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Philips Strengthens its Leadership in Digital Pathology as its Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution Receives 510(k) Clearance

Imaging Technology

JULY 12, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Fri, 07/12/2024 - 11:00 July 12, 2024 — Diagnosing cancer and providing the personalized therapy it often requires, is a collaborative effort more than in any other area of medicine. It involves a multidisciplinary team of oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, geneticists, and other specialists. link] [4] Sandbank et al.,

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‘SR’ onboards another independent practice, its 1st in the Natural State

Radiology Business

JUNE 25, 2024

The private-practice coalition Strategic Radiology, aka “SR,” has added Arkansas to the 30 or so states in which its 1,700+ radiologists operate.

Private Practice

Private Practice IT Radiologist Radiology

American College of Radiology lays off 11% of its workforce

Radiology Business

APRIL 15, 2024

As part of its drive to balance the budget, ACR also is reviewing “all programs and areas for potential savings," leaders told attendees at the organization's annual meeting.

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Is ChatGPT too ‘smart’ for its own good?

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

ChatGPT shows promise in answering questions by radiology patients, yet the complexity of its responses may complicate its use as a patient education tool, according to a group at the University of Pennsylvania. While accurate, ChatGPT’s responses were uniformly complex, they found. ChatGPT has garnered attention as a potential tool in this regard.

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Guerbet to sell its urological imaging business to Del Medical

AuntMinnie

JULY 24, 2024

Image courtesy of Guerbet Guerbet has signed a deal to sell its urological imaging systems business to Del Medical , according to an undisclosed deal announced July 23.

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At AHRA 2024, Agfa Radiology Solutions Highlights Intelligent Technologies and Systems that Ensure “One image is all it takes”

Imaging Technology

JULY 18, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:21 July 18, 2024 — At the Annual Meeting of AHRA (the Association for Medical Imaging Management ), Agfa Radiology Solutions will demonstrate how its solutions help customers address productivity needs in an industry dealing with staffing shortages and tight budgets.

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CellNetix to Work with Proscia to Innovate its Pathology Practice and Digitize a Portion of its 1 Million Glass Slides Per Year

Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a written statement announcing the collaboration, CellNetix offered that it in innovating its practice with digital pathology, it will provide faster, more confident results, laying the foundation for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven pathology.

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Ziosoft launches upgrade to its Revoras software workflow tool

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 26, 2024

Ziosoft has launched an upgraded user interface of its Revoras software workflow tool for MR cardiac imaging. The company will highlight its cardiac imaging program and new product features at the upcoming 2024 Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) meeting in London.

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How can radiation oncology build its workforce?

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

“Restoring residents’ confidence in the fairness, consistency, and relevance of the ABR’s examinations will facilitate positive representation of the field to prospective medical students,” it wrote. Radiation Oncology Exposure The researchers outlined several ways radiation oncology can be promoted on an institutional and educational level.

Radiation Oncology

Radiation Oncology Radiation IT Medical

Gamma Radiation: Its Discovery, Applications, and Safety Considerations

Open Medscience

JULY 2, 2024

Gamma radiation is essential for medical imaging, cancer treatment, industrial testing, yet requires stringent safety measures due to risks The post Gamma Radiation: Its Discovery, Applications, and Safety Considerations appeared first on Open MedScience.

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UnitedHealthcare briefly knocks state’s largest nonprofit system and its imaging centers out of network

Radiology Business

JUNE 10, 2024

Mobile, Alabama-based Infirmary Health has more than 700 doctors on its medical staff including about 20 radiologists, providing imaging services at a dozen locations.

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Philips celebrates nearly 2M liters of liquid helium saved thanks to its helium-free MRI technology

Health Imaging

MAY 30, 2024

The company made the announcement following the 1,111th installation of its BlueSeal 1.5T magnet, which took place at the Vida Imaging and Breast Center in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

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A Race Against Time: How One Idaho Hospital Added a New CT Suite to Better Serve Its Community

Cassling's MRI

JULY 19, 2024

This number is a direct result of the influx of population into the area. With only one CT scanner in the hospital to service outpatients and the emergency room, Bonner General saw an urgent need for expansion in order to better serve its patients.

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Hospital Emergency Room IT

Nanox Mourns Death of Its Founder, Ran Poliakine

Imaging Technology

JANUARY 16, 2024

Poliakine witnessed this vision coming to fruition, in the form of the Nanox.ARC receiving a series of regulatory clearances in the United States and other countries throughout the world. “It It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of Ran, my friend and source of endless inspiration,” said Erez Meltzer, CEO of Nanox.

