Surgical Institute of Reading recently selected RamSoft’s PowerServer Lite PACS (picture archiving and communication system) on Azure to enhance their imaging capabilities with robust tools and cloud storage that would fit their needs and budget.

Medical diagnostic artificial intelligence (AI) company MaxQ AI announced that its Accipio intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and stroke software will be integrated on Philips’ computed tomography (CT) systems. The integration of Accipio’s AI-powered solutions into Philips CT systems will support the detection of ICH to augment caregivers in identifying and prioritizing patients suffering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, head trauma and other life-threatening conditions.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Varian announced a new strategic collaboration to develop an integrated software platform to streamline review of radiation oncology treatment plans.

DHR Health in Edinburg, Texas, recently became the first healthcare facility in the United States to install the Multix Impact floor-mounted digital radiography (DR) system from Siemens Healthineers. The Multix Impact is designed to expand access to high-quality imaging and enhance the patient experience.

Eventually the future moves into the past, and we move on. But some of us wax nostalgic. Soft-copy reading deserves a bit of that.

For those who don’t know, soft-copy reading was the interpretation of radiological images on display monitors. Its alternative, interpreting hard-copy, was the reading of images printed on film.

University of South Florida (USF) Health in Tampa, Fla., has enhanced their use of the Digisonics Cardiovascular Information System to include vascular reporting for improved workflow automation and efficiency.

International medical imaging information technology (IT) and cybersecurity company Sectra is extending its pre-operative orthopedic planning solution for trauma cases with 3-D templates from one of the largest orthopedic companies, DePuy Synthes. Pre-operative planning for trauma cases using templating in combination with 3-D computed tomography (CT) images enables improved surgical outcomes.

Intelerad Medical Systems announced that OneWelbeck, a London operator of specialist facilities for minimally-invasive day surgery and outpatient diagnostics, has standardized on a range of Intelerad medical imaging solutions to equip its centers of excellence. All imaging and surgical departments will leverage the Intelerad solutions. Focused on leveraging technology and innovation to deliver exceptional outcomes for patients, OneWelbeck is deploying the following Intelerad solutions.

A patient prepares to have a tomosynthesis-guided prone breast biopsy using the Hologic Affirm prone biopsy system.
Harriet Borofsky, M.D.

The current body of research supporting digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT or 3-D mammography) is now overwhelming, with numerous single and multi-institutional studies showing this technology improves screening outcomes and accuracy by increasing breast cancer detection rates, decreasing recall rates and increasing specificity.
An illustration of radiology department analytics data showing GE Healthcare’s business analytics software.
April Wilson

According to IBM, the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data daily. A large chunk of this data is healthcare information. Medical data continues to expand whether from genomic testing and large imaging studies, to billions of payment transactions. All of this data represents a strong match for advanced systems analysis.
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