Stroke

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for stroke. This includes both diagosis and treatment of stroke, stroke imaging, pharmaceuticals and interventional stroke technologies.

360 Degree View Inside a Mobile Stroke Unit Ambulance at Northwestern Medicine

This is a 360 degree view inside the back of the Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Mobile Stroke Unit ambulance in the western suburbs of Chicago...
VIDEO: Creating and Operating a Mobile Stroke Unit

ITN Associate Editor Jeff Zagoudis explores how the mobile stroke unit (MSU) program at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., is changing the paradigm of care for stroke patients in the western suburbs of Chicago and beyond.
Medical Societies Issue Revised, Patient-Centered Measures for Stroke Interventions

Revised guidelines for the nonsurgical, image-guided interventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke will ensure patients receive the right treatment at the right time. The updated guidelines, endorsed by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and 11 other medical societies, were...
FDA Clears First AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support Software for Stroke

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced marketing clearance for Viz.AI’s Contact application, the first artificial intelligence (AI)-based clinical decision support (CDS) solution cleared for sale in the U.S. Viz.AI Contact is designed to analyze computed tomography (CT) results...
Five Medical Technology Innovations We Might See in the Very Near Future

January 17, 2017 — James Laskaris, emerging technology analyst at MD Buyline, recently offered his perspective on five medical technology innovations that might be just months or a few years away.

News | Computed Tomography (CT) | December 12, 2018

Canon Aquilion One CT Helps Gates Vascular Institute Adhere to New Stroke Guidelines

December 12, 2018 — In stroke, time saved on...

News | Stroke | November 30, 2018

NeuroLogica and MaxQ AI Announce Distribution Agreement

November 30, 2018 – Clinical diagnostics intelligence platform company MaxQ AI and Samsung NeuroLogica announced a...

Vital Showcases Enterprise Imaging Advances at RSNA 2018

Global Illumination from Vital Images

News | Enterprise Imaging | November 28, 2018

Vital Showcases Enterprise Imaging Advances at RSNA 2018

November 28, 2018 — Vital, a Canon Group company, will highlight the latest additions to its...

News | Neuro Imaging | August 27, 2018

iSchemaView RAPID Technology Now Installed in More Than 500 Stroke Centers

August 27, 2018 — iSchemaView announced that more than 575...

News | Stroke | July 13, 2018

iSchemaView Brings RAPID Imaging Platform to Australia and New Zealand

July 13, 2018 – iSchemaView has signed Diagnostic Imaging Australia (DIA) to be the exclusive distributor for the...

News | Computed Tomography (CT) | July 09, 2018

IAC Awards First CT Accreditation for a Mobile Stroke Unit

July 9, 2018 — The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) recently recognized the University of Tennessee...

Peter Juodka, RT(CT) operates the 16-slice Siemens Somatom Scope CT scanner in the mobile stroke unit to assess stroke patients immediately at the call site.

Peter Juodka, RT(CT) operates the 16-slice Siemens Somatom Scope CT scanner in the mobile stroke unit to assess stroke patients immediately at the call site.

Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | July 03, 2018 | By Jeff Zagoudis

Mobile Stroke Unit Reduces Time to Treatment

Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for more than 140,000 deaths in some of...