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According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), immediately reading screening mammograms during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic promises a new and improved paradigm—reducing care disparities, while increasing the speed of diagnostic workup.

Same-day Mammogram Reading During COVID-19: Reduced Disparity, Faster Diagnosis

September 9, 2021 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), immediately reading screening mammograms ...

September 09, 2021

Laws designed to help women with increased risk for missed breast cancer diagnoses may help catch the disease earlier, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

News | Breast Imaging

Legislation May Help Identify Breast Cancer Earlier in Certain At-risk Women

September 9, 2021 — Laws designed to help women with increased risk for missed breast cancer diagnoses may help catch ...

September 09, 2021

Comment letters on the 2022 physician fee schedule and Radiation Oncology Model urge CMS to scale back extreme cuts that jeopardize access to life-saving cancer treatments

News | ASTRO

ASTRO Submits RO Model Comment Letters to CMS

September 9, 2021 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) submitted two comment letters to the Centers for ...

September 09, 2021

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IBA Dosimetry Features Compass 3.0 at AAPM 2013

IBA Dosimetry's Compass 3.0 is a unique two-in-one solution that allows the user to do both calculations and ...

August 13, 2013

A lone vendor booth in a sea of open space in a corner of the expo floor at HIMSS 2021 this week. A large number of vendors decided to pull out of exhibiting at HIMSS in recent weeks because the host city of Las Vegas saw a major surge of COVID cases over July, reaching a 20.2% positivity rate on the day HIMSS began.

Blog | HIMSS | By Dave Fornell, Editor

HIMSS 2021 Showed What to Expect From In-person Healthcare Conferences During the COVID Pandemic

The in-person 2021 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting planned for Aug. 9-13 appeared to ...

September 08, 2021

Insignia Medical Systems, a leading UK-based enterprise imaging provider, announced it has been acquired by Intelerad Medical Systems, a global leader in medical image management solutions. The deal signals an important step in expanding next-generation imaging solutions and resources to help modernise hospital trusts across the UK.

News | Radiology Business

Intelerad Acquires Insignia Medical Systems

September 8, 2021 — Insignia Medical Systems, a leading UK-based enterprise imaging provider, announced it has been ...

September 08, 2021

News | PET Imaging

Researchers Identify Mechanism That Can Help Guide Development of New STING-activating Drugs Using Imaging

September 8, 2021 — A new study from scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that emerging ...

September 08, 2021

An artificial intelligence (AI) program can spot signs of lung cancer on computed tomography (CT) scans a year before they can be diagnosed with existing methods, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

News | Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Could Help Diagnose Lung Cancer a Year Earlier

September 8, 2021 — An artificial intelligence (AI) program can spot signs of lung cancer on computed tomography (CT) ...

September 08, 2021

62-Year-Old Woman Who Underwent Hysterectomy for Uterine Cancer: Sagittal chest CT images demonstrate measurement of right (A) and left (B) lung length at hilar level from apex to diaphragmatic dome. Right lung length was 20.1 cm for reader 1 and 20.0 cm for reader 2; left lung length was 21.7 cm for reader 1 and 21.3 cm for reader 2. Patient did not require postoperative mechanical ventilation.

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Preoperative Chest CT Improves Assessment of Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation

September 7, 2021 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), preoperative thoracic computed ...

September 07, 2021

Neuroscientists at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology carried out comparative studies to determine safe operating conditions for multiband EEG-fMRI imaging while maintaining acceptable data quality standards

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Beckman Neuroscientists Define Safe Protocol for EEG-fMRI Imaging

September 7, 2021 — A team of psychologists and neuroscientists at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and ...

September 07, 2021

Videos | Enterprise Imaging

VIDEO: Examples of Improved PACS Workflow to Aid Speed and Efficiency

ITN Editor Dave Fornell collected numerous examples of how PACS and enterprise imaging vendors are improving the speed ...

