At the 2018 annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), March 5-9 in Las Vegas, Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. will demonstrate the infusion of intelligent analytics into its Exa Enterprise Imaging platform.The analytics package will enable customers to boost department productivity, maximize asset utilization and enhance the patient experience.

Deep learning startup company Aidoc announced what it calls the world’s first and only comprehensive, full-body solution utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to help analyze computed tomography (CT) scans, highlighting medical findings for radiologists. The workflow-integrated solution offers support for radiologists covering areas such as the head, c-spine, chest and abdomen.

February 20, 2018 – Digital transformation is happening in all industries, and it will happen in healthcare whether healthcare IT professionals are ready or not.  Electronic health records are moving to the cloud, telehealth is becoming a business requirement, and progressive new technologies like deep machine learning and digital pathology interpretation will soon become mainstream.

February 20, 2018 – LUMEDX Corporation, a top cardiovascular data intelligence company, will show off the latest in advanced analytics and software solutions at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference next month.

Imaging products and services have to help provide the highest level of diagnostic confidence possible, if healthcare providers are to transition successfully from volume- to value-based medicine. Kees Wesdorp, business group leader of Diagnostic Imaging at Philips, says the company is trying to do exactly that.

DenseBreast-info.org (DB-I) announced plans for international expansion with specialized content for Europe and neighboring countries.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared GOKnee3D, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) application from Siemens Healthineers that significantly reduces the time required to perform comprehensive diagnostic exams of the knee.

The University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI) in Mobile, Ala., has selected RayStation as its treatment planning system for the TomoTherapy System. The center also treats patients using a CyberKnife System and will use RayStation for this in the future.

At the 2018 Healthcare and Information Management Systems Society annual meeting (HIMSS18), Agfa HealthCare will showcase its newest version of its Engage Suite for Integrated Care. New features for multi-disciplinary meetings, video conferencing, care plans and self-completion questionnaires are designed to enhance communication and collaboration, to support the move from volume- to value-based and person-centred care.

Gadolinium based contrast dye in brain MRI
gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI

One of the biggest concerns in radiology in recent years is the safety of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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