Interview with Harold Litt, M.D., Ph.D., chief of cardiovascular imaging section and associate professor of radiology, University of Pennsylvania. He also served as co-principal investigator of the ACRIN-PA study of cardiac CT use in the emergency department (ED). Litt spoke in sesveral sessions on how to begin using cardiac CT to evaluate chest pain to quickly rule in or rule out heart attacks.
Read more about the ACRIN-PA trial.
Watch a video of Litt explaining the trial.
Interview with James Min, M.D., Professor of Radiology and Medicine and Director of Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine, Weill Cornell, New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Interview with Daniel Berman, M.D., FACC, chief of Cardiac Imaging and Nuclear Cardiology, professor of imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Interview with Ricardo Cury, M.D., FAHA, FSCCT, FACC, president of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and chairman of radiology, director of cardiac imaging, Baptist Health of South Florida, Miami. He explains recent key trials, radiation dose and perfusion imaging.
Interview with Dee Dee Wang, M.D., FACC, FASE, advanced structural heart imaging staff cardiologist, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, about the use of 3-D printing to aid procedural planning and guidance in complex structural heart cases.
Joseph Deasy, Ph.D., discusses his study on dose-volume relations for late rectal bleeding in 1,001 patients from five prostate cancer cohorts with Imaging Technology News Editorial Director Melinda Taschetta-Millane.
During the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 57th annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., Imaging Technology News’ editorial director Melinda Taschetta-Millane spoke with Michael F. McNitt-Gray, PhD, FAAPM, about his abstract on Size-Specific, Scanner-Independent Fetal Dose Estimates in Abdominal and Pelvic CT Examinations of Pregnant Patients, which was presented at the meeting.
During the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 57th annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., graduate student researcher at the University of California/Davis Andrew M. Hernandez discussed screening and dose distribution for women with dense breasts, and its implications for mammography.
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President John Boone, Ph.D., discusses the impact of imaging in medical physics, as well as key topics addressed at this year’s meeting, with Imaging Technology News Editorial Director Melinda Taschetta-Millane.
Interview at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) annual meeting with Federico Asch, M.D., M.D., FACC, FASE, associate director of the echocardiography core lab at Medstar Health Research Institute and assistant professor of medicine (cardiology) at Georgetown University.
DAIC Editor Dave Fornell shares his choices for the most innovative new echocardiography technologies and trends at the 2015 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) annual meeting.
Interview at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) annual meeting with Federico Asch, M.D., M.D., FACC, FASE, associate director of the echocardiography core lab at Medstar Health Research Institute and assistant professor of medicine (cardiology) at Georgetown University. He explains how ultrasound might have a roll in the future for breaking up clots and targeted delivery of gene and drug therapies.
Role of Interventional Echcardiography in Transcatheter Structural Heart Procedures — Rebecca Hahn, M.D., Columbia University Medical Center, is an expert in the new subspecialty of interventional echo and shares her insights at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) conference in Chicago in June.
With the advent of enterprise imaging, the enterprise viewer is a pivotal component that enables a single point of access to all imaging — diagnostic, clinical, mobile, EHR-driven, and medical multimedia objects - across a healthcare enterprise. Visage Imaging's General Manager, North America, Brad Levin discusses trends in the industry and the transition away from traditional PACS during SIIM 2015.
SIIM 2015 Program Committee Chair Richard Wiggins III, M.D., discusses social media and mHealth with ITN editorial director Melinda Taschetta-Millane, and explains what SIIM is doing to integrate it.
SIIM Chair David Brown discusses interoperability, and his concerns from a data security and compliance perspective, at SIIM 2015.
Donald Dennison, co-chair of the SIIM Hackathon committee, discusses the objectives for this event's second year at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2015 annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Donald Dennison, director-at-large on the Board of Directors for SIIM, shares his thoughts on "the next imaging evolution" during the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2015 annual meeting in Washington, D.C., and the technical and market forces that are driving this change.
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DAIC/ITN Editor Dave Fornell shows examples of new healthcare IT technology at the 2015 HIMSS meeting that will change the future of healthcare. These include healthcare wearable devices, smart phone apps, virtual training software, population health data, and technology for patient engagement.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has issue a draft list Stage 3 Meaningful Use requirements. Jeff Coughlin, senior director, federal and state affairs, Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), explains what these requirements include at the HIMSS 2015 annual meeting.
At HIMSS 2015, one of the biggest trends was the explosion of consumer health related wearable devices and smartphone apps and how these will integrate into the healthcare system for improved patient monitoring and patient engagement. Thomas Martin, HIMSS director of health information systems, explains this trend and where these devices will fit in during the coming years.
During HIMSS 2015, Louis Lannum, director, ITD enterprise imaging, information technology division, Cleveland Clinic, explained in sessions how to create an enterprise imaging system that goes beyond PACS to service all imaging and data needs of departments in the hospital enterprise.
Mony Weschler, chief applications strategist and architect, application technology services, Montefiore Health System, New York, explains how he integrated enterprise imaging and mobile ECG waveform at Montefiore Health System.
Barbara Rabinowitz, Ph.D., MSW, RN, founder of the National Consortium of Breast Centers, talks with ITN editorial director Melinda Taschetta-Millane during NCoBC's 25th anniversary conference, and addresses the very important topic of survivorship.
Dense breast tissue can mask the appearance of tumors and limit the performance of mammography. When used as an adjunct to mammography, Invenia ABUS from GE Healthcare has been shown to improve invasive breast cancer detection by 55% over mammography alone.
Kristie Bobolis, M.D., program chair for the National Consortium of Breast Centers, discusses the role of genetic testing, how it is evolving, and how a physician best assess the high-risk patient.
Barbara Rabinowitz, Ph.D., MSW, RN, founder of the National Consortium of Breast Centers, talks with ITN editorial director Melinda Taschetta-Millane during NCoBC's 25th anniversary conference, and addresses the very important topic of survivorship.
Gary Levine, M.D., president of the National Consortium of Breast Centers, discusses breast density, updates from the legislative front and the latest breast screening technology.
Jennifer Gass, M.D., FACS, incoming president of the National Consortium of Breast Centers, discusses the impact of breast surgery on a woman's sense of sexuality, and her future goals during her presidency of NCBC.
At RSNA 2014, Dome showcased its new s6c 6 MP color monitor for radiology. The company also introduced its latest version of the Dome Dashboard software for remote monitoring, QA and adjustment of all displays used in the enterprise.
Volpara now offers products to track breast density in mammography, X-ray radiation dose and analytical data. The company now integrates with tomosynthesis 3-D mammo systems. The technology has installations in 31 countries.
At RSNA 2014, Fujifilm highlighted improvements to its Synapse Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) for enterprise imaging, new functionality with its newest version of Synapse PACS, and new advanced visualization applications. Synapse advanced visualization now includes 3-D colonoscopy, kidney analysis and lung analysis, which includes virtual 3-D fly-through of the bronchia).
William Way, M.D., director of diagnostic imaging at Wake Radiology, explains how he is building an enterprise-wide imaging system and offers advice on what to look for when shopping for a replacement PACS. Here are some questions to ask prospective PACS vendors.
He was interviewed at the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting.
At RSNA 2014, Konica Minolta released a durable DR detector panel for extreme environments, a new DR panel designed for orthopedic use and a hand-carried ultrasound system for point of care use.
At RSNA 2014, Fujifilm highlighted improvements with its digital radiography (DR) X-ray technology. This includes the newly redesigned FDR D-EVO II wireless detector, FDR GO mobile DR system and Fujifilm's new Virtual Grid technology to post-process images to reduce X-ray scatter.