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New direct links discovered between the brain and its surrounding environment

ScienceDaily

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In a recent study of the brain's waste drainage system, researchers discovered a direct connection between the brain and its tough protective covering, the dura mater. These links may allow waste fluid to leave the brain while also exposing the brain to immune cells and other signals coming from the dura.

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Konica Minolta partners with Comp-Ray on healthcare IT

AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 2024

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas has entered into a partnership with Comp-Ray, a Christie Innomed company, in an effort to boost its U.S. healthcare IT sales and distribution channels. Christie Innomed will introduce its Canadian Healthcare IT service offerings in the U.S. through this partnership.

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Shine Technologies Partners with Blue Earth Therapeutics for First Supply of Ilumira from Its New Facility

Imaging Technology

JUNE 7, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 06/07/2024 - 14:57 June 7, 2024 — Shine Technologies, LLC , a pioneer in next-generation fusion-based technology, today announced a new partnership with Blue Earth Therapeutics , a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development of innovative radiopharmaceuticals. Statistically, approximately 12.9%

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Hospital invests nearly $5M to quadruple its monthly breast cancer screening capacity

Radiology Business

JULY 11, 2024

Allegheny Health Network in Pennsylvania has seen an uptick in women seeking services from the AHN Jefferson Breast Center, necessitating the capital project.

Hospital

Hospital IT

SyntheticMR Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for its Next Generation Solution SyMRI 3D

Imaging Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Wed, 03/27/2024 - 08:21 March 27, 2024 — SyntheticMR announced that its next-generation imaging solution, SyMRI 3D , has received FDA 510(k) clearance for clinical use in the United States. SyMRI 3D opens up new possibilities for precise diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring, ultimately improving patient outcomes.

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Radiology Partners discusses its research priorities

Radiology Business

JULY 18, 2024

The RP Research Institute is an affiliation between the country's largest imaging group and some of the top academic institutions in the U.S.

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IT Radiology Imaging

Elekta Further Strengthens its Elekta ONE Software Suite with Acquisition of Philips Treatment Planning Patent Portfolio

Imaging Technology

MAY 6, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:42 May 6, 2024 — Elekta announced the acquisition of Philips Healthcare ’s Pinnacle Treatment Planning System (TPS) patent portfolio. This strategic move bolsters Elekta’s position in treatment planning and underscores its commitment to being the innovation leader in radiation therapy.

Radiation Oncology

Radiation Oncology IT Radiation Healthcare

Miami-based IntelliRad Imaging and its 37 physicians join Strategic Radiology

Radiology Business

JULY 10, 2024

“Our newest member is a young, vibrant and innovative practice committed to the wholly physician-owned independent practice model,” said SR CEO Scott Bundy, MD.

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Esaote Unveils its New Brand Identity at 2024 Worldwide Sales and Marketing Meeting, Florence

Imaging Technology

JANUARY 25, 2024

milla1cf Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36 January 25, 2024 — Esaote Group , a leading Italian innovator in medical imaging, today unveiled its new brand identity at the 2024 Worldwide Sales & Marketing Meeting in Florence. Esaote’s identity, which has evolved over its 40 years of existence, continues to uphold the company’s name, history and values.

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IT Medical Imaging Diagnostic Medical

Quality of life for doctors: Is it a thing?

Tired Superheroine

APRIL 5, 2022

At that moment my quality of life was 10/10. And I realized that quality of life isn’t just for the dying, it’s for all of us. Even doctors. […] The post Quality of life for doctors: Is it a thing? appeared first on Tired Superheroine.

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Philips Extends its mobile C-arm Range with Zenition 30

Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Zenition 30 gives surgeons a greater level of control, empowering them to work more autonomously and independently. Other C-arm systems in Philips’ Zenition series are the Zenition 50 , Zenition 70 , and the recently launched Zenition 10 [2]. 5] Compared to its predecessor, BV Endura 2.3.

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How AI Champions, Chairs and IT Drive AI Decisions

Aidoc

APRIL 3, 2024

Understanding the different roles within an organization and how they enable pre- and post-AI implementation success is crucial. Let’s explore how the involvement of a Clinical AI Champion, Department Chair/Vice Chairs and IT leadership play a unique role in selecting, implementing and driving AI initiatives.

