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FDA OK's Viz.ai's CT software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared artificial intelligence healthcare company Viz.ai's Viz CTP image-processing software that views and analyzes CT perfusion images.
April 22, 2018
Metal-free tomosynthesis spots success of hip implants
By Brian Casey
Chinese researchers found that digital tomosynthesis with a metal artifact reduction algorithm was better than either CT or conventional radiography for assessing the integration of hip implants with bone. Their findings were published in the May issue of the Journal of Arthroplasty.
April 22, 2018
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GE Healthcare growth, profit in Q1 drive GE recovery
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The strong performance of GE Healthcare in the first quarter of 2018 helped temper another quarter of net loss for the parent company.
April 19, 2018
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Miners propose state-run black lung program in W.Va.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A union representing coal miners in West Virginia is proposing the establishment of a state-run program to compensate miners found to have black lung. The group believes such a program would be friendlier to claims from miners than the existing federal program, according to an article from Public News Service.
April 19, 2018
IBM Watson secures $10M Ohio PACS, AI contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
IBM Watson Health has inked a $10 million contract for PACS and artificial intelligence (AI) software with an Ohio health system.
April 19, 2018
Konica Minolta launches new DR device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas has launched a new digital radiography (DR) system for office-based x-ray imaging conducted at orthopedic groups, family practices, and urgent care centers.
April 19, 2018
Avoid AI silos with a vendor-neutral analytics platform
By Mitchell Goldburgh
The advent of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) is threatening to bring back data silos that were common in radiology before the adoption of vendor-neutral archives. But there is a solution thanks to vendor-neutral analytics platforms, according to Mitch Goldburgh of NTT Data Services.
April 19, 2018
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Report: Staff was on phone before fatal MRI scan in India
By Brian Casey
At least one hospital staff member was using the phone and failed to warn an Indian man who was killed when he carried a metal oxygen cylinder into an MRI suite in January, according to an official report released by authorities in Mumbai. The inquiry pins the blame for the accident on lax safety procedures at the hospital.
April 19, 2018
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Varian releases Halcyon updates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems has released updates to its Halcyon radiation therapy system, including kV conebeam CT (CBCT) capability and iterative CBCT imaging for better soft-tissue definition.
April 18, 2018
Philips to collaborate with Sun Nuclear
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Royal Philips announced that it is partnering with Sun Nuclear to integrate that company's PlanIQ software into Philips' Pinnacle3 16.2 radiation oncology treatment planning package.
April 18, 2018
2017 12 15 21 19 7016 Philips Rsna 2017 400
FDA clears Icometrix's dementia diagnosis software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared software developer Icometrix's new software for diagnosing dementia using brain MRI scans.
April 18, 2018
Nvidia partners with Canon on deep learning for imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Graphics processing unit developer Nvidia is partnering with Canon Medical Systems to develop infrastructure to support the use of deep learning in healthcare.
April 18, 2018
2017 12 15 21 19 6704 Canon Rsna 2017 400
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