Blogs
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
A trend that has already taken shape in other industries now may be on the cusp of radiology. Tuned to exactly fit their users’ desires, mobile...
Melinda Taschetta-Millane, Editorial Director
Although new technology and research has helped in the fight against breast cancer, death rates continue to be steady in women younger than 50, and...
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
The bring your own device (BYOD) trend offers unprecedented flexibility in radiology. Mobile devices, tuned to suit the user, display medical images...
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Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
Radiologists may not consider imaging systems to be at high risk of cyber attack. But it is for exactly this reason that radiologists must be...
Melinda Taschetta-Millane, Editorial Director
While attending this year’s Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, ITN editor Dave Fornell found two...
Dave Fornell, ITN Editor
Information technology (IT) is among the least sexy areas to cover in medical technology advances, and is often difficult to find really interesting...
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
A slam against radiology is probably the last thing anybody would expect to see in fallout coming from the new U.S. president. And so far there has...
Melinda Taschetta-Millane, Editorial Director
Artificial intelligence (AI), or deep learning, continues to be an ongoing topic of conversation. According to a new report by Signify Research, an...
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
There was a time when cardiac cath was the only way to see what was happening in the heart. Today that can be done with mainstream computed...
Melinda Taschetta-Millane, Editorial Director
Many new milestones were achieved in 2016, probably the biggest being Imaging Technology News’ (ITN) website had a record year with more than 1...
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Greg Freiherr
Enterprise imaging is supposed to break down silos so medical images and other patient data can flow freely across campuses, departments, outpatient...
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Greg Freiherr
Value-based medicine is reshaping the landscape of medical practice. In this new environment, the key to success is making accurate diagnoses...
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
Make no mistake. Radiologists are members of the patient management team. They always have been.
Often radiologists are associated with the...
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
Data are streaming faster and in greater quantities than ever before. These data take the form of pictures coming from imaging machines. They may be...
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
Much has been said about the potential of outcomes to change the practice of medicine. Through comparative studies, outcomes research could point out...
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
At one time, there wasn’t much risk in medical imaging. A federal program called Medicare Pass-Through used to pay hospitals for new equipment based...
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
For a long time, the ongoing joke on the floor of the McCormick Place after Thanksgiving was that RSNA stood for Real Systems Not Available. And,...
Melinda Taschetta-Millane, Editorial Director
The theme for this year’s Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 102nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Assembly is “Beyond Imaging.” This year’s...
Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant
Sure, the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) annual meeting disrupts Thanksgiving. And the cold wind coming off Lake Michigan makes it...
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Greg Freiherr
Spectral CT is the next step on an evolutionary path that diverged 20 years ago with multi-slice imaging. Multi-slice was faster — and more accurate...
