AuntMinnie.com staff writersAssociationsMITA lauds Congress for supporting device tax repealThe Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) is applauding lawmakers in the U.S. Congress for their bipartisan support of a permanent repeal of the medical device tax in their proposed year-end government funding package.December 17, 2019BreastMammo services halted at NC facilityMammography services have been suspended at Raleigh Radiology Blue Ridge after a review of its services by the American College of Radiology and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.December 17, 2019AIImagia signs contracts for federated learning platformHealthcare artificial intelligence (AI) firm Imagia has signed on seven hospitals in North America as new users of its Evidens AI platform for federated learning of AI algorithms.December 17, 2019Radiation Oncology/TherapyIBA sells part of dosimetry unitProton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has sold its RadioMed unit to IZI Medical Products for an estimated price of $14 million to $16 million.December 16, 2019AISurvey finds AI creates more time for patient careThe ongoing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare can increase the amount of time clinicians are able to spend with patients and collaborating with their coworkers on preventive care, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by GE Healthcare and MIT Technology Review Insights.December 16, 2019UltrasoundVerasonics highlights growth during 2019Research ultrasound technology developer Verasonics is highlighting growth the company achieved in 2019.December 16, 2019PACS/VNASectra inks 5-year contract with Mo. health networkPACS vendor Sectra has secured a five-year enterprise imaging contract with BJC HealthCare in St. Louis.December 16, 2019UltrasoundEx-NFL players charged in $3.9M healthcare fraudThe U.S. Department of Justice has charged 10 former National Football League (NFL) players for allegedly claiming at least $3.9 million from a healthcare benefit program for expensive medical equipment -- including ultrasound scanners -- that was never purchased.December 16, 20192019Spanish researchers score big in RSNA awardsResearchers from Spain received 29 awards at the recent RSNA 2019 meeting in Chicago, according to an announcement posted by the Spanish Society of Medical Radiology.December 15, 2019CTReport: Hospital in India ignores imaging safety protocolsClinicians at the Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in India have not been complying with basic rules to protect patients and staff from radiation exposure during x-ray and CT exams, according to an article posted on Sunday in the Times of India.December 15, 2019Previous PagePage 447 of 3774Next PageTop StoriesMRIGadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI changing understanding of liver diseasesThe contrast agent is changing approaches toward diagnosis of liver diseases, according to data collected over the last 15 years.CTDeep-learning model predicts mortality from CTA scansWomens ImagingScreening breast MRI may be considered for high-risk womenWomens ImagingWomen's Imaging MinnieCast, Episode 20: Could DBT performance inform age-based screening?Sponsor ContentFree Webinar: Agentic AI in Radiology
