Conference Coverage

The investment, led by GreatPoint Ventures, will fuel the commercialization of Sirona’s platform, poised to transform radiology IT

Sirona Medical Secures $40M in Series B Funding to Accelerate Adoption of its Cloud-Native Radiology Operating System

November 10, 2021 — Sirona Medical, a software company founded on a deep understanding of both the practice and business ...

November 10, 2021

With new productivity features and functionalities, Agfa HealthCare demonstrates how the right tools can help radiology leadership derive increased value from medical imaging

News | Enterprise Imaging

Agfa HealthCare Showcases a Suite of Technology Innovations at RSNA21

November 10, 2021 — With new productivity features and functionalities, Agfa HealthCare demonstrates how the right tools ...

November 10, 2021

The three growth sectors that GE is focusing on include healthcare, aviation and energy, with the tax-free spin-off of Healthcare to be executed in early 2023

News | Radiology Business

GE Announces Plans to Form Three Public Companies Focused on Growth Sectors

November 9, 2021 — GE today announced its plan to form three industry-leading, global public companies focused on the ...

November 09, 2021

Steven Chmura, M.D., Ph.D., University of Chicago, speaks at an ASTRO 2021 press conference on the results of a phase 1 clinical trial testing the effects of stereotactic body radiotherapy for treating multiple metastases. His study determined that treatments used for single tumors can also be safely used for treating patients with multiple metastases. Read more on this study.

Feature | ASTRO

Radiation Oncology Research Featured at ASTRO 2021

November 8, 2021 — The following links to all the highlighted sessions presented at the American Society for Radiation ...

November 08, 2021

A radiotherapy treatment plan for Accuray’s Tomotherapy system to kill white blood cells prior to a liver cancer patient undergoing a transplant. The treatment is aimed at the bone marrow and spares dose to most of the organs to reduce side effects. This was an example plan created on the new Volvo Ultra treatment planning system. The software allow planning for more than 100 cm of anatomy. It also allows users to drag target dose values of the main graph and the system will recalculate all the doses.

Gallery | ASTRO | By Dave Fornell, ITN Editor

Photo Gallery of Technologies at ASTRO 2021

This is an image gallery of technologies on display on the expo floor at the 2021 American Society of Radiation Oncology ...

November 08, 2021

recent research on personalized treatment for HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer – particularly for patients with an inherited variant KRAS gene

News | Radiation Oncology

Identifying Unique Genetic Variants to Overcome Cancer Treatment Barriers

November 5, 2021 — Robert Chin, M.D., Ph.D., a radiation oncologist with UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, will ...

November 05, 2021

Enterprise imaging vendors are releasing completely new, revamped platforms that are programmed from the ground up as web-based platforms, rather than older architecture systems that were modified to be used as cloud-based systems

Feature | Enterprise Imaging | By Dave Fornell

4 Trends in Enterprise Imaging Systems

Here is a list of some of the top overarching trends in enterprise radiology systems the editors of Imaging Technology ...

November 05, 2021

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

Feature | Enterprise Imaging

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

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

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

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

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

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

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