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The key trends Clinicians reviewing a COVID-19 patient's lung CT that reveals the severity of COVID-caused pneumonia. The impact of COVID on radiology was a major, over arching trend at  the 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. Getty Imagesbserved at 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting all focused around COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and the impact it has had on radiology. #RSNA #RSNA20 #RSNA2020

Clinicians reviewing a COVID-19 patient's lung CT that reveals the severity of COVID-caused pneumonia. The impact of COVID on radiology was a major, over arching trend at  the 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. Getty Images

Feature | RSNA | January 20, 2021 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane and Dave Fornell
Top Trend Takeaways in Radiology From RSNA 2020
The key trends observed at 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting all focused around COVID-19 (SARS-...
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An interview with Eric Liederman, M.D., MPH, Director of Medical Informatics for The Permanente Medical Group, in Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Region, on the explosion of telemedicine in the COVID-19 era

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Feature | Radiology Business | January 20, 2021 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Is Telehealth the New Normal?
I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Eric Liederman, M.D., MPH, Director of Medical Informatics for...
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Vendor neutral archives enable a single, central location to store large volumes of radiology data, but now need to be able to house data from dozens of other departments with a wide array of data formats. This article originally ran as an introduction to the Vendor Neutral Archives comparison chart.
Feature | Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) | January 20, 2021 | By Dave Fornell
10 Questions to Ask Healthcare VNA Vendors When Purchasing a System
Most radiologists and clinicians are not trained as information technology (IT) programmers or administrators, so here...
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new study published on European Radiology evaluates the image quality of low iodine concentration, dual-energy CT (DECT) combined with a deep learning–based denoising technique with ClariCT.AI for pediatric abdominal CT, compared with that of standard iodine concentration single-energy polychromatic CT (SECT).
News | Artificial Intelligence | January 19, 2021
New Study Shows Value of Low-concentration Iodine When Paired with Dual-Energy CT and DL Technique
January 19, 2021 — Radiation exposure and side effects related to iodine contrast agents are the two main concerns of...
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To further these efforts, Konica Minolta has partnered with 1QBit, an advanced and quantum computing software company with a strong focus on AI, based in Canada.
Sponsored Content | Blog | Artificial Intelligence | January 18, 2021
BLOG: Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Decision Support and Increased Revenues
The landscape at the Radiological Society of North America’s 2020 (RSNA20) conference was different for everyone this...
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AI Metrics, LLC, a medical imaging startup focused on augmented intelligence to improve patient care, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the company’s flagship image analysis platform.
News | Artificial Intelligence | January 18, 2021
AI Metrics Receives FDA Clearance For Imaging Software
January 18, 2021 — AI Metrics, LLC, a medical imaging startup focused on augmented intelligence to improve patient care...
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Use of telehealth jumped sharply during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, with the approach being used more often for behavioral health services than for medical care, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

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News | Teleradiology | January 13, 2021
Use of Telehealth Jumped as Pandemic Shutdown Began
January 13, 2021 — Use of telehealth jumped sharply during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, with...
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This cutting-edge technology assists radiologists in the interpretation of screening mammograms and allows them to diagnose breast cancer earlier and more accurately
News | Mammography | January 12, 2021
Therapixel receives CE mark for AI-based software MammoScreen
January 12, 2021 — Therapixel announced that MammoScreen has successfully obtained the CE mark. After having received...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released the agency's first Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan. This action plan describes a multi-pronged approach to advance the Agency's oversight of AI/ML-based medical software.
News | Artificial Intelligence | January 12, 2021
FDA Releases AI/Machine Learning Action Plan
January 12, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released the agency's first Artificial Intelligence/Machine...
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The FDA is monitoring the potential impact of viral mutations, including an emerging variant from the United Kingdom known as the B.1.1.7 variant, on authorized SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests

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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | January 08, 2021
FDA Issues Alert Regarding SARS-CoV-2 Viral Mutation to Healthcare Providers
January 8, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting clinical laboratory staff and healthcare providers...
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In this roundtable discussion hosted by ITN Editorial Director Melinda Taschetta-Millane, three medical experts will discuss the impact COVID-19 had on the industry in 2020, as well as projections for the industry in 2021.
Webinar | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | January 06, 2021
Editorial Roundtable Series: COVID-19: Economic Impact on Radiology and What to Expect in 2021
2020 was an unprecedented year, as the world grappled with a global pandemic, economic depression, and workflow...
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Ultromics will offer its artificial intelligence driven EchoGo Pro as a stress-echo module in the EchoGo suite alongside EchoGo Core, its AI solution for automated systolic function and strain analysis. The EchoGo suite is a cloud-based service that uses artificial intelligence to fully automate the pathway to diagnosis, providing near-instant reports for clinicians without any need for physical software on site. #AI #AIhealthcare #AIecho

