AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The finding is from a study in two medical centers in the Netherlands in which patients with persistent illness underwent at least seven other types of diagnostic procedures prior to the PET/CT scans, including x-rays and CT scans, noted lead author Bram van Leer, MD, of the University of Groningen, and colleagues.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

The three companies are partnering to bring AI tools to Roche’s digital pathology platform to streamline cancer diagnoses.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division. billion on service-related expenses for diagnostic imaging equipment, according to the recently published IMV 2023 Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Service Outlook Report. Click here to sign up for the IMV Survey panel today and share your knowledge of diagnostic imaging.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 16, 2024

Norway has worked to address unnecessary imaging in its public healthcare system, sharing lessons learned in the journal Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

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AuntMinnie

JULY 30, 2024

Health Canada has approved AIRS Medical 's SwiftMR application for AI-powered MRI for use in Canadian hospitals, radiology centers, and other diagnostic imaging facilities. SwiftMR's reconstruction technology can be used in any MRI scanner, regardless of make, model, and field strength, the company said.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The global medical imaging community has paid tribute to Willi Kalender, PhD, the renowned medical physicist who died on October 21 at the age of 75. In 2016, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "development of spiral CT methods that enable modern high-speed 3D medical imaging with x-rays."

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) said it supports a new Pennsylvania bill that requires licensing of medical imaging professionals, radiation therapists, radiologist assistants, and trainees. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1281 Licensing of Medical Imaging Professionals (SB 1281) was introduced July 12.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It is critical to more 40,000 nuclear imaging exams each day, representing about 80% of all diagnostic molecular imaging procedures. currently does not have any large-scale commercial production of the isotope Mo-99 used for nuclear imaging.

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Health Imaging

JANUARY 13, 2025

New survey results delve deeper into what students are seeing in their future careers as physicians and how diagnostic imaging fits into the picture.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 21, 2024

Founded in 1943, the private practice has a network of 16 diagnostic imaging facilities overseen by its staff of "deeply" subspecialized radiologists.

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JULY 10, 2024

An emphasis on remote work since the COVID-19 pandemic and growing desire for work-life balance among medical trainees have likely fueled increased competition in DR.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Radiology practices can create a more welcoming environment for radiologists returning from parental leave who breastfeed, according to a paper published November 26 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. Parents of young people are at risk of burnout and re-entering the medical workforce after parental leave can be challenging.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Specifically, women want to be fully informed about the use of AI in healthcare and they want to retain human interaction in the diagnostic process." The results will be essential for developing a successful and patient-centered medical AI innovation pathway,” Battaglia said. She called for future studies to focus on this aspect.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 15, 2025

A team led by Zachary Boivin, MD, from Yale University in New Haven, CT, found that POCUS can accurately diagnose this tissue in patients being managed surgically or medically. However, the researchers noted that there are varied diagnostic criteria for using ultrasound in this area and little consensus among previous studies.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Overdue baby dies after scan results sent 'to nowhere' In New Zealand, the results of a scan of an overdue baby with medical concerns were not sent to the mother's midwife. Leonel Ferreira, MD, a full member of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, was one of eight doctors and 62 others who died August 9 in the crash.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

While the pandemic affected medical operations across the country, the experts said that radiologists developed and honed their sense of resiliency as imaging was placed on the front lines. Medical imaging played a significant role in the early days of the pandemic when it hit its initial peak in April 2020.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2025

According to the most current American College of Radiology (ACR)/Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) workforce survey, successful recruiting is crucial as exam volume increases, wrote a team led by Elizabeth Dibble, MD, of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, RI.

