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VIDEO Example of the Varian Noona Bidirection Oncology Patient Interface Software
An example of the Varian Noona software used by clinicians to interface with oncology patients demonstrated at the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2021…
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 (ASTRO) annual meeting.
Advances in PACS and Enterprise Imaging Systems at HIMSS 2021
Taking advantage of new technology advances, several radiology PACS, enterprise imaging and …
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, the Siemens Naeotom Alpha, on Sept. 30.
Intelerad Acquires Ambra Health to Become a Global Industry Leader in Cloud PACS and Enterprise Imaging
October 14, 2021 — Intelerad Medical Systems, a global leader in medical image management solutions, today announced its acquisition of Ambra Health, maker of a leading cloud-based medical image management suite.

News | PACS

New Exa Platform Functionality Automates Decision Support, Insurance-Related Tasks for Enhanced Productivity and Profitability

November 24, 2021 — Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. announced new features and functionality for the Exa ...

November 24, 2021

News | Flat Panel Displays

Double Black Imaging Announces New Home Read Workstation

November 24, 2021 — The rise of digital imaging technology has quickly changed the way in which patient data are used ...

November 24, 2021

News | Artificial Intelligence

AI-LAB Federated Learning: A Leap Forward for Radiology AI Development

November 24, 2021 — Radiologists can now register their practices to take part in the next-generation American College ...

November 24, 2021

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Blog | Enterprise Imaging

BLOG: Orchestrating Radiology Workflow in a Large, Distributed Reading

Large radiology groups often face challenges distributing workflow effectively and fairly across the organization ...

November 05, 2021

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Philips Launches New AI-enabled MR Portfolio of Smart Diagnostic Systems, Optimized Workflow Solutions and Integrated Clinical Solutions at RSNA 2021

November 24, 2021 — Royal Philips announced new AI-enabled innovations in MR imaging launching at the Radiological ...

November 24, 2021

Median Technologies announces new outstanding performance of its lung cancer screening (LCS) CADx1 to characterize malignant vs. benign lung nodules.

News | Lung Imaging

Median Technologies Announces Performance for Its iBiopsy Lung Cancer Screening CADx With a Focus on Stage 1 Lung Cancer Characterization

November 23, 2021 — Median Technologies announces new outstanding performance of its lung cancer screening (LCS) CADx1 ...

November 23, 2021

Laurel Bridge Software Inc., a provider of imaging software solutions that enables health systems to orchestrate their complex medical imaging workflows, announced that IMIDEX Inc., an Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution provider focused on lung cancer, has selected its Compass Routing Workflow Manager and Exodus Migration and Consolidation Controller to facilitate a retrospective, multi-center clinical study for the detection of incidental lung nodules using their computer-aided detection application Vis

News | Artificial Intelligence

Laurel Bridge Software Facilitates the Capture of Image Data for the Clinical Validation of AI-based Lung Cancer Detection Algorithms

November 23, 2021 — Laurel Bridge Software Inc., a provider of imaging software solutions that enables health systems to ...

November 23, 2021

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Blog | Enterprise Imaging

BLOG: Integrating Speech Recognition into Radiology Platforms to Improve

Today, enterprise imaging is breaking down silos, providing greater insight into health system and hospital operations ...

September 27, 2021

The results of a unique two-tiered brain tumor AI challenge were announced today by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions Society (MICCAI), and the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), who partnered to conduct the challenge. Researchers developed AI models to perform two different tasks using a single dataset of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in competitions staged on separate platforms.

News | Artificial Intelligence

RSNA Announces Results of Brain Tumor AI Challenge

November 23, 2021 — The results of a unique two-tiered brain tumor AI challenge were announced today by the Radiological ...

November 23, 2021

Royal Philips announced a collaboration with U.S.-based MedChat to integrate MedChat’s live chat and AI-driven chatbot services into Philips Patient Navigation Manager, helping improve call center efficiency and speed the time to resolve patient inquiries.

News | Artificial Intelligence

Philips Integrates MedChat’s AI Capabilities to Optimize Automated Patient Communication and Hospital Workflows

November 23, 2021 — Royal Philips announced a collaboration with U.S.-based MedChat to integrate MedChat’s live chat and ...

November 23, 2021

Eight major radiology organizations are collaborating in the formation of a Radiology Health Equity Coalition to positively impact healthcare equity in the radiology arena and beyond. While disparities and inequities in healthcare have been evident for many years, the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the disproportionate numbers of people of color and rural residents in the U.S. affected by barriers to care.

News | Radiology Business

Radiology Health Equity Coalition to Address Health Care Disparities

November 23, 2021 — Eight major radiology organizations are collaborating in the formation of a Radiology Health Equity ...

November 23, 2021

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Videos | Enterprise Imaging

Talking Trends with Konica Minolta: Integrating Speech Recognition into

Integrated Speech recognition solutions are becoming a necessary part of radiology reporting platforms. Konica Minolta ...

