February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared software to assist medical professionals in the acquisition of cardiac ultrasound, or echocardiography, images. The software, called Caption Guidance, is an accessory to compatible diagnostic ultrasound systems and uses artificial intelligence to help the user capture images of a patient’s heart that are of acceptable diagnostic quality.

February 12, 2020 — Mobile devices proved both reliable and accurate for the clinical decision to administer IV thrombolysis in patients with acute stroke, according to an ahead-of-print article in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR).

February 12, 2020 — The Candelis ImageGrid Plus PACS Server is an ultra-high-performance platform that can support high volume healthcare environments of 1,000+ modalities.

February 11, 2020 — The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents market is expected to grow rapidly in the foreseeable future, due to surging demand for image-guided surgical procedures, according to a new report from Future Market Insights (FMI).

February 11, 2020 — Varian announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Ethos therapy, an Adaptive Intelligence solution. Ethos therapy is an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven holistic solution that provides an opportunity to transform cancer care.

CT image of Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV from the Radiology article showing a baseline CT image of a 75 year old male with multiple patchy areas of pure ground glass opacity (GGO) and GGO with reticular and/or interlobular septal thickening. Follow-up CT images on day 3 after admission show an overlap of organizing pneumonia with diffuse alveolar damage in that it is more diffuse and associated with underlying reticulation. Read more and see 15 more images from novel coronavirus patients in the article.

February 11, 2020 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) journal Radiology has published a study from researchers in China, who describe symptoms and computed tomography (CT) imaging findings in 51 patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The article "Emerging Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Pneumonia" was published online Feb. 6.

February 11, 2020 — Enterprise Imaging developer PaxeraHealth has signed a vendor agreement with Vizient, Inc., a healthcare performance improvement company, to provide medical imaging solutions to its members. The agreement will go into effect in February 2020.

February 11, 2020 — A new study, published in Lancet Digital Health, shows the added value of AI-aided breast cancer detection from mammography images.

“The future’s not ours to see ...” Lyric from the song “Que Sera, Sera”

Given the growing emphasis on patient and physician satisfaction, streamlining the image transfer process will likely continue as a priority — as will ensuring the security of transferred images.

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