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Collaboration will include data sharing, R&D and an upgrade of RadNet’s fleet of mammography systems to Hologic’s state-of-the-art imaging technology
News | Breast Imaging | August 06, 2020
RadNet and Hologic Announce Collaboration to Advance the Development of AI Tools
August 6, 2020 — RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient...
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Intelerad Medical Systems, a leader in enterprise workflow solutions, announced the acquisition of Radius, a private cloud platform provider based in the Nashville, Tenn., metropolitan area.
News | Enterprise Imaging | August 05, 2020
Intelerad Medical Systems Acquires Radius
August 5, 2020 — Intelerad Medical Systems, a leader in enterprise workflow solutions, announced the acquisition of...
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InferRead Lung CT.AI is designed to support concurrent reading and is designed to aid radiologists in pulmonary nodule detection during the review of chest computed tomography (CT) scans, increasing accuracy and efficiency.
News | Lung Imaging | August 04, 2020
Infervision Receives FDA Clearance for the InferRead Lung CT.AI Product
August 4, 2020 — Infervision received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(K) clearance of the InferRead Lung CT...
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Konica Minolta’s Exa Platform zero-footprint viewer with server-side rendering enables remote reading and reduces strain on the network by keeping files on the server and off of individual devices
Sponsored Content | Blog | Remote Viewing Systems | August 04, 2020
BLOG: Zero-footprint Viewer with Server-side Rendering Pushes Imaging Forward During Pandemic
  The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way radiologists read images and today facilities struggle to define a “new...
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Keeping the health and safety of of the HIMSS audience in mind, the conference moves to August 9-13 in Las Vegas
News | HIMSS | August 03, 2020
HIMSS21 Moves to August in Vegas
August 3, 2020 —  The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has released a statement saying as...
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According to the new market research report "Radiation Dose Management Market by Products & Services (Standalone Solutions, Integrated Solutions, Services), Modality (Computed Tomography, Nuclear Medicine), Application (Oncology, Cardiology, Orthopedic), End User (Hospitals) - Global Forecast to 2025", published by MarketsandMarkets, the radiation dose management market is projected to reach USD 422.65 million by 2025 from USD 220.22 million in 2020, at a CAGR of 13.9%.

Courtesy of MarketsandMarkets Research

News | Radiation Dose Management | August 03, 2020
Radiation Dose Management Market worth $422.65 million by 2025
August 3, 2020 — According to the new market research report "Radiation Dose Management Market by Products &...
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Videos | Artificial Intelligence | July 31, 2020
VIDEO: FDA Cleared Artificial Intelligence for Immediate Results of Head CT Scans
Pooja Rao, Ph.D., co-founder of Qure.AI and head of research and development for the company, explains how the company'...
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Cerner selects Nuance's virtual assistant platform to reduce the cognitive burden on care teams and improve patient experience
News | Electronic Medical Records (EMR) | July 30, 2020
Nuance, Cerner Expand Strategic Voice AI Collaboration to Include Dragon Medical Virtual Assistant Technology
July 30, 2020 — Nuance Communications, Inc. announced that it has expanded its long-standing artificial intelligence (...
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 AG Mednet, a technology company streamlining, automating and increasing data quality for clinical trials, announces significant expansion to its Submission Quality and Compliance (SQC) Toolkit. The Judi-based integrated image quality control (QC) product functionality gives core laboratories, CROs and sponsors the most complete and powerful capability to manage site image submissions in record time.
News | Information Technology | July 29, 2020
AG Mednet Launches Enhanced Clinical Trial Imaging Toolkit and DICOM Editing
July 29, 2020 — AG Mednet, a technology company streamlining, automating and increasing data quality for clinical...
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Candelis, Inc., a leading provider of innovative and cost-effective enterprise healthcare solutions, and VasoTechnololgy, a subsidiary of the Vaso Corporation, announced an agreement to distribute Candelis' suite of image management PACS solutions and cloud services, including ImageGrid, ImageGrid Mini PACS and ASTRA Cloud.
News | Enterprise Imaging | July 29, 2020
Candelis and VasoTechnology Sign Strategic Distribution Partnership
July 29, 2020 — Candelis, Inc., a leading provider of innovative and cost-effective enterprise healthcare solutions,...
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Prostate biopsy with cancer probability (blue is low, red is high). This case was originally diagnosed as benign but changed to cancer upon further review. The AI accurately detected cancer in this tricky case. Image courtesy of Ibex Medical Analytics

