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. 

Breathe Easy Bus from CHI Memorial in Chattanooga, TN. Image courtesy of CHI Memorial in Chattanooga, TN
News | Lung Imaging
Lung Screening Bus Brings Healthcare to Patients

June 15, 2020 — A mobile platform for lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) can be developed with ...

Time July 15, 2020
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The Mindways Solid phantom with volume of interest in the quality assurance phantom (red circles, left side). A participant's noncontrast-enhanced axial CT (right side) with volume of interest (yellow circles) in the trabecular bone compartment of three vertebrae for bone mineral density measurements. Image courtesy of Radiological Society of North America
News | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac CT Can Double as Osteoporosis Test

July 15, 2020 — Cardiac CT exams performed to assess heart health also provide an effective way to screen for ...

Time July 15, 2020
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News | Information Technology
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 ...

Time July 14, 2020
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Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted software was used to identify inflammatory tissues in lung and automatically segment inflammatory lesions. Three-dimensional image shows regions of COVID-19 pneumonia in lung through AI postprocessing. Image courtesy of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
CT of Coronavirus Disease Versus CT of Influenza Virus Pneumonia

July 10, 2020 — An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article investigating the differences in computed ...

Time July 10, 2020
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Carl Fuhrman, M.D., 67, died June 27 of a heart attack while he was working at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, according to an obituary published July 9 in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
News | Radiology Business
Industry Mourns the Loss of Renowned Radiologist Carl Fuhrman, M.D.

July 9, 2020 —Carl Fuhrman, M.D., 67, died June 27 of a heart attack while he was working at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital ...

Time July 09, 2020
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Feature | Mobile C-Arms | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Mobile C-arms Market Update

Moblie C-arms have seen several advances over the past decade, moving toward digital flat panel detectors, improved ...

Time July 08, 2020
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Signs for "Heroes work here" outside healthcare facilities and even the homes of clinicians have popped up across the country. This photo shows healthcare workers at the Lenox Health emergency room entrance being greeted to cheers and thanks for their essential service during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City at a public thank you event May 21, 2020.
Blog | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Pandemic’s Toll on Radiology

Radiology, like all the departments in hospitals and clinics, has undergone significant changes since early-2020, namely ...

Time July 08, 2020
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 Many patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain unresponsive after surviving critical illness. Investigators led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) now describe a patient with severe COVID-19 who, despite prolonged unresponsiveness and structural brain abnormalities, demonstrated functionally intact brain connections and weeks later he recovered the ability to follow commands
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Functional MRI Provides Encouraging Results in Unresponsive COVID-19 Patient

July 8, 2020 — Many patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain unresponsive after surviving ...

Time July 08, 2020
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Fujifilm’s Sonosite SII POC ultrasound system helps to keep crowded areas clearer with a small ultrasound footprint.
Feature | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) | By Joan Toth
Utility of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Across Clinical Applications Spurs Continued Growth

With the miniaturization of technology, improved ease of use, lower system cost, increased portability and greater ...

Time July 07, 2020
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Hoya Corp. and Hitachi, Ltd. announced a five year contract regarding Endoscopic Ultrasound Systems [EUS] by which the parties will strengthen technical collaboration, and Hitachi will continue supplying diagnostic ultrasound systems and ultrasound sensor related parts used in EUS.
News | Ultrasound Imaging
Hoya and Hitachi Announce Collaboration and Supply Agreement Related to Endoscopic Ultrasound Systems

July 6, 2020 — Hoya Corp. and Hitachi, Ltd. announced a five year contract regarding Endoscopic Ultrasound Systems [EUS] ...

Time July 06, 2020
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Industry leaders to research the growing importance of point-of-care ultrasound in COVID-19 care
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Fujifilm Sonosite and EMF Partner in the Battle Against COVID-19

July 2, 2020 —Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. and the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization ...