Ultromics will offer its artificial intelligence driven EchoGo Pro as a stress-echo module in the EchoGo suite alongside EchoGo Core, its AI solution for automated systolic function and strain analysis. The EchoGo suite is a cloud-based service that uses artificial intelligence to fully automate the pathway to diagnosis, providing near-instant reports for clinicians without any need for physical software on site.

News | Artificial Intelligence | January 06, 2021
FDA Clears Ultromics Echocardiography AI for Auto Identification of Coronary Artery Disease
January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ultromics' EchoGo Pro, an artificial...
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OptumInsight and Change Healthcare combine to advance a more modern, information and technology-enabled healthcare platform

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News | Information Technology | January 06, 2021
Optum Set to Purchase Change Healthcare
January 6, 2020 — Optum, a diversified health services company and part of UnitedHealth Group, and Change Healthcare, a...
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News | Radiology Imaging | January 01, 2021
A Happy and Healthy New Year from the ITN Team
The Imaging Technology News (ITN) team wishes you a Happy and Healthy New Year! Despite its challenges, 2020 brought us...
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After “COVID-19,” the term that most people will remember best from 2020 is likely to be “social distancing.” While it most commonly applied to social gatherings with family and friends, it has impacted the way many receive medical care. Historically, the United States has been relatively slow to broadly adopt telemedicine, largely emphasizing in-person visits.

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News | Teleradiology | December 31, 2020
Significant Disparities in Telemedicine Use, Especially Among Older and Non-white Patients
December 31, 2020 — After “COVID-19,” the term that most people will remember best from 2020 is likely to be “social...
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Volpara Health announced two new research studies using AI-powered software to score breast density objectively and consistently to evaluate its impact in mammography and breast cancer risk assessment.
News | Breast Density | December 30, 2020
Volpara Health's AI-powered Breast Density Software Central to New Breast Density Studies
December 30, 2020 — Volpara Health announced two new research studies using AI-powered software to score breast density...
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The top two videos on ITN for the year both involved medical imaging of COVID using point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and mass movement to teleradiology to enable remote working for radiologists and virtual collaboration with referring physicians. The image on the left is Butterfly's POCUS system that turns a smart phone into an ultrasound machine and the image is of COVID B-lines in the lung. The image on the right is a CT scan of COVID pneumonia. #COVID19

The top two videos on ITN for the year both involved medical imaging of COVID using point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and mass movement to teleradiology to enable remote working for radiologists and virtual collaboration with referring physicians. The image on the left is Butterfly's POCUS system that turns a smart phone into an ultrasound machine and the image is of COVID B-lines in the lung. The image on the right is a CT scan of COVID pneumonia. 

Feature | December 23, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Top 25 Videos For Radiology and Radiation Oncology on ITN in 2020
Here are the top 25 best performing videos on the Imaging Technology News website (ITN) from the past year, based on...
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Company delivers on last year’s roadmap milestones and continues to advance cloud-native suite of tools to lead industry to the future of enterprise imaging
News | Enterprise Imaging | December 23, 2020
Change Healthcare Takes Enterprise Imaging to the Cloud
December 23, 2020 — Change Healthcare announced the successful introduction of its first cloud-based medical tools for...
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New software version for Vantage Orian 1.5T also offers solution to help clinicians image and quantify fatty liver disease
News | Information Technology | December 22, 2020
Canon Medical Receives FDA Clearance for Compressed SPEEDER for 3-D Exams on 1.5T MR
December 22, 2020 — Hospitals and institutions are continually looking for ways to improve diagnostic imaging...
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 EvoHealth, a trailblazer in incorporating new technology in healthcare IT software, announced it has exceeded its first milestone of more than 100 customers with over 200 locations.
News | Information Technology | December 22, 2020
EvoHealth Celebrates 100th Install Milestone
December 22, 2020 — EvoHealth, a trailblazer in incorporating new technology in healthcare IT software, announced it...
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