AuntMinnie.com staff writersImage-Guided SurgeryXACT Robotics debuts robotic technology at RSNA 2019XACT Robotics presented its lightweight, hands-free robotic system for guiding percutaneous interventional procedures at the recent RSNA 2019 meeting in Chicago.December 9, 2019UltrasoundLantheus, CarThera partner on ultrasound cancer therapyLantheus Medical Imaging parent company Lantheus Holdings has agreed to supply its microbubble ultrasound contrast technology to medical device company CarThera for the treatment of glioblastoma.December 9, 2019AIVA endorses AI research with new instituteThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has set up a new institute, the National Artificial Intelligence Institute, dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence (AI) research that might be meaningful to veterans and the public.December 8, 2019AssociationsUHCMC names new radiology department chairThe University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UHCMC) has named Dr. Donna Plecha, a nationally recognized expert in breast imaging, as the chair of its radiology department.December 8, 2019Market AnalysisU.S. healthcare spending rose slightly in 2018Total healthcare spending in the U.S. increased 4.6% to reach $3.649 trillion in 2018, which is a slightly higher growth rate than in 2017 and comparable to the rate in 2016, according to an article published on December 5 in Health Affairs.December 8, 2019Industry NewsFDA proposes change in MRI coil 510(k) submissionsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a revision to performance and safety information in 510(k) submissions for certain MRI coils.December 5, 2019UltrasoundVirtual biopsy accurately diagnoses pancreatic cystsA new "virtual biopsy" using ultrasound guidance allows doctors to definitively diagnose cysts in the pancreas with 97% accuracy, enabling them to remove precancerous cysts early, according to researchers from Ohio State University.December 5, 2019AINew imaging technique may ID colorectal cancer in real-timeResearchers from Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new imaging technique based on optical tomography combined with deep learning that may provide accurate, real-time, computer-aided diagnosis of colorectal cancer.December 5, 2019Molecular ImagingPET shows meditating increases blood flow in heart disease patientsPET scans showed that patients with coronary heart disease who included transcendental meditation in their cardiac rehabilitation regime increased blood flow to the heart by more than 20% in a recent study, published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.December 5, 2019ISIDS partners with MedCurrentHealthcare software firm IDS has joined forces with clinical decision-support software developer MedCurrent.December 5, 2019Previous PagePage 450 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
