dallas ...
Medical device companies CurveBeam and Carestream Health announced a collaboration to support and facilitate education and research for weight-bearing computed tomography (CT) imaging.
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
IBA announced the accreditation of an International Competence Center (ICC) training course by the European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics (EBAMP).
GE Healthcare has collaborated with Boca Raton Regional Hospital (Boca Raton, Fla.) to bring a more comfortable mammography system, Senographe Pristina to patients with next-generation 3-D digital mammography technology. It is the first installation of Senographe Pristina in the United States.
Rami Doukky, M.D., system chair, Division of Cardiology, professor of medicine, Cook County Health and Hospitals System ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
Due to its widespread success in treating several types of brain cancer, global market growth for Gamma Knife radiosurgery involving the head is expected to exceed $364.8 million by 2025. As more patients seek treatment at facilities that offer Gamma Knife radiosurgery, the market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2 percent, according to a new report from public relations firm OpenPR.
Philips announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market IntelliSpace Portal 9.0 and a range of innovative applications for radiology in the United States. The latest release of Philips’ clinical informatics platform for advanced visual analysis and quantification of medical images now offers enhanced additional applications for longitudinal brain imaging and multimodality tumor tracking, as well as optimized lung nodule assessment.
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.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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