GE has entered into an agreement to acquire BK Medical, a leader in advanced surgical visualization, from Altaris Capital Partners for a cash purchase price of $1.45 billion.
News | Radiology Business
GE Healthcare to Acquire BK Medical and Expand Ultrasound Portfolio

September 23, 2021 — GE has entered into an agreement to acquire BK Medical, a leader in advanced surgical visualization ...

Time September 23, 2021
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Doctors say they should be making medical decisions with patients, not insurance carriers and outline principles for noninvasive testing
News | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiovascular Imaging Organizations Denounce Test Substitution by Insurance Companies

September 22, 2021 — Test selection should be a shared decision between patient and physician rather than directed by ...

Time September 23, 2021
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Paige Prostate, is the first artificial intelligence (AI)-based software designed to identify an area of interest on the prostate biopsy image with the highest likelihood of harboring cancer so it can be reviewed further by the pathologist if the area of concern has not been identified on initial review.
News | Digital Pathology
FDA Authorizes Software That Can Help Identify Prostate Cancer

September 22, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of software to assist medical ...

Time September 22, 2021
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Researchers studied participants in the Women’s Environmental Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Study to evaluate the risk of coronary artery disease in breast cancer survivors.
News | Women's Health
Left Breast Radiation Therapy Doubles Heart Disease Risk in Young Women

September 22, 2021 — Radiation therapy is an effective and widely used treatment for breast cancer. While the benefits ...

Time September 22, 2021
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This study shows that thanks to deep learning analysis applied to digitized pathology slides, artificial intelligence can classify patients with localized breast cancer between high risk and low risk of metastatic relapse in the next five years.
News | Artificial Intelligence
AI Predicts Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence for Women

September 22, 2021 — The RACE AI study conducted by Gustave Roussy and the startup Owkin, as part of the AI for Health ...

Time September 22, 2021
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The development of new research guidelines for interventional oncology that standardize treatment outcomes and the reporting of data represents a major step forward for an increasingly important medical subspecialty, according to a report in Radiology.
News | Radiation Oncology
New Research Guidelines Will Boost Interventional Oncology Research

September 21, 2021 — The development of new research guidelines for interventional oncology that standardize treatment ...

Time September 21, 2021
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HealthMyne, a pioneer in applied radiomics, announced today that peer-reviewed research recently published in the journal Cancers has demonstrated the ability of its radiomics technology to identify biomarkers that predict whether patients with lung adenocarcinoma would benefit from immunotherapy.
News | Radiomics
HealthMyne’s Radiomic Technology Leveraged to Identify Biomarkers That Predict Immunotherapy Treatment Responses

September 21, 2021 — HealthMyne, a pioneer in applied radiomics, announced today that peer-reviewed research recently ...

Time September 21, 2021
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An illustration based on simulations by Rice University engineers shows a gadolinium ion (blue) in water (red and white), with inner-sphere water -- the water most affected by the gadolinium -- highlighted. The researchers’ models of gadolinium in water show there’s room for improvement in compounds used as contrast agents in clinical magnetic resonance imaging.
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Modern Simulations Could Improve MRIs

September 20, 2021 — Gadolinium-based contrast agents, the gold standard in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to ...

Time September 20, 2021
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Non-oncology doctors’ knowledge of oncology is frequently not up to date, with risks in the communication with patients  
News | Radiation Oncology
Research Shows a Struggle to Keep Up With the Pace of Change in Oncology

September 20, 2021 — The rapid pace of developments in the oncology field, mainly brought by cancer immunotherapy, means ...

Time September 20, 2021
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News | Breast Imaging
ImageCare Centers Unveils PINK Better Mammo Service Featuring Profound AI

September 20, 2021 — ImageCare Centers is unveiling its new “PINK Better Mammo” service with the addition of ProFound AI ...

Time September 20, 2021
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IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), a world leader in particle accelerator technology, and SCK CEN (Belgian Nuclear Research Center) announced a strategic R&D partnership to enable the production of Actinimum-225 (225Ac), a novel radioisotope which has significant potential in the treatment of cancer.
News | Radiation Oncology
IBA and SCK CEN Join Forces to Enable Production of Actinium-225

September 17, 2021 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), a world leader in particle accelerator technology, and ...

Time September 17, 2021
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Bicameral legislation in U.S. House and Senate designed to address equity issues in patient access and affordability for innovative diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
Blue Earth Diagnostics Supports Timely Consideration and Passage of the FIND Act of 2021 by U.S. Congress

September 17, 2021 — Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and ...

Time September 17, 2021
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Shimadzu Medical Systems USA, a leading manufacturer of advanced medical X-ray imaging systems, has announced that the Trinias unity edition product line has been awarded a contract from Vizient, Inc., a healthcare performance improvement company, effective Sept. 1, 2021.
News | X-Ray
Shimadzu Receives Vizient Contract for Cardiac and Vascular Interventional Systems and General Radiology Systems

September 17, 2021 — Shimadzu Medical Systems USA, a leading manufacturer of advanced medical X-ray imaging systems, has ...

Time September 17, 2021
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Carestream Health’s advanced medical imaging systems consistently meet the diagnostic imaging and workflow needs at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla.
News | Digital Radiography (DR)
Holmes Regional Medical Center Deploys Carestream Systems to Meet a Wide Array of Diagnostic Imaging Needs

September 16, 2021 — Carestream Health’s advanced medical imaging systems consistently meet the diagnostic imaging and ...

Time September 16, 2021
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Avoiding contrast dyes for imaging tests not necessary if concerned about iodine allergy, peer-reviewed study concludes #MRI
News | Contrast Media Injectors
New Research Shatters Age-old Iodine Allergy Myth

September 16, 2021 — FDB (First Databank), a leading provider of drug and medical device knowledge that helps healthcare ...

Time September 16, 2021
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Strategies to help guide nuclear radiology teams at various healthcare systems in 2021 and beyond
Feature | Nuclear Imaging | By Staff of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)
5 Strategies for Improving Your Nuclear Radiology Lab

A year after COVID-19 turned the world upside down, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) asked members how ...

Time September 16, 2021
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This is an example of 3-D ultrasound imaging on a breast, designed to help increase efficiency and diagnostic accuracy in any practice. Image courtesy of Hologic.
Feature | Breast Imaging | By Jennifer Meade
Trends in Breast Ultrasound

The breast ultrasound market is seeing growth, driven largely by the proliferation of recent legislation aimed at ...

Time September 15, 2021
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While the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) and the introduction of EQUIP (Enhancing Quality Using the Inspection Program) have been successful in standardizing and enhancing mammographic imaging quality, inadequate breast positioning can dramatically impact the ability of radiologists and technicians to quickly and accurately detect breast cancer and potentially malignant lesions in their patients
Feature | Mammography | By Christopher Austin, M.D. and Randy D. Hicks, M.D., MBA
The Essential Role of Breast Positioning

During mammography, proper breast positioning is critical to the radiologist’s ability to identify potential lesions ...

Time September 15, 2021
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Revised guidelines for lung cancer screening eligibility are perpetuating disparities for racial/ethnic minorities, according to a new study in Radiology.
News | Lung Imaging
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Persist in Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility

September 15, 2021 — Revised guidelines for lung cancer screening eligibility are perpetuating disparities for racial ...

Time September 15, 2021
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To get more flexibility and cost savings from storage, healthcare organizations are increasing their investments in the cloud
Feature | Information Technology | By Kumar Goswami
Big Medical Image Files with Nowhere to Go

Healthcare organizations today are storing petabytes of medical imaging data — lab slides, X-rays, magnetic resonance ...

Time September 15, 2021
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