Conference Coverage

World's largest radiation oncology meeting will offer full conference on interactive platform October 25-28, 2020
News | ASTRO
ASTRO to Host Virtual Annual Meeting in October

July 9, 2020 — Registration opens today for the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 62nd Annual Meeting ...

Time July 09, 2020
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Feature | Mobile C-Arms | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Mobile C-arms Market Update

Moblie C-arms have seen several advances over the past decade, moving toward digital flat panel detectors, improved ...

Time July 08, 2020
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At the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2019 meeting, new artificial intelligence (AI) software to assist with radiotherapy treatment planning systems was highlighted. The goal of the AI-based systems is to save staff time, while still allowing clinicians to do the final patient review. 
Feature | Treatment Planning | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Treatment Planning

At the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2019 meeting, new artificial intelligence (AI) software to ...

Time July 08, 2020
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A 3-D ultrasound system provides an effective, noninvasive way to estimate blood flow that retains its accuracy across different equipment, operators and facilities, according to a study published in the journal Radiology.
News | Ultrasound Imaging
3-D Ultrasound Enables Accurate, Noninvasive Measurements of Blood Flow

July 1, 2020 — A 3-D ultrasound system provides an effective, noninvasive way to estimate blood flow that retains its ...

Time July 01, 2020
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R2* maps of healthy control participants and participants with Alzheimer disease. R2* maps are windowed between 10 and 50 sec21. Differences in iron concentration in basal ganglia are too small to allow visual separation between patients with Alzheimer disease and control participants, and iron levels strongly depend on anatomic structure and subject age. Image courtesy of Radiological Society of North America
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Brain Iron Accumulation Linked to Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Patients

July 1, 2020 — Researchers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have found that iron accumulation in the outer layer ...

Time July 01, 2020
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Thoracic findings in a 15-year-old girl with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). (a) Chest radiograph on admission shows mild perihilar bronchial wall cuffing. (b) Chest radiograph on the third day of admission demonstrates extensive airspace opacification with a mid and lower zone predominance. (c, d) Contrast-enhanced axial CT chest of the thorax at day 3 shows areas of ground-glass opacification (GGO) and dense airspace consolidation with air bronchograms. (c) This conformed to a mosai
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
New Study Looks at Post-COVID-19 Emerging Disease in Children

June 26, 2020 — In recent weeks, a multisystem hyperinflammatory condition has emerged in children in association with ...

Time June 26, 2020
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n support of Mayo Clinic’s digital health and practice transformation initiatives, the Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology has initiated an enterprise-wide digital pathology implementation of the Sectra digital slide review and image storage and management system to enable digital pathology. 
News | Enterprise Imaging
Mayo Clinic Launches Sectra Imaging Solution

June 26, 2020 — In support of Mayo Clinic’s digital health and practice transformation initiatives, the Mayo Clinic ...

Time June 26, 2020
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 Accuray Incorporated announced the company has launched the CyberKnife S7 System, an innovative device combining speed, advanced precision and real-time artificial intelligence (AI)-driven motion tracking and synchronization treatment delivery for all stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatments — in as little as 15 minutes.
News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
Accuray Launches New CyberKnife S7 System

June 26, 2020 — Accuray Incorporated announced the company has launched the CyberKnife S7 System, an innovative device ...

Time June 26, 2020
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Visage announces cloud implementation, Visage 7 Workflow and semantic annotations
News | Enterprise Imaging
Visage 7 Workflow Now Available as an Option

June 26, 2020 — Visage Imaging, Inc. announced the latest version of the Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform, Visage 7 ...

Time June 26, 2020
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The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the RSNA COVID-19 AI Task Force today announced the launch of the RSNA International COVID-19 Open Radiology Database (RICORD). RICORD is envisioned as the largest open database of anonymized COVID-19 medical images in the world.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
RSNA Launches International COVID-19 Open Radiology Database

June 25, 2020 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the RSNA COVID-19 AI Task Force today announced the ...

Time June 25, 2020
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Members of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) shared their concerns, insights and predictions with their Society to help in understanding the needs of radiologists during and following the global pandemic.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
RSNA Members Share Insights and Outlooks on COVID-19

June 24, 2020 — Members of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) shared their concerns, insights and ...

Time June 24, 2020
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Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs - Food and Drug Administration
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FDA Keeps on Track With Medical Product Application Goals

June 23, 2020 — On June 23, 2020, Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, released a statement regarding ...

Time June 23, 2020
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Two leading organizations join forces to drive future telehealth strategies across hospital settings into the home propelled by COVID-19
News | Teleradiology
Philips Collaborates with American Telemedicine Association to Further Commitment to Telehealth

June 18, 2020 — Philips announced it has once again joined forces with the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) to ...

Time June 18, 2020
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Philips connects oncologists and pathologists around the world to MD Anderson’s Precision Oncology Decision Support (PODS) system of actionable clinical information
News | Clinical Decision Support
Philips and MD Anderson Collaborate to Provide Oncologists with Evidence-based Therapy, Clinical Trial Guidance

June 16, 2020 — Philips and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced a collaboration to provide ...

Time June 16, 2020
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Axial FLAIR in four different COVID-19 patients. A) 58-year old man with impaired consciousness: FLAIR hyperintensities located in the left medial temporal lobe. B) 66-year old man with impaired consciousness: FLAIR ovoid hyperintense lesion located in the central part of the splenium of the corpus callosum. C) 71-year old woman with pathological wakefulness after sedation: extensive and confluent supratentorial white matter FLAIR hyperintensities (arrows). Association with leptomeningeal enhancement (stars
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Multi-institutional Study Looks at Brain MRI Findings in COVID-19

June 16, 2020 — Current data on central nervous system (CNS) involvement in COVID-19 is uncommon but growing ...

Time June 16, 2020
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New software version for Vantage Orian 1.5T also offers cybersecurity solutions to protect patient data
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Canon Medical Receives FDA Clearance for Compressed SPEEDER Technology for 1.5T MR

June 15, 2020 — Hospitals and institutions are continually looking for ways to improve diagnostic imaging throughput ...

Time June 15, 2020
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 Samsung announced the immediate availability of the RS85 Prestige, the latest addition to the company’s portfolio of ultrasound systems.
News | Ultrasound Imaging
Samsung Introduces RS85 Prestige for Advanced Diagnostics

June 11, 2020 — Samsung announced the immediate availability of the RS85 Prestige, the latest addition to the company’s ...

Time June 11, 2020
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A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides recommendations for radiation therapy to treat patients with nonmetastatic cervical cancer.
News | Radiation Therapy
ASTRO Issues First Clinical Guideline on Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer

June 10, 2020 — A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides ...

Time June 10, 2020
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Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs - Food and Drug Administration, discussed The COVID-19 Pandemic — Finding Solutions, Applying Lessons Learned, on June 1
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Remarks by FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D. on the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 5, 2020 — The following speech was delivered by Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs - Food and ...

Time June 05, 2020
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Chief among the myriad practical updates to minimize risks for patients and imaging personnel alike is a tiered approach for delaying both outpatient and inpatient cross-sectional interventional procedures
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Interventional Radiologists Modify Protocol for Coronavirus Disease

June 5, 2020 — An open-access article in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) details myriad practical updates ...

Time June 05, 2020
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