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TRA Medical Imaging

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

When it comes to your health, selecting the right diagnostic imaging center is an important decision. Comprehensive Services An ideal imaging center should offer a wide range of diagnostic services, from common X-rays and ultrasounds to more specialized tests such as MRIs, CT scans, and PET scans.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

12, 2024 — Seno Medical announced its Imagio Breast Imaging System has received an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient, Inc. The result is a diagnostic imaging modality that delivers functional information regarding suspicious breast masses, increasing confidence regarding the need for invasive breast cancer diagnostic biopsies.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Ultrasound equipment supplier Redstone Healthcare has acquired Ingmed, a Honduras-based medical equipment company. Redstone added that the purchase will increase its customers' access to refurbished and new diagnostic ultrasound and imaging equipment.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 2, 2024

These findings advocate for the potential of machine learning in revolutionizing cardiac tumor diagnostics, offering pathways to more accurate, noninvasive, and patient-centric diagnostic processes," the Sadegh-Zadeh team wrote. The researchers highlighted that machine learning techniques could lead to improved diagnostic performance.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

He earned his medical degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on predictive modeling in AI, clinical decision support, medical image processing, clinical problem-solving, and decision-making. "My

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 14, 2025

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) provides a sample letter and portal you can use to urge Congress to act. References [i] Current Procedural Terminology is a copyrighted code set developed and maintained by the American Medical Association, and CPT is a registered trademark. [ii]

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The finding is from a clinical trial involving 26 departments at three German academic medical centers that compared the proportions of inappropriate imaging requests between departments that used a CDSS with those that did not.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 13, 2025

Far from being expendable, human medical experts will remain the linchpin of our healthcare system and the indispensable source of truth whose inputs allow AI models to learn as they go in ways that improve patient health. Researchers are also pairing AI models with specific targeting compounds to help improve diagnostic accuracy.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 1, 2024

French-based SuperSonic Imagine has launched PocketVu, a fleet of handheld ultrasound devices for diagnostic medical ultrasound imaging. PocketVu features lightweight, multiple scanning modes, AI-powered auto image quality adjustment, compatibility with DICOM 3.0

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 24, 2025

McMahon has had more than 14 years of experience as a registered diagnostic medical sonographer after graduating with her bachelor's degree at Mt. And I noticed there was nothing really established in Pennsylvania, said association cofounder and president Brenda McMahon. Aloysius College in Cresson, PA.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

He earned his medical degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Florida. Pickhardt serves as chief of gastrointestinal imaging at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and is medical director of oncological imaging at the UW Carbone Cancer Center.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 14, 2024

The deal includes Steward Medical Group, a physician-led organization offering primary care, diagnostic imaging and other specialty services across several states.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 28, 2024

plans to collaborate with Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific under that company's Startup Creasphere Asia-Pacific (APAC) Batch Four initiative. The partnership will make Qure.ai's medical imaging offerings available in the region -- particularly for cardiovascular and lung conditions -- through Roche's diagnostic portfolio.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Of the total patient cohort, 24% required vasopressor medication or intubation, and 23% died. The study findings confirm that it's important to keep COVID-19 disease in mind as a diagnostic possibility, even if patients are presenting without typical symptoms, the authors concluded. Images courtesy of the RSNA.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

SPL Medical B.V. has announced results from its PROSTAPROGRESS study, which assessed the diagnostic accuracy of ferumoxtran-enhanced MRI for lymph node detection in prostate cancer patients. Ferumoxtran, an iron-based investigational MRI contrast agent, met its primary endpoints in the phase III study, SPL Medical said in a statement.

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Health Imaging

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The new code family was created to "capture the physician work involving patients with implanted medical devices that require access to MR diagnostic procedures."

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

4, 2024 – Shared Medical Services, Inc. The streamlined operations, combined with maintaining the highest level of diagnostic confidence, create a true win-win scenario." The relationship with Shared Medical Services has been wonderful. tim.hodson Fri, 11/08/2024 - 12:57 Nov.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2025

American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) leaders plan to launch by mid-year the first phase of an action plan that they hope will increase the medical imaging and radiation therapy workforce in the U.S. These include medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals, physicians, and medical physicists.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While academic medical center radiology departments are expanding significantly and hospitals are adapting to health system consolidation trends, demand for innovative imaging informatics remains strong among operations and physician teams. Another, a new hospital complex is underway at University of Utah Health.

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Radiology Business

JANUARY 24, 2024

Arizona Diagnostic Radiology is buying the Phoenix-area outpatient locations from Evernorth Care Group, the medical practice division of Cigna HealthCare of Arizona.

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