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Surgical Theater signs Rambam Healthcare in Israel

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical virtual reality technology developer Surgical Theater has received an order from Rambam Healthcare Medical Center in Israel.

August 16, 2021

Siemens, SyntheticMR sign new licensing deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers and medical imaging software developer SyntheticMR have signed a new general software license agreement covering SyntheticMR's SyMRI Neuro software package.

August 16, 2021

Qure.ai secures FDA clearance for qER-Quant

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Qure.ai has garnered U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its qER-Quant head CT quantification software.

August 16, 2021

DEXA helps predict mortality in heart surgery patients

By Will Morton

Measurements of muscle mass on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) can help predict survival in older cardiac surgery patients, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Heart Journal.

August 16, 2021

New SPECT tracer detects aggressive breast cancer

By Will Morton

A new SPECT tracer based on technetium-99m is safe in patients and can detect metastatic breast cancer -- in a few cases, better than biopsies can, according to a study published August 12 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 15, 2021

Could public data speed development of AI for DBT?

By Kate Madden Yee

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) remains one of the trickiest challenges for artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. Could this challenge be surmounted if more DBT data were available in public databases? This question was tackled in an August 16 study in JAMA Network Open.

August 15, 2021

CT lung cancer screening hits the road in W.Va.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

West Virginia University Hospitals has unveiled a fully mobile coach with an onboard CT scanner that will provide CT lung cancer screening in rural areas of West Virginia.

August 12, 2021

Butterfly Network, Caption Health form strategic partnership

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Butterfly Network and Caption Health announced a strategic partnership to integrate their products for use in cardiac ultrasound.

August 12, 2021

Automated MR image segmentation enables AR use for surgeons

By Erik L. Ridley

An automated MR image segmentation algorithm can generate 3D models of brain tumors that neurosurgeons can use for augmented reality (AR)-based viewing and surgical planning, according to research published in the Journal of Neurosurgery.

August 12, 2021

PET recommended over bone scintigraphy in pediatric sarcoma

By Will Morton

PET imaging is more effective than bone scintigraphy for detecting metastatic disease in children with soft-tissue cancer, according to a study published online August 9 in the European Journal of Cancer.

August 12, 2021

AI or DBT can improve surveillance after breast-conserving therapy

By Erik L. Ridley

Mammographic surveillance after breast-conserving therapy can be improved by digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or in particular, by artificial intelligence (AI), according to research posted August 11 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 12, 2021

New blood test for prostate cancer screening reduces unnecessary MRI

By Kate Madden Yee

Swedish researchers have found that using a new type of blood test to screen for prostate cancer can reduce unnecessary MRI scans by 36% and avoid overdiagnosis, according to a study published August 12 in Lancet Oncology.

August 11, 2021

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