Jason P. Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D., FAANS, winner of the Leksell Radiosurgery Award, presented his research on stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in patients with nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas during the 2017 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting, April 22-26 in Los Angeles.

RamSoft recently announced their plan to demonstrate four new products at the 2017 Radiology Business Management Assoication (RBMA) PaRADigm annual meeting, April 23-26 in Chicago. The new products — including Universal Worklist, Patient+, Availity Authorizations and Availity Patient Access — are available within RamSoft’s PowerServer RIS/PACS (radiology information system/picture archiving and communication system), PACS and Tele Plus. They are designed to streamline workflow to improve patient care, maximize productivity, strengthen relationships with referrers and increase revenue.

April 26, 2017 — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) continues to build its NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium with the publication of radiation therapy (RT) recommendations from an additional nine NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines):

The new guidelines include recommendations for:

 Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed LB195, Cheri's Law, on Wednesday, making it the 32nd state to report dense fibroglandular breast tissue to the patient through the mammography report in some fashion. 

April 26, 2017 — A new report on the brain cancer diagnostics market projects that up to 78,000 new cases of primary brain tumors are expected to be diagnosed globally in 2017, with approximately 25,000 found to be malignant.1 As research into precision medicine continues, both patients and healthcare professionals are anticipating greater use of this type of healthcare model in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors.

April 25, 2017 — ImageMoverMD announced the availability of ImageMover Media, a universal, web-based solution to import DICOM and non-DICOM medical images. The solution is available to new and existing customers immediately.

Registration is open for a new online program from the Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI), designed to help launch radiologists confidently into new leadership roles equipped with essential business skills.

Low-Cost AI Could Screen for Cervical Cancer Better Than Humans

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already exceeding human abilities. Self-driving cars use AI to perform some tasks more safely than people. E-commerce companies use AI to tailor product ads to customers' tastes quicker and with more precision than any breathing marketing analyst.
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