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The radiology imaging channel includes technology news related to computed tomography (CT), digital radiography (DR / X-ray), ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiographic fluoroscopy (R/F), mammography, angiography, 3-D printing, contrast media injectors, molecular imaging, neurological imaging, pediatric imaging and radiation dose management. 

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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FDA In Brief describes findings from real-world data study reveal higher risk of hospitalization and death among cancer patients with COVID-19, underscoring health disparities
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | July 24, 2020
Findings from Real-World Data Study Reveal Higher Risk of Hospitalization and Death Among Cancer Patients with COVID-19
July 24, 2020 — The following quote is attributed to Harpreet Singh, M.D., Associate Director, Cancer in Older Adults...
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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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A and B, Lung ultrasound images obtained with convex (A) and linear (B) probes. Multiple confluent B-lines (arrows), patchy pulmonary consolidation (asterisk, B), and thickened pleural line (between arrowheads, A) are visualized. C, Chest CT image shows reticular and interlobular septal thickening and patchy, focal opacities associated with architectural distortion. This patient was classified in critical group and was assigned to severe group for statistical analysis.

A and B, Lung ultrasound images obtained with convex (A) and linear (B) probes. Multiple confluent B-lines (arrows), patchy pulmonary consolidation (asterisk, B), and thickened pleural line (between arrowheads, A) are visualized. C, Chest CT image shows reticular and interlobular septal thickening and patchy, focal opacities associated with architectural distortion. This patient was classified in critical group and was assigned to severe group for statistical analysis.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | July 23, 2020
Lung Ultrasound Shows Duration, Severity of Coronavirus Disease
July 23, 2020 — According to an open-access article published in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), lung...
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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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In I-131 cancer therapy, decay events damage sensitive DNA within a tumor cell nucleus, causing catastrophic single and double strand breaks. Clinical use of antibody-delivered Auger emitters could open a window for the targeted destruction of extracellular COVID-19 virions, decreasing the viral load during active infection and potentially easing the disease burden for a patient. View all figures from this study. http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/early/2020/07/16/jnumed.120.249748.full.pdf+html

In I-131 cancer therapy, decay events damage sensitive DNA within a tumor cell nucleus, causing catastrophic single and double strand breaks. Clinical use of antibody-delivered Auger emitters could open a window for the targeted destruction of extracellular COVID-19 virions, decreasing the viral load during active infection and potentially easing the disease burden for a patient. View all figures from this study.

 

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | July 22, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Radiation Therapy Might be a Treatment Option for COVID-19
July 22, 2020 — One of the first studies has been published that looks at the use of radiation therapy to help treat...
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RSNA 2020: Human Insight/Visionary Medicine, will be held as an all-virtual event, Nov. 29 – Dec. 5, 2020
News | RSNA | July 22, 2020
Registration Opens for RSNA 2020
July 22, 2020 — Registration is now open for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 106th Scientific Assembly...
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MICI is a collaboration between The MarkeTech Group and AHRA that measures the confidence level of medical imaging administrators across the U.S.

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Feature | Radiology Imaging | July 22, 2020 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Medical Imaging Confidence Index Report Shows a Slow Return to Confidence
The MarkeTech Group and The Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) collaborated on the creation of the...
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The global contrast media market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.23% to reach US$7,113.91 million by 2025 from US$5,548.19 million in 2019, according to a new report from ResearchandMarkets.com
News | Contrast Media | July 22, 2020
Global Contrast Media Market Report 2020-2025: $7.1 Billion Industry Assessment
July 22, 2020 — The global contrast media market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.23% to reach US$7,113.91 million...
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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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Medical professionals around the world have been feeding lung X-rays into a database since the beginning of the pandemic

Pre-processing results. Image courtesy of Applied Sciences.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | July 22, 2020
Using Lung X-rays to Diagnose COVID-19
July 22, 2020 — Researchers from the Department of Computer Architecture and Technology at the University of Seville's...
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FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc., specialists in developing cutting-edge point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) solutions, and part of the larger Fujifilm Healthcare portfolio, has announced the launch of the new Sonosite PX ultrasound system. Sonosite PX is the next generation in Sonosite POCUS, with the most advanced image clarity ever seen in a Sonosite system, a suite of workflow efficiency features, and an adaptable form factor
News | Ultrasound Imaging | July 21, 2020
FUJIFILM Sonosite Launches New Point-of-Care Ultrasound System
July 21, 2020 —  FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc., specialists in developing cutting-edge point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)...
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Pioneering study, which included humans, led by Tel Aviv University researchers contradicts widespread conjectures
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | July 21, 2020
MRI Scans of Mammals Indicate Equal Connectivity
July 21, 2020 — Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Yaniv Assaf of the School of Neurobiology,...
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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | July 20, 2020
Chest X-rays Show More Severe COVID-19 in Non-white Patients
July 20, 2020 — Racial/ethnic minority patients admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 infection are more likely to...
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Fig. 1 The basis of high-sensitivity SPION imaging at ultra-low magnetic fields.

(A) Magnetization of 25-nm SPIONs (green), gadolinium CA (Gd-DTPA/Magnevist, blue), and water (red) as a function of magnetic field strength (B0). (B) Magnetization as a function of magnetic field strength (B0) in the ULF (<10 mT) regime for the materials shown in (A). Superparamagnetic materials, such as SPIONs, are highly magnetized even at ULF. Paramagnetic materials, such as CAs based on gadolinium, and body tissues (which typically have diamagnetic susceptibilities close to water) have absolute magnetizations that increase linearly with field strength. Curves in (A) and (B) were reproduced from data in (32, 53) and reflect the magnetic moment per kilogram of compound. (C) Highly magnetized SPIONs (brown) interact with nearby 1H spins in water, shortening 1H relaxation times, and causing susceptibility-based shifts in Larmor frequency. Image courtesy of Science Advances

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | July 20, 2020
Study Identifies Missing Piece Needed for Lower-cost, High-quality MRI
July 20, 2020 — Lowering the cost of magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) could revolutionize how doctors diagnose and...
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The new Aquilion One Genesis SP cardiac CT system uses artificial intelligence to help reconstruct low dose cardiac CT images. #SCCT2020

The new Aquilion One Genesis SP cardiac CT system uses artificial intelligence to help reconstruct low dose cardiac CT images.

News | Computed Tomography (CT) | July 20, 2020
Canon Introduces New Aquilion One Genesis SP Cardiac CT Scanner
July 20, 2020 – To meet the growing cardiovascular imaging needs of healthcare systems, Canon Medical Systems USA is...
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The radiology and molecular imaging fields mourn the loss of another brilliant leader, Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D.

Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D.

News | Radiology Business | July 20, 2020
The Industry Mourns the Loss of Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D.
July 20, 2020 — The radiology and molecular imaging fields mourn the loss of another brilliant leader. Sanjiv Sam...
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A new report from the RSNA COVID-19 Task Force addresses the impact of the epidemic on private radiology practices

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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | July 17, 2020
Radiology Practices Struggle to Survive Amid COVID-19
July 17, 2020 — Private radiology practices have been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the steps they...
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"Our study demonstrates that a real-world lung cancer screening can perform similar to randomized controlled trials in regard to important performance metrics," the UPenn authors of this AJR article concluded. Image courtesy of American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

"Our study demonstrates that a real-world lung cancer screening can perform similar to randomized controlled trials in regard to important performance metrics," the UPenn authors of this AJR article concluded. Image courtesy of American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

News | Lung Imaging | July 17, 2020
Improving Lung Cancer CT Screening Performance in Real-world Settings
July 17, 2020 — An online first accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) finds...
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