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Radical Imaging Announces FDA Clearance for FlexView Diagnostic, its SaaS Image Viewer for Diagnostic Use

Imaging Technology

JUNE 28, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 06/28/2024 - 08:07 June 27, 2024 — Radical Imaging , a trailblazer in medical imaging viewer solutions, proudly announces that FlexView Diagnostic , its SaaS web DICOM viewer product, received FDA clearance for diagnostic use. It will only take a day. For more information: www.radicalimaging.com Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 20:07

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Sectra Adds IT Solution for Genomics in Cancer Diagnostics—First Deployment at a US Health System

Imaging Technology

JUNE 4, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 06/04/2024 - 20:45 June 4, 2024 — International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra has launched a new diagnostic IT module for genomics within molecular pathology, developed in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania Health System in the US.

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Simple IR procedure could prevent women from having hysterectomies, but most have never heard of it

Health Imaging

JULY 11, 2024

New survey data suggest less than 20% of women with uterine fibroids are offered additional treatment options besides a hysterectomy.

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Following 2024 fellowship matching, neuroradiology said to be ‘at its hottest point ever’

Radiology Business

JUNE 18, 2024

Neuroradiology has topped the field among imaging subspecialties vying for new fellows to train, filling 287 of 316 certified positions—a 90.8% fill rate—across 87 fellowship programs.

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IT Imaging

IBA Plans Total System Restoration on its First-ever Proton Therapy Installation

Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The total value of the contract is between USD 80 and 100 million, and IBA has received the first payment. Mass General Cancer Center’s proton system was installed by IBA 25 years ago and treated its first patient in November 2001. This project is the first time a comprehensive restoration will be made on a legacy machine.

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DeepTek.ai secures US FDA clearance for its groundbreaking Chest X-ray AI solution

Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 10/18/2023 - 13:32 October 18, 2023 — DeepTek.ai , a leading medical imaging AI company in India has announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its revolutionary Chest X-ray AI solution - CXR Analyzer.

X-ray

X-ray IT Hospital Radiologist

Nearly 40% of women in their 40s would delay mammography screening after learning of its downsides

Radiology Business

JULY 16, 2024

Many found information about the benefits and harms of mammography surprising," experts wrote in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Buffalo’s 2nd largest diagnostic imaging center operator on why it sold to private equity

Radiology Business

MAY 22, 2024

Founded in 1959, Southtowns Radiology announced in November that it was unloading its imaging center business to Atlanta-based Rezolut.

Diagnostic Imaging

Diagnostic Imaging IT Diagnostic Imaging

'Visual hindsight bias': What it is and how it affects lawsuits against radiologists

Health Imaging

MAY 22, 2023

This psychological phenomenon describes the notion that people believe they can make better predictions or decisions once they have been exposed to new information on the subject, often causing them to overestimate their own abilities.

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IT Radiologist

LDCT lung cancer screening significantly improves long-term survival rates, first-of-its-kind study reports

Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When physicians find lung cancer at its earliest stage, survival rates climb to 95%, researchers wrote Tuesday in RSNA's Radiology.

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IT Radiology

Senior Gynaecologist fined for doing Anomaly Scan as it missed the Anomaly, Important Judgment

Sumer's Radiology

JANUARY 15, 2023

According to [link] it appears to be a case of medical malpractice where Dr. Usha Mukhi, a gynaecologist, is being held liable for not detecting a congenital abdominal wall defect during an ultrasound examination of a patient's pregnancy.

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How AI Champions, Chairs and IT Drive AI Decisions

Aidoc

APRIL 3, 2024

Understanding the different roles within an organization and how they enable pre- and post-AI implementation success is crucial. Let’s explore how the involvement of a Clinical AI Champion, Department Chair/Vice Chairs and IT leadership play a unique role in selecting, implementing and driving AI initiatives.

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How AI Champions, Chairs and IT Drive AI Decisions

Aidoc

APRIL 3, 2024

Understanding the different roles within an organization and how they enable pre- and post-AI implementation success is crucial. Let’s explore how the involvement of a Clinical AI Champion, Department Chair/Vice Chairs and IT leadership play a unique role in selecting, implementing and driving AI initiatives.

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IT Government Healthcare Healthcare

GE HealthCare Shares Key Focus Areas and Future Goals in its Inaugural Sustainability Report

Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

GE HealthCare intends to issue an updated Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report following the completion of the climate risk assessment. The Company also plans to refresh its materiality assessment in 2024.

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How much is too much when it comes to cryoablation volumes in solitary kidneys?

Health Imaging

JULY 2, 2024

A paper in the J ournal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology offers new guidance on how ablation volumes affect renal function in solitary kidneys and highlights ranges that pose the least risk to patients.

