Augmented intelligence (also known as artificial intelligence, or AI) and machine learning are fueling innovations in healthcare to address the pressing clinical needs of care providers. At the 2017 Radiological Society of North America annual meeting (RSNA 2017), Nov. 26-Dec. 1 in Chicago, Agfa HealthCare will be demonstrating its latest work-in-progress visions for AI through workflow optimized integration of Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging solution with products offered by IBM Watson Health, RadLogics and  Mindshare Medical.

Carestream Health will demonstrate new optional advanced metal artifact reduction software for its Carestream OnSight 3-D Extremity System at the 2017 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) tradeshow, Nov. 26-Dec. 1 in Chicago. The system captures high-quality, low-dose 3-D extremity exams. The company’s new metal artifact reduction software is pending U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance.

November 21, 2017 — At the 2017 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, Nov. 26-Dec. 1 in Chicago, Hitachi Healthcare Americas (HHA) will demonstrate its SynergyDrive MR (magnetic resonance) workflow engine. SynergyDrive comprehensively addresses the bottlenecks in the MR scanning process from start to finish – from patient registration to post-processing and image sharing.

November 21, 2017 — Mevion Medical Systems announced the Mevion S250i Proton Therapy System has achieved CE Marking clearance. CE Marking permits clinical use of the system within the European Union and any country that recognizes the CE Mark. The system includes Hyperscan technology, the next generation of pencil beam scanning (PBS) for faster, sharper and more robust proton treatments.

MediSens European Medical Imaging Conference

Ambra Health announced that Atrius Health and Envision Radiology are among the latest leading providers to adopt Ambra for image exchange across their healthcare systems. They join more than 1,000 healthcare providers already using Ambra Health for image exchange and cloud vendor neutral archives (VNA).

November 20, 2017 — Provision Healthcare has selected RayStation for external beam planning at the new Provision Cares proton therapy center in Franklin, Tenn., which is currently under construction. The center forms part of the Provision Cares Cancer Network.

RSNA 2017 technology review of key radiology technology updates.

Here is an aggregation of ITN content for all major radiology technology areas this past year. These topics will be discussed in sessions at the 2017 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference in Chicago, Nov. 26 - Dec. 1. 

 

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Scientists and clinicians from Singapore and Germany have successfully used multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) to achieve accurate, real-time 3-D imaging of non-melanoma skin cancer tumors. This imaging technique uses a combination of light pulses and ultrasound waves to form 3-D images that are precise in dimensions and depth.

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