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Varian's Proton Therapy Treatment Planning Software Clears FDA

September 15, 2020 — Varian announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Eclipse v16.1 treatment planning software for proton therapy.
An example of a cardiac CT scan showing a 3-D reconstriction of the heart showing a stented vessel, and reformatted images showing the stented coronary artery with restenosis from different views. This was imaged using a Canon Aquilion Prime CT system.

Current Evidence for Cardiac CT Calls for Change in Recommendations and Reimbursements

September 8, 2020 — The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) published a report, “Current Evidence and Recommendations for Coronary CTA First in Evaluation of Stable Coronary Artery Disease” that
FDA Clears KA Imaging’s Portable Dual-energy X-Ray Detector

September 8, 2020 — KA Imaging’s portable dual-energy X-ray detector has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Fujifilm Sonosite Receives FDA COVID-19 510(k) Clearance for Comprehensive POCUS Portfolio

September 3, 2020 — ...
Lung Injuries from Vaping Have Characteristic Patterns on CT

August 27, 2020 — Injuries to the lungs from vaping have suggestive patterns on computed...

Of all the buzzwords one would have guessed would dominate 2020, few expected it to be “virtual”. We have been virtualizing various aspects of our lives for many years, but the circumstances of this one has moved almost all of our lives into the virtual realm.

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Feature | Radiology Education | September 18, 2020 | By Jef Williams

Extracting Value From Virtual Events

Of all the buzzwords one would have guessed would dominate 2020, few expected it to be “virtual”. We have been...

Orlando Health ORMC installs new Siemens system, which includes myExam Companion intelligent user support to guide technologist through clinical workflow

News | Computed Tomography (CT) | September 18, 2020

First U.S. Installation of the Siemens SOMATOM X.cite Premium CT Scanner

September 18, 2020 — Florida’s Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) recently became the first...

Cloud and cloud-native architecture is the future for computing solutions in EI applications

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Feature | Enterprise Imaging | September 18, 2020 | By Henri “Rik” Premo

Enterprise Imaging's Best Friend

With over five years of presence in the rapidly expanding enterprise imaging (EI) community through organizations such...

TRU-Vu Monitors, a leading provider of medical-grade video displays and medical-grade touch screens, has introduced a new 21.5” medical display

News | Flat Panel Displays | September 16, 2020

New Medical-Grade Monitor Ideal Against COVID-19 Virus

September 16, 2020 — TRU-Vu Monitors, a leading provider of medical-grade video displays and medical-grade touch...

News | Artificial Intelligence | September 16, 2020

AeroRemote Insights Now Compatible with Additional Konica Minolta X-ray Systems

September 16, 2020 — Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. announced the latest release of AeroRemote Insights, a...

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., a world leader in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) solutions, and the CHEST Foundation, the charitable foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians, today announced their joint grant in creating the CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Ultrasonography and COVID-19.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | September 15, 2020

Fujifilm Sonosite and the CHEST Foundation Partner for COVID-19 Research

September 15, 2020 — Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., a world leader in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) solutions, and the...

Varian Drives Next Evolution of Proton Treatment Planning with Eclipse v16.1

News | Treatment Planning | September 15, 2020

Varian's Proton Therapy Treatment Planning Software Clears FDA

September 15, 2020 — Varian announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Eclipse v16.1 treatment planning...

Change Healthcare announced innovative new artificial intelligence (AI) models, trained by expert physicians, which extract meaningful diagnostic information from text in EHRs. The first application of this technology will be within the InterQual AutoReview solution, which automates medical necessity reviews using real-time data from EHRs.

News | Artificial Intelligence | September 14, 2020

Change Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Decreases Administrative Burden of Case Management

September 14, 2020 — Change Healthcare announced innovative new artificial intelligence (AI) models, trained by expert...

The National Imaging Informatics Course-Radiology (NIIC-RAD) Term 1 will be held online September 28 - October 2, 2020. NIIC-RAD is made possible through a partnership between the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)

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News | Radiology Education | September 11, 2020

RSNA Partners with SIIM to Offer National Imaging Informatics Course

September 11, 2020 — The National Imaging Informatics Course-Radiology (NIIC-RAD) Term 1 will be held online September...

Intel and Samsung Medison, a division of Samsung Electronics and manufacturer of ultrasound devices, announced their collaboration on new smart workflow solutions to improve obstetric measurements that contribute to maternal and fetal safety and can help save lives.

News | Ultrasound Women's Health | September 11, 2020

Intel and Samsung Medison Announce AI Ultrasound Technology for Fetal Care

September 11, 2020 — Intel and Samsung Medison, a division of Samsung Electronics and manufacturer of ultrasound...

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has launched its fourth annual artificial intelligence (AI) challenge, a competition among researchers to create applications that perform a clearly defined clinical task according to specified performance measures. The challenge for competitors this year is to create machine-learning algorithms to detect and characterize instances of pulmonary embolism.

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News | Artificial Intelligence | September 11, 2020

RSNA Launches Pulmonary Embolism AI Challenge

September 11, 2020 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has launched its fourth annual artificial...

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) published new inferior vena cava (IVC) filter guidelines.

News | Interventional Radiology | September 10, 2020

Society of Interventional Radiology Publishes IVC Filter Guidelines

September 10, 2020 — The Society of Interventional Radiology published new clinical practice guidelines that provide...

News | Electronic Medical Records (EMR) | September 10, 2020

DRChrono Adds New Features: Live Chat and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

September 10, 2020 — DrChrono Inc., the company developing the essential platform and services for modern medical...

Vantage Galan with Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) provides high-quality images and fast exam times

Coronal orbit images: Left original and right with AiCE.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | September 09, 2020

UC San Diego Health First in U.S. to Install Canon Medical’s 3T MRI System with AI-Based Reconstruction Technology

September 9, 2020 — Clinicians at the University of California, San Diego Health now have access to Canon Medical...

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | September 09, 2020

Current Evidence for Cardiac CT Calls for Change in Recommendations and Reimbursements

September 8, 2020 — The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) published a report, “Current Evidence and...

Change Healthcare Enterprise Imaging and Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemo now available to Vizient’s diverse provider membership at enhanced savings

News | Enterprise Imaging | September 09, 2020

Change Healthcare Awarded Multi-Year Contracts by Vizient

September 9, 2020 — Change Healthcare announced that it has been awarded two multi-year contracts with Vizient. The...

KA Imaging’s portable dual-energy X-ray detector has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Reveal enables bone and soft-tissue differentiation without motion artifacts in a single X-ray exposure. In other words, with one shot, the detector simultaneously delivers DR, bone and tissue images.

News | Digital Radiography (DR) | September 08, 2020

FDA Clears KA Imaging’s Portable Dual-energy X-Ray Detector

September 8, 2020 — KA Imaging’s portable dual-energy X-ray detector has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food...

While AJR articles were more frequently unfunded, and Radiology articles were more often funded, citation rate was not different between funded vs. unfunded; moreover, funding was not significantly associated with citations

Note: Except where otherwise indicated, data are number (%) of research articles. aSignificance lost after adjustment for multiple testing using false-positive rate control. bStatistically significant. cApplies to Radiology and European Radiology articles only. Courtesy of American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

News | Radiology Education | September 04, 2020

Radiology Research Funding Has Increased But Still No Association with Citation Rate

September 4, 2020 — According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), nearly half (47.7%) of the research...