Radiology Imaging
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.
Neurosurgeon Jason Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D., of UVA Health, is pioneering the use of focused ultrasound to treat glioblastoma, the deadliest brain tumor. Image courtesy of UVA Health
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020 — An innovative use of focused ultrasound being pioneered at the University of Virginia School of...
Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs - Food and Drug Administration
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020 — On June 23, 2020, Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, released a statement regarding...
This image of DCE-MRI reveals persistent blood brain barrier disorder in American football players. Using brain imaging techniques and analytical methods, researchers can determine whether football players have CTE by measuring leakage of the blood-brain barrier. Image courtesy of Ben-Gurion University
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020 — Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head injuries...
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Brain image taken on an Echelon Oval 1.5T MR scanner. Image courtesy of Hitachi Healthcare Americas
Blog | Radiology Imaging | September 13, 2019
People who live in rural America may deserve the same quality healthcare as anyone living in the U.S., but it is not...
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | June 19, 2020
June 19, 2020 — Imaging Biometrics, LLC (IB), a subsidiary of IQ-AI Limited and a recognized leader in quantitative...
Comparison of CT features between groups with negative and positive initial RT-PCR results.
aThe difference was statistically significant in comparison of the two groups (p < 0.05).
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020 — An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article exploring the diagnostic value of chest...
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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020 — QuEST Global, a global product engineering and lifecycle services company, announced that it has...
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Surgical ultrasound probes extend the capability of Hitachi’s Arietta 70 system. Each probe can be sterilized to allow safe scanning inside the human body. Picture courtesy of Hitachi Healthcare Americas
Blog | Radiology Imaging | August 30, 2019
The clinical needs of those who live in rural America and small communities are both simple and complex. A physician...
News | Teleradiology | June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020 — Philips announced it has once again joined forces with the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) to...
News | Contrast Media Injectors | June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020 — Technavio has been monitoring the contrast injectors market and it is poised to grow by $613.47M during...
News | Ultrasound Imaging | June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020 —"Insights on the Worldwide Handheld Ultrasound Imaging Devices Industry to 2030 - Impact of COVID-19 on...
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Blog | Contrast Media | July 15, 2019
Contrast agents improve every kind of medical image from computed tomography (CT) to magnetic resonance imaging (MR),...
Axial FLAIR in four different COVID-19 patients. A) 58-year old man with impaired consciousness: FLAIR hyperintensities located in the left medial temporal lobe. B) 66-year old man with impaired consciousness: FLAIR ovoid hyperintense lesion located in the central part of the splenium of the corpus callosum. C) 71-year old woman with pathological wakefulness after sedation: extensive and confluent supratentorial white matter FLAIR hyperintensities (arrows). Association with leptomeningeal enhancement (stars) D) 61-year old man with confusion: hyperintense lesions involving both middle cerebellar peduncles. Image courtesy of the journal Radiology
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | June 16, 2020
June 16, 2020 — Current data on central nervous system (CNS) involvement in COVID-19 is uncommon but growing,...
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News | Interventional Radiology | June 15, 2020
June 15, 2020 — Interventional radiologists participating in a collaborative house call model in rural Indiana helped...
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | June 15, 2020
June 15, 2020 — Hospitals and institutions are continually looking for ways to improve diagnostic imaging throughput,...
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Blog | Radiology Imaging | June 19, 2019
Access to healthcare by rural-living Americans can be difficult. Part of the reason is the wide geographic expanse....
Diffusion tractography uses the movement of water molecules to identify tracts that connect different parts of the brain. It can be used to pinpoint the part of the thalamus to treat with focused ultrasound. Image courtesy of UT Southwestern Medical Center
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | June 15, 2020
June 15, 2020 — Recently developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques used to more precisely target a small...
News | Artificial Intelligence | June 12, 2020
June 12, 2020 — RapidAI announced the acquisition of EndoVantage, developer of the Find, Track and Treat comprehensive...
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020 — Random Walk Imaging (RWI), a company developing novel software solutions for magnetic resonance...
The thickness of the cartilage covering the end of each bone is colour-coded, with red areas denoting thinner cartilage and green-blue areas denoting thicker cartilage. The technique helps locate where arthritis is affecting the joint over time. Image courtesy of the University of Cambridge
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020 — An algorithm that analyzes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images and automatically detects small...
News | Ultrasound Imaging | June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020 — Samsung announced the immediate availability of the RS85 Prestige, the latest addition to the company’s...
News | Mammography | June 09, 2020
June 9, 2020 — More than 75 percent of hospitals and imaging centers that perform mammography across the United States ...
A radiologist in Hospital do Câncer de Pernambuco, located in Recife, Brazil, is examining a chest x-ray image using Lunit INSIGHT CXR.
News | Artificial Intelligence | June 08, 2020
June 8, 2020 — Lunit announced that their AI solution for chest x-ray analysis is now being used and tested in more...
News | Ultrasound Imaging | June 05, 2020
June 5, 2020 — Although it is likely that existing ultrasound systems will be repurposed to treat COVID-19 patients,...