Time July 02, 2020
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A patient implanted with the Axonics System can undergo MRI examinations safely with radio frequency (RF) Transmit Body or Head Coil under the conditions outlined in the Axonics MRI Conditional Guidelines.
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Axonics Receives FDA Approval for 3T Full-Body MRI Scans

July 2, 2020 — Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc., a medical technology company that has developed and is ...

Time July 02, 2020
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This data represents wave 2 of a QuickPoLL survey conducted in partnership with an imagePRO panel created by The MarkeTech Group (TMTG), regarding the effects of COVID-19 on their business
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
The Continued Impact of COVID-19 on the Imaging Industry

New QuickPoLL survey results are available on how radiologists feel about current business and the impact of COVID-19 ...

Time July 01, 2020
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A 3-D ultrasound system provides an effective, noninvasive way to estimate blood flow that retains its accuracy across different equipment, operators and facilities, according to a study published in the journal Radiology.
News | Ultrasound Imaging
3-D Ultrasound Enables Accurate, Noninvasive Measurements of Blood Flow

July 1, 2020 — A 3-D ultrasound system provides an effective, noninvasive way to estimate blood flow that retains its ...

Time July 01, 2020
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Researchers reviewed results of prostate biopsies on over 3,400 men who had targets identified on prostate MRI and found that the positive predictive value of the test for prostate cancer was highly variable at different sites
News | Prostate Cancer
Research Shows Quality of Prostate MRI is Highly Variable Among Institutions

July 1, 2020 — Prostate MRI is an emerging technology used to identify and guide treatment for prostate cancer and has ...

Time July 01, 2020
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R2* maps of healthy control participants and participants with Alzheimer disease. R2* maps are windowed between 10 and 50 sec21. Differences in iron concentration in basal ganglia are too small to allow visual separation between patients with Alzheimer disease and control participants, and iron levels strongly depend on anatomic structure and subject age. Image courtesy of Radiological Society of North America
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Brain Iron Accumulation Linked to Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Patients

July 1, 2020 — Researchers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have found that iron accumulation in the outer layer ...

Time July 01, 2020
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Imaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) provider Qure.ai announced its first US FDA 510(k) clearance for its head CT scan product qER. The US Food and Drug Administration's decision covers four critical abnormalities identified by Qure.ai's emergency room product.
News | Artificial Intelligence
Qure.ai Receives Industry's First 4-in-1 FDA Clearance for Medical Imaging AI

June 30, 2020 — Imaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) provider Qure.ai announced its first US FDA 510(k) clearance for ...

Time June 30, 2020
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Thoracic findings in a 15-year-old girl with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). (a) Chest radiograph on admission shows mild perihilar bronchial wall cuffing. (b) Chest radiograph on the third day of admission demonstrates extensive airspace opacification with a mid and lower zone predominance. (c, d) Contrast-enhanced axial CT chest of the thorax at day 3 shows areas of ground-glass opacification (GGO) and dense airspace consolidation with air bronchograms. (c) This conformed to a mosai
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
New Study Looks at Post-COVID-19 Emerging Disease in Children

June 26, 2020 — In recent weeks, a multisystem hyperinflammatory condition has emerged in children in association with ...

Time June 26, 2020
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The American College of Radiology (ACR) Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) is pleased to announce the development of the COVID-19 Imaging Research Registry (CIRR), an effort by the ACR CRI and the ACR Data Science Institute in collaboration with the ACR and the Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR). Sharyn Katz, M.D., director of research for thoracic radiology at the University of Pennsylvania, chairs the effort’s multiple-disciplinary steering committee, which includes representation from across the i
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ACR Announces COVID-19 Imaging Research Registry

June 25, 2020 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) is pleased to announce ...

Time June 25, 2020
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The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the RSNA COVID-19 AI Task Force today announced the launch of the RSNA International COVID-19 Open Radiology Database (RICORD). RICORD is envisioned as the largest open database of anonymized COVID-19 medical images in the world.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
RSNA Launches International COVID-19 Open Radiology Database

June 25, 2020 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the RSNA COVID-19 AI Task Force today announced the ...

Time June 25, 2020
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