April 1, 2020 — Thirona and Delft Imaging launched CAD4COVID. This new artificial intelligence (AI) tool analyses X-ray images and is intended to support healthcare specialists manage COVID-19 cases. The companies have made the tool available free-of-charge in support of the crisis. Thirona and Delft Imaging are partnering with several hospitals and academic institutes worldwide to validate CAD4COVID.

April 1, 2020 — United Imaging, a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, is preparing to deploy readily transportable computed tomography (CT) scanners in the United States to help in the fight against COVID-19, said a company spokesperson.

April 1, 2020 — ViewRay, Inc. announced a strategic collaboration with VieCure, an artificial intelligence (AI) informatics company with a leading point-of-care clinical decision support platform and a comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) in oncology.

March 31, 2020 — A brief article from Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, published today in Radiology, reports on the first presumptive case of COVID-19–associated acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy.

March 31, 2020 — Lung infections generated by the coronavirus can be detected in computed tomography (CT) images. Radiologists at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China, had already determined this before the outbreak of the epidemic.

March 31, 2020 — The Intelligent Evaluation System of chest computed tomography (CT) for COVID-19, developed by YITU under the guidance of Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, was officially launched and was put into the first-line battle against COVID-19 pandemic on Jan.

March 31, 2020 — Two British companies at the leading edge of medical imaging technology are working together on a plan to fast-track the diagnosis of COVID-19 in NHS hospitals using artificial intelligence analysis of chest X-rays.

March 31, 2020 — In a letter to its members, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) President Vasken Dilsizian, M.D., announced the development of a COVID-19 Resource Center

March 31, 2020 — An artificial intelligence tool accurately predicted which patients newly infected with the COVID-19 virus would go on to develop severe respiratory disease, a new study found.

March 30, 2020 — In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of radiation oncologists from the U.S. and U.K. is recommending a new framework for making decisions about radiation therapy for prostate cancer patients that weighs risks and benefits during these difficult times.

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