Interventional Radiology

Interventional Radiology IT Radiology

If you build it, they will come: Experts believe reimbursement will follow AI implementation

Health Imaging

JUNE 28, 2024

If AI is implemented, will reimbursement come? Just like Kevin Costner’s character in the 1989 hit Field of Dreams , many imaging stakeholders are mulling over the question of whether their innovative efforts will reap any sort of benefits to them or their patients.

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Insurance 101 – Understanding Medical Insurance when it comes to Medical Imaging

Intermountain Medical Imaging

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Medical Insurance Basics: Medical insurance is a financial safety net that helps cover the cost of medical expenses. It typically involves monthly premiums, deductibles, and co-pays. Co-pays are fixed amounts patients pay for specific services. For more information on imaging costs at IMI or to request a price quote Click HERE.

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How Long Do X-Ray Tubes Last & How To Prolong It?

Maven Imaging

APRIL 3, 2023

Inside every CT system is an X-ray tube that is vital to its operation. X-ray tubes are a reliable and cost-effective way of producing X-rays for various healthcare applications. Likewise, X-ray tubes can provide many years of service when properly operated and maintained.

X-ray

X-ray IT Healthcare Healthcare

Philips Strengthens its Leadership in Digital Pathology as its Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution Receives 510(k) Clearance

‘SR’ onboards another independent practice, its 1st in the Natural State

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American College of Radiology lays off 11% of its workforce

Is ChatGPT too ‘smart’ for its own good?

Guerbet to sell its urological imaging business to Del Medical

At AHRA 2024, Agfa Radiology Solutions Highlights Intelligent Technologies and Systems that Ensure “One image is all it takes”

CellNetix to Work with Proscia to Innovate its Pathology Practice and Digitize a Portion of its 1 Million Glass Slides Per Year

Ziosoft launches upgrade to its Revoras software workflow tool

How can radiation oncology build its workforce?

Gamma Radiation: Its Discovery, Applications, and Safety Considerations

UnitedHealthcare briefly knocks state’s largest nonprofit system and its imaging centers out of network

Philips celebrates nearly 2M liters of liquid helium saved thanks to its helium-free MRI technology

A Race Against Time: How One Idaho Hospital Added a New CT Suite to Better Serve Its Community

Nanox Mourns Death of Its Founder, Ran Poliakine

New direct links discovered between the brain and its surrounding environment

Konica Minolta partners with Comp-Ray on healthcare IT

Shine Technologies Partners with Blue Earth Therapeutics for First Supply of Ilumira from Its New Facility

Hospital invests nearly $5M to quadruple its monthly breast cancer screening capacity

SyntheticMR Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for its Next Generation Solution SyMRI 3D

Radiology Partners discusses its research priorities

Elekta Further Strengthens its Elekta ONE Software Suite with Acquisition of Philips Treatment Planning Patent Portfolio

Miami-based IntelliRad Imaging and its 37 physicians join Strategic Radiology

Esaote Unveils its New Brand Identity at 2024 Worldwide Sales and Marketing Meeting, Florence

Quality of life for doctors: Is it a thing?

Philips Extends its mobile C-arm Range with Zenition 30

How AI Champions, Chairs and IT Drive AI Decisions

Radical Imaging Announces FDA Clearance for FlexView Diagnostic, its SaaS Image Viewer for Diagnostic Use

Sectra Adds IT Solution for Genomics in Cancer Diagnostics—First Deployment at a US Health System

Simple IR procedure could prevent women from having hysterectomies, but most have never heard of it

Following 2024 fellowship matching, neuroradiology said to be ‘at its hottest point ever’

IBA Plans Total System Restoration on its First-ever Proton Therapy Installation

DeepTek.ai secures US FDA clearance for its groundbreaking Chest X-ray AI solution

Nearly 40% of women in their 40s would delay mammography screening after learning of its downsides

Buffalo’s 2nd largest diagnostic imaging center operator on why it sold to private equity

'Visual hindsight bias': What it is and how it affects lawsuits against radiologists

LDCT lung cancer screening significantly improves long-term survival rates, first-of-its-kind study reports

Senior Gynaecologist fined for doing Anomaly Scan as it missed the Anomaly, Important Judgment

How AI Champions, Chairs and IT Drive AI Decisions

How AI Champions, Chairs and IT Drive AI Decisions

GE HealthCare Shares Key Focus Areas and Future Goals in its Inaugural Sustainability Report

How much is too much when it comes to cryoablation volumes in solitary kidneys?

If you build it, they will come: Experts believe reimbursement will follow AI implementation

Insurance 101 – Understanding Medical Insurance when it comes to Medical Imaging

How Long Do X-Ray Tubes Last & How To Prolong It?

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