Prostate biopsy with cancer probability (blue is low, red is high). This case was originally diagnosed as benign but changed to cancer upon further review. The AI accurately detected cancer in this tricky case. Image courtesy of Ibex Medical Analytics

News | Prostate Cancer | July 28, 2020
Artificial Intelligence Identifies Prostate Cancer with Near-perfect Accuracy
July 28, 2020 — A study published in The Lancet Digital Health by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh researchers...
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Zebra Medical Vision announced its sixth FDA 510(k) clearance for its mammography solution, HealthMammo, which has already received a CE mark. Zebra Medical’s algorithm empowers breast radiologists by prioritizing and identifying suspicious mammograms, providing a safety net for radiologists. The suspicious mammograms are identified faster and read earlier than the current “first-in first-out” standard of care. 
News | Breast Imaging | July 27, 2020
Zebra Medical Vision Secures its First FDA Clearance in Oncology
July 26, 2020 —  Zebra Medical Vision announced its sixth FDA 510(k) clearance for its mammography solution,...
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News | Women's Health | July 24, 2020
Ikonopedia Selected for an Enterprise-wide Breast Reporting and Risk Assessment Implementation at Intermountain Healthcare
July 24, 2020 — Ikonopedia announced that Intermountain Healthcare, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has selected the...
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(a) A schematic of cycloidal computed tomography (not to scale, seen from top); by adding an array of beam stops in front of the detector, the setup is transformed into an edge-illumination x-ray phase-contrast imaging device. (b) A sinogram sampling grid for a rotation-only scheme. (c) A sinogram sampling grid for a cycloidal scheme. The grids are shown for one mask period and a subset of rotation angles; the combination of empty and filled circles shows the grids that would be achieved through fine latera

(a) A schematic of cycloidal computed tomography (not to scale, seen from top); by adding an array of beam stops in front of the detector, the setup is transformed into an edge-illumination x-ray phase-contrast imaging device. (b) A sinogram sampling grid for a rotation-only scheme. (c) A sinogram sampling grid for a cycloidal scheme. The grids are shown for one mask period and a subset of rotation angles; the combination of empty and filled circles shows the grids that would be achieved through fine lateral sampling (requiring dithering); the filled circles show the data that are sampled without dithering.

News | Computed Tomography (CT) | July 24, 2020
New CT Scan Method Lowers Radiation Exposure
July 24, 2020 — A computed tomography (CT) scan technique that splits a full X-ray beam into thin beamlets can deliver...
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Clearing medical device cybersecurity requirements from DoD delivers even more safety assurance for customers
News | Cybersecurity | July 23, 2020
Carestream’s ImageView Software Passes Stringent Department of Defense Cybersecurity Requirements
July 23, 2020 — Carestream Health’s ImageView software has received the Risk Management Framework Authority to Operate...
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Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. has received 510(k) clearance on its Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) for the Vantage Orian 1.5T MR system, continuing to expand access to its new Deep Learning Reconstruction (DLR) technology.
News | Artificial Intelligence | July 22, 2020
Canon Medical’s 1.5T MR System Receives FDA Clearance
July 22, 2020 — Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. has received 510(k) clearance on its Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ...
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News | Artificial Intelligence | July 14, 2020
Lunit Expands Collaboration with GE Healthcare to Advance AI Adoption
July 14, 2020 — Lunit, a leading medical AI startup, announced the expansion of its collaboration with GE Healthcare....
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News | Information Technology | July 14, 2020
Epic's Risk-Scoring Algorithms Help Health Systems Get Back on Course
July 14, 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic caused healthcare organizations to cancel most routine and elective services. The...
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Infervision's newly FDA approved CT lung AI application sets a new standard
News | Artificial Intelligence | July 10, 2020
Infervision Receives FDA Clearance for the InferRead Lung CT.AI
July 10, 2020 — Infervision announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(K) clearance of the InferRead Lung CT...
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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 | July 08, 2020 | 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...
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