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Nuance unveils analytics software at AHRA 2018

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuance Communications announced the general availability of a cloud-based version of its mPower clinical analytics software for radiology at the AHRA annual meeting being held this week in Orlando, FL.

July 22, 2018

Philips grows medical sales and profit in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Royal Philips saw revenue grow 8% after currency adjustments in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 in its Diagnosis and Treatment division, which includes the company's medical imaging operations, while operating income grew a similar amount. The company said it saw double-digit growth for the medical division in China, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.

July 22, 2018

Australian agency orders review of Mo-99 procedures

By Brian Casey

An Australian government agency has ordered a review of radiation safety procedures at another federal agency in charge of running the nuclear reactor that was forced to stop shipments of the radioisotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) last month. The halt has spurred an ongoing shortage of important radiopharmaceuticals in the country.

July 19, 2018

GE Healthcare sales and profit rise in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In one of the last financial quarters before being spun out as an independent company, GE Healthcare posted gains in both revenue and segment profit for the second quarter of fiscal 2018.

July 19, 2018

VA and IBM Watson Health extend AI partnership

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and IBM Watson Health have extended their partnership to use artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret the cancer data of U.S. veterans.

July 19, 2018

Carestream taps Westgate as new CEO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has appointed David Westgate as its new chairman, president, and CEO.

July 19, 2018

CT scans may be linked to brain cancer in kids

By Abraham Kim

Could exposure to CT radiation increase the risk of brain tumors in kids? Yes, say researchers from the Netherlands, who reported a 1.5-fold increase in cancer incidence for children in an article published online July 18 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

July 19, 2018

Siemens launches education, staffing programs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers has launched two new programs for radiologic technologists, one for equipment performance standardization and the other for staffing.

July 18, 2018

FDA clears Mirada's radiation oncology AI software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared artificial intelligence (AI) software for radiation oncology treatment planning from imaging software developer Mirada Medical.

July 18, 2018

CCTA biomarker spots high-risk plaques in heart disease

By Abraham Kim

An increase in pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation -- a biomarker associated with inflammation -- on coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scans was associated with vulnerable plaques and may help predict the risk of heart disease, according to an article published online July 18 in JAMA Cardiology.

July 17, 2018

RaySearch wins Canadian installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch Laboratories has received an order for its RayStation treatment planning system from a center in Quebec.

July 17, 2018

SWE helps characterize suspicious breast masses

By Kate Madden Yee

Adding shear-wave elastography (SWE) to ultrasound helps characterize suspicious breast masses, especially those in the BI-RADS 3 and BI-RADS 4 categories, according to research published online July 10 in Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging.

July 17, 2018

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