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Interventional radiology among specialties with the greatest growth in claims since 2018

Radiology Business

The specialty saw an 83% uptick in billing between 2018 and 2022, good for fourth place, data and analytics firm Definitive Healthcare reported.

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AuntMinnie 2018: NIH releases massive database of chest x-rays

AuntMinnie

Our top article in 2018 covered an important early development that supported efforts to train AI algorithms. Editor's note: As part of the celebration of AuntMinnie.com's upcoming 25th anniversary, we're presenting 25 for 25 -- a series featuring our most popular content for each of the last 25 years.

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2009 USPSTF breast screening guidelines led to less mammography uptake

AuntMinnie

The team used survey data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) biennial cancer screening module (2000 to 2018). It compared biennial mammography trends in what the researchers called exposed (women ages 40 to 49 and 75) and unexposed groups (women ages 50 to 64 and 65 to 74), before and after the 2009 update.

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Private equity firm acquires medical imaging equipment supplier from Philips

Radiology Business

Agito Medical was first founded in 2004 and acquired by the Amsterdam-based original equipment manufacturer in 2018.

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Novosound earns patent for wearable ultrasound that monitors blood pressure

Health Imaging

The patent is the Scottish tech company's 21st earned since 2018.

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Lumitron gets ‘breakthrough device’ nod for Hyperview

AuntMinnie

First introduced in 2018, the Hyperview system uses K-edge subtraction imaging to enable contrast-enhanced imaging for the diagnosis of breast cancer, Lumitron said. Irvine, CA-based x-ray technology developer Lumitron Technologies has secured breakthrough device designation from the U.S.

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Radiology AI firm Mediaire raises nearly $12.7M in financing

Radiology Business

Founded in 2018, the German firm offers a suite of solutions to assist radiologists with interpreting MR images of the brain, prostate and knees.

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