Chest X-ray AI Algorithm Correctly Identifies Lung Disease for Dubai Health Authority

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced the preliminary results of a chest X-ray artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm deployed across DHA medical fitness centers (MFCs). The collaboration is the first validation of Agfa Healthcare’s Augmented Intelligence (AI) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Philips Healthcare last week issued a proactive advisory warning to its iSite and IntelliSpace picture archiving and communication system (PACS) customers of potential security vulnerabilities in the products. The company cautioned that while it has received no reports of patient harm, the vulnerabilities in question could impact or potentially compromise patient confidentiality, system integrity and/or system availability.

April 16, 2018 — Varian announced a new version of its Velocity cancer imaging software that includes Rapidsphere, a module for Y90 selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) dosimetry analysis. Rapidsphere provides the ability for cancer care teams to better understand tumor response and normal-tissue toxicity for individual patients receiving SIRT.

Annual Radiology Meeting in UAE 2018

April 13, 2018 — Canon Medical Systems USA Inc. this week received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the Aquilion Precision system, which it calls the world’s first Ultra-High Resolution computed tomography (UHR CT) system. The system can resolve anatomy as small as 150 microns and is designed to provide more than twice the resolution, typically seen only in cath labs.

Densitas Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its DENSITAS|density automated breast density software. The software analyzes the same processed digital mammograms that radiologists view and are routinely stored in picture archiving and communication systems (PACS).

April 13, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the latest version of the Somatom Force, the flagship dual-source computed tomography (CT) system from Siemens Healthineers. The system now features the new FAST (Fully Assisting Scanner Technologies) Integrated Workflow, which helps ensure precise patient positioning.

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now