August 06, 2021

Flywheel, a cloud-scale informatics platform for biomedical research and collaboration, announced the successful integration of its platform by https://www.gene.com/about-usRoche and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, for ingestion, classification, standardization, curation and analysis of medical imaging data.

News | Information Technology

Flywheel Partners with Roche and Genentech to Accelerate Development of Personalized Healthcare Solutions

November 23, 2021 — Flywheel, a cloud-scale informatics platform for biomedical research and collaboration, announced ...

November 23, 2021

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc., announces the launch of the mKDR Xpress Mobile X-ray System and the AeroDR Carbon Flat Panel Detector, two solutions that are powerful alone yet extraordinary when used together.

News | X-Ray

Konica Minolta Healthcare Introduces New High Performance Mobile X-ray and High-Definition Flat Panel Detector at RSNA

November 23, 2021 — Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc., announces the launch of the mKDR Xpress Mobile X-ray System ...

November 23, 2021

While still a relatively young enterprise in the radiology IT space, Within Health already has some impressive accomplishments to its credit, like helping one academic hospital close 50% of open follow-up recommendations in only two months.

News | Information Technology

Within Health Set for Debut Appearance at RSNA Annual Meeting

November 22, 2021 — While still a relatively young enterprise in the radiology IT space, Within Health already has some ...

November 22, 2021

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The key to the successful adoption of AI is ensuring that it seamlessly augments radiologists’ training, expertise, and reporting workflows

Blog | Artificial Intelligence

BLOG: Improving Care Quality and Outcomes with Workflow-Integrated AI

Beyond its current and potential benefits in a growing number of clinical use cases, workflow-integrated artificial ...

July 21, 2021

Sirona Medical, a software company founded on a deep understanding of both the practice and business of radiology, announced a partnership with RevealDx, a Seattle-based software developer focused on improving lung cancer outcomes through advanced, radiomics-based, clinical decision support.

News | Artificial Intelligence

Sirona Medical Partners with AI Developer RevealDx to Support Radiologists in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

November 22, 2021 — Sirona Medical, a software company founded on a deep understanding of both the practice and business ...

November 22, 2021

Double Black Imaging expands their line of displays for digital breast imaging with the Gemini 12MP, featuring a wizard designed specifically for MQSA testing, reporting and alerting

News | Breast Imaging

Double Black Imaging Expands Digital Breast Imaging Display Line With Gemini 12MP

November 21, 2021 — Double Black Imaging expands their line of displays for digital breast imaging with the Gemini 12MP ...

November 21, 2021

Einstein Healthcare Network, an innovative academic health system in Pennsylvania, announced it is expanding its partnership with Within Health to its entire radiology patient population. Within Health is the fastest growing care navigation automation company, using advanced technology to identify, engage and coordinate care for patients with unresolved follow-up recommendations.

News | Information Technology

Einstein Healthcare Expands Partnership With Within Health to Reduce Admin Burden and Improve Patient Retention

November 21, 2021 — Einstein Healthcare Network, an innovative academic health system in Pennsylvania, announced it is ...

November 21, 2021

Agamon Coordinate is the only radiology follow-up coordination tool available in the U.S. that is truly powered by deep learning natural language processing (NLP) models, which means the platform can detect and interpret information in free-text radiology reports with industry-leading accuracy.

News | Patient Engagement

Agamon Adds Lung Cancer Screening Management to Radiology Workflow Automation Stack

November 21, 2021 — Health technology startup Agamon empowers health care providers with data-driven, automated ...

November 21, 2021

Hyland Healthcare representatives will be on hand at RSNA to detail the latest research innovations within its Enterprise Imaging solution that are helping customers accelerate their digital transformation journeys

News | Enterprise Imaging

Hyland Healthcare to Detail, Demonstrate Leading Enterprise Imaging Solutions and Technology at RSNA 2021

November 21, 2021 — Hyland Healthcare, a global provider of enterprise imaging and content services, returns to the ...

November 21, 2021

HealthLevel Inc., innovator of Foundations, a business operations analytics platform for healthcare institutions, announces new capabilities that enable data insights to drive beneficial changes in end user behavior

News | Information Technology

HealthLevel Introduces New Capabilities Strengthening its Business Operations Platform as a Tool for Improving Performance

November 19, 2021 — HealthLevel Inc., innovator of Foundations, a business operations analytics platform for healthcare ...

November 19, 2021

Telemedicine visits accounted for more than 60% of patient care at New York community health centers during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, finds a new study by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health.

News | Teleradiology

Telemedicine During COVID-19: Video vs. Phone Visits and the Digital Divide

November 19, 2021 — Telemedicine visits accounted for more than 60% of patient care at New York community health centers ...

November 19, 2021

According to an open-access Editor’s Choice article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), imaging practice leaders should carefully consider efforts to match interpretation of subspecialty examinations with radiologists’ fellowship training in the acute community setting.

News | Radiology Business

Interpretation Outside Training: Discrepancies Among 5.9 Million Radiological Examinations

November 18, 2021 — According to an open-access Editor’s Choice article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) ...

November 18, 2021