Vinodh Kumar, M.D., and Komal Shah, M.D., associate professors of radiology at MD Anderson Cancer Center, describe how they are using virtual reality and augmented reality technologies for pre-operative planning and patient education for brain tumor cases. They presented on the technology at the 2018 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting.

Watch the VIDEO: Editor's Choice of Most Innovative Technology at HIMSS 2017 for more examples of augmented reality technology in healthcare.

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Read the related article Virtual Reality Boosts Revenues and Patient Understanding.
 

EIZO, which means image in Japanese, is a visual technology company that develops and manufactures high-end display solutions. EIZO has been one of the leading healthcare brands worldwide in medical imaging solutions for the digital era with over 45 years developing and manufacturing innovative display solutions designed for mission-critical applications. Keep your eyes open for the RX360 and GX560 available at the beginning of 2019.

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2018 annual meeting keynote speaker Michael Recht, M.D., chairman of radiology at NYU Langone Health, discusses how artificial intelligence (AI)  is being used at his institution to improve the patient experience, and how advanced technologies may impact radiology in the future. He also spoke on NYU's use of advanced analytics to improve workflow, speed patient throughput and how analytics justified the hiring of additional full-time employees because there were numbers supporting how they could help increase the department's bottom line.

He spoke after the opening remarks by RSNA President Vijay Rao, M.D., who highlighted how AI will likely impact radiology and become ingrained in daily workflow to help free up the radiologists to collaborate more as a doctor's doctor. Watch an interview with Rao in the VIDEO: RSNA President Says Artificial Intelligence is Hottest Tech Advancement in Radiology.
 

Based on Mindray’s Living Technology, the Resona 7 (Sapphire), ZS3 (Diamond) and TE7 (Crystal) new ultrasound upgrades offer significant enhancements in support of the company’s commitment to providing state-of-the-art ultrasound imaging. Maher Elhihi, director of marketing, North America Ultrasound, summarizes the key benefits included in the company's Gem Series introduction.

This is a walk around of the new Spectrum Dynamics Veriton SPECT-CT nuclear imaging system introduced at the 2018 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. 

This is a walk around of an innovative new SPECT-CT nuclear imaging system shown at the Radiological Society Of North America (RSNA) 2018 meeting this week. It's CT system with comes in 16, 64 or 128 slice configurations. It has 12 SPECT detector robotic arms that automatically move toward the patient and use a sensor to stop a few millimeters from the skin to optimize photon counts and SPECT image quality. It also uses more sensitive CZT digital detectors, which allows either faster scan times, or use of only half the radiotracer dose of analog detector scans.

Read the article “Nuclear Imaging Moves Toward Digital Detector Technology.” 

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Stamatia Destounis, M.D., FACR, associate professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine, and attending radiologist, Elizabeth Wende Breast Care, explains the details of a new study showing the benefits of mammography in elderly women at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2018 annual meeting.

Radiation therapy has become increasingly effective and safe as vendors continue to innovate technologies that benefit the patient. At ASTRO 2018, this patient-centric approach was exemplified and demonstrated not only in ways that match treatments to patients, but in how technologies can adjust to patient movement and anatomical changes, and to increase the precision of treatments. ITN Contributing Editor Greg Freiherr showcases several new technologies that are helping to advance this field.

For additional patient-centered care coverage, see:

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This is an example of the FDA-cleared OpenSight augmented reality (AR) system for surgical planning from NovaRad at the Radiological Society Of North America (RSNA) 2018 meeting. It uses a Hololens headset to register an overlay of the patient’s MR or Ct scan in the patient. The operator can use hand movements to slice through and manipulate the images.

The vendor gained an FDA indication for AR to be used in surgical planning in 2018. NovaRad is working with the FDA for a second indication for use of the AR in the operating room during procedures.

This video is jerky, slightly misaligned and the hand movements did not always respond because itwas shot with an iPhone inside the visor. The image quality and hand movements are much better when actually wearing it on your head and aligned for the specific user.

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This is an example of how artificial intelligence (AI) can help improve patient care by pulling together patient data from numerous sources and then select medical records that are specific to a patient’s diagnosis and treatment for a defined disease state. This is Siemens’ AI-Pathway Companion introduced at the Radiological Society Of North America (RSNA) 2018 meeting. In this examples. A prostate cancer patient has all their data on a single time line that can be accessed by single clicks on the points to open reports, images, procedures or labs.