September 03, 2021

Gallium-68 from GalliaPharm is used for the preparation of diagnostic imaging drugs in Positron Emission Tomography (PET).

News | PET Imaging

Eckert & Ziegler Extends Gallium-68 Generator Portfolio in the United States

September 3, 2021 — Eckert & Ziegler Radiopharma GmbH has successfully submitted an amendment to their Drug Master File ...

September 03, 2021

Case Western Reserve University lab reports 84% accuracy in predicting from initial chest scan which patients will need breathing help; planning website for UH, Cleveland VA physicians to upload scans

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Researchers use AI to Predict which COVID-19 Patients Will Need a Ventilator

September 3, 2021 — Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an online tool to help medical staff ...

September 03, 2021

At the recent 2021 AAPM Meeting in July, Sun Nuclear Corporation featured its comprehensive portfolio of independent, integrated quality management solutions for radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging.

News | Quality Assurance (QA)

Sun Nuclear Highlights Expanded Machine QA Capabilities

September 2, 2021 — At the recent 2021 AAPM Meeting in July, Sun Nuclear Corporation featured its comprehensive ...

September 02, 2021

The researchers say there is currently a lack of good quality evidence to support a policy of replacing human radiologists with artificial intelligence (AI) technology when screening for breast cancer.

News | Artificial Intelligence

Insufficient Evidence That AI Breast Cancer Screening is Accurate Enough to Replace Human Scrutiny

September 2, 2021 — Humans still seem to be better than technology when it comes to the accuracy of spotting possible ...

September 02, 2021

Mount Sinai scientists created an AI-based, automated system that learns to read patient data from electronic health records. Here the system identified dementia cases (purple dots) from a database of nearly 2 million patients (blue dots). Courtesy of the Glicksberg lab, Mount Sinai, N.Y., N.Y.

News | Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Create a Labor-saving Automated Method for Studying Electronic Health Records

September 2, 2021 — In an article published in the journal Patterns, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount ...

September 02, 2021

Featured in the ESTRO scientific program, three members of the Sun Nuclear SunCHECK Platform Customer Advisory Board will present on breakthrough findings from their use of SunCHECK software for independent, automated Machine QA and Patient QA, featuring in-vivo dosimetry.

News | Quality Assurance (QA)

Multi-Year Studies from Sun Nuclear’s SunCHECK Platform Customer Advisory Board Presented at ESTRO 2021

September 1, 2021 — Sun Nuclear Corporation announced that as part of the ESTRO 2021 Congress, held August 27 – 31 in ...

September 01, 2021

Cedars-Sinai Cancer researchers have discovered that intestinal microorganisms help regulate anti-tumor immune responses to radiation treatments.

News | Radiation Therapy

Radiation Therapy Effectiveness for Cancer Patients Influenced by Gut Fungi

September 1, 2021 — The study, published on Aug. 13 in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Cell, builds on prior studies ...

September 01, 2021

First-of-its-kind, power-assisted Free Motion telescoping column reduces lift force by up to 70 percent to significantly reduce musculoskeletal stress and strain injuries that may occur over the course of an X-ray technologist’s career

News | Digital Radiography (DR)

GE Healthcare Unveils Next Gen Portable X-Ray System

September 1, 2021 — GE Healthcare introduced the AMX Navigate, a new portable, digital X-ray system designed with a ...

September 01, 2021

As the world’s first FDA-cleared bedside MRI system, Hyperfine’s portable Swoop system is designed to allow physicians to rapidly understand the current state of injury to make life-saving decisions.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Hyperfine’s Portable MRI System Demonstrates High Accuracy for Detection of Brain Hemorrhage

September 1, 2021 — Hyperfine Inc. announced results of a study of the company’s FDA-cleared portable magnetic resonance ...

September 01, 2021

Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

VIDEO: Examples of COVID-19 CT Scan Analysis Software

Several radiology IT vendors at 2021 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference demonstrated ...

August 31, 2021