Regions of the brain function differently among people with post-traumatic stress disorder, causing them to generalize non-threatening events as if they were the original trauma, according to new research from Duke Medicine and the Durham VA Medical Center.
Cancer Targeted Technology (CTT), a privately-held Seattle-based biotechnology firm focusing on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, announced that the National Cancer Institute awarded a 27-month, $2.3M contract to CTT to develop a new agent that will help treat metastatic prostate cancer.
At RSNA 2015, Cerner demonstrated its RadNet Radiology Information System (RIS), which provides the tools to work more efficiently and help provide better outcomes for patients.
GE Healthcare will show its latest software solutions for data analytics and dose monitoring at the 2016 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, Nov. 27-Dec. 2 in Chicago.
Machine learning is already more our lives than many people realize. Smart algorithms complete phrases and correct misspellings typed into Google’s search engine; recognize faces in photos on Facebook; suggest movies on Netflix. Now algorithms are being groomed to help radiologists find disease in patient images and optimize scans.
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. introduced the FDR Visionary Suite, a next-generation automatic positioning digital radiographic X-ray room system—at the 101st annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov. 29 – Dec. 4, 2015, in Chicago.