At the end of the time line it integrates AI driven clinical decision support that recommends the next course of action based on clinical guidelines. The guidelines cited can also be opened for review by the clinician.

Here is an example of how artificial intelligence (AI) is helping radiologists with faster workflow to improve care. This example from the Philips Illumeo system shows a spine CT and how the radiologist can use the tool bar to gain one-click, immediate access to three prior CT studies that will open with the exact slate slice view and orientation as the current exam. This was shown at the 2018 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting.

Read more in the article “How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Medical Imaging.”

Watch the VIDEO AI Technogy Report from RSNA 2017.

At the 2018 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting, Hitachi showed a new computed tomography (CT) scanner designed for larger sized patients. The Scenaria View offers both 64 and 128 slice versions (it is also field upgradable from 64 to 128 later on). It has an 80 cm bore and the table has a weight capacity of 550 pounds. The X-ray tube also can achieve high energies up to 700 mA.  The system has clearance in Japan and Europe and will be submitted for FDA clearance soon.

Read more about the system.

An interview with A. M. Niser Syed, M.D., medical director, radiation oncology and endocurietherapy, MemorialCare Cancer Institute, Long Beach, Calif. At the American Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ASTRO) 2018 annual meeting, he presented a study of 1,200 patients using a single session of intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT) using the Xoft X-ray emitting brachytherapy system. 

Genomics can be used to assess a patient's radiosensitivity, which can be used to increase or decrease the radiation that needs to be delivered to treat the tumor and spare surrounding healthy tissue. Javier Torres-Roca, M.D., associate professor of radiation oncology, Moffit Cancer Center, and co-founder of the genomics company Cvergenx, spoke on this topic at the ASTRO 2018 conference. 

Find more news, videos and late-breating studies from ASTRO 2018.

Interview with Peyman Kabolizadeh, M.D., the medical director of Beaumont Proton Therapy Center, Royal Oak, Mich. He explains how proton therapy fits into Beaumont's overall strategy of cancer treatment. He also explains Beaumont's development of proton arc therapy that is in development. He spoke on these topics at that ASTRO 2018 meeting.

Read the article "Beaumont Hospital Cancer Institute Performs First Irradiation of Spot Scanning Proton Arc Therapy Plan."
 

Kristin Higgins, M.D., medical director of radiation oncology at the Emory Clinic at the Winship Cancer Institute, and associate professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, explains how the use of a novel positron-emission tomography, computed tomography (PET-CT) system combined with a linac in a single gantry might offer a new approach to real-time adaptive therapy. She spoke to ITN at the 2018 ASTRO conference.

Read the article about the technology displayed at ASTRO 2018 — Biology Guided Radiotherapy May Improve Physician Confidence in Treatment of Multiple Tumors

Read more about the start-up company that created the system.

Eric Morris, a Ph.D. candidate at Henry Ford Hospital and Wayne State University, explains his project to automate registration and segmentation of cardiac structures in treatment planning scans for breast cancer radiation therapy.

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A discussion with Kevin Moore, Ph.D., DABR, deputy director of medical physics and associate professor, University of California San Diego, about his daily clinical use of an artificial intelligence treatment planning software. He spoke on this at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2018 meeting.

Also watch the VIDEO: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Radiation Therapy — an interview with Steve Jiang, Ph.D.

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Haojie Wang, M.D., director of advanced cardiovascular MRI and a member of the heart valve clinic at Baylor Scott White Heart Hospital, Dallas, explains the utility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in cardiology and the implementation of the cardiac MRI program at his hospital.  

A discussion with Mahadevappa Mahesh, Ph.D., FAAPM, FACR, FACMP, FSCCT, professor of radiology and cardiology and chief physicist at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore. He also serves as treasurer for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and spoke to ITN at the 2018 meeting.

Watch the VIDEO Radiation Dose Monitoring in Medical Imaging, an interview with Mahesh at the 2016 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting.
 

A discussion with Martin Vallieres, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He spoke on this topic in sessions at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2018 meeting. He explains radiomics and how it can be used in both medical imaging and radiation therapy. 

Read the related article "Hidden Information Behind Imaging Tests for Cancer May Unlock New Approaches to Radiation Therapy."

Read the related article "Computer Program Beats Physicians at Brain Cancer Diagnoses."

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