Imaging Technology

JULY 26, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Fri, 07/26/2024 - 12:30 July 26, 2024 — GE HealthCare and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced a strategic collaboration to develop purpose-built foundation models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications designed to help clinicians improve medical diagnostics and patient care. GE HealthCare has selected AWS as its strategic cloud provider and plans to use its healthcare and generative AI services to build and implement new,

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Radiology Business

JULY 26, 2024

“The current Medicare physician payment system is increasingly unsustainable and the necessary policy reforms can no longer be delayed without severe repercussions," radiologists say.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

F-18 fluroestradiol (FES)-PET/CT appears as effective as standard imaging for staging women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive locally advanced breast cancer or evaluating suspected recurrence, according to a study published July 26 in JAMA Open Network. In a clinical trial conducted at the Hoag Family Cancer Institute in Irvine, CA, researchers tested the technique versus CT bone scans or FDG-PET/CT and found that it detected an equivalent number of cases.

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MedImaging Radiography

JULY 26, 2024

For the first time, researchers have used a synchrotron X-ray imaging technique to visualize two entire human adult hearts, both healthy and diseased, at the cellular level in 3D, uncovering previously unseen structures and connections.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposal for payments in 2025 under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and it contains an across-the-board 2.8% cut from the current 2024 payment rate. This reduction in payments continues a trend that has seen the Medicare fee schedule reduced by nearly 10% over the past 10 years.

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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. If successful, SB 1281 would require anyone who performs medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures in Pennsylvania to be licensed through the State Board of Medicine.

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Health Imaging

JULY 26, 2024

Experts believe that these reimbursements will begin to gain steam as more organizations turn to AI to help address some of healthcare’s biggest pain points, such as staffing shortages.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

A South Carolina pharmacist created a risk of poor-quality patient scans and repeated scans when he dispensed radioactive Technescan MAG3, with the active ingredient diluted, to medical facilities in the Greenville area. After pleading guilty to adulteration of a drug, Richard Sheriff, 73, of Easley was sentenced to two years of probation and forfeited $166,000 in revenues, according to the U.S.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JULY 26, 2024

A model that combines MRI-based deep learning radiomics and clinical factors demonstrated an 84.8 percent ROC AUC and a 92.6 percent precision-recall AUC for predicting perineural invasion in prostate cancer cases.

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Radiology Business

JULY 26, 2024

Also, CMS assigns payment for prostate cancer mapping tool, GE HealthCare and Amazon Web Services team on AI apps, and more.

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Health Imaging

JULY 26, 2024

The company was recently recognized by KLAS as one of the most promising health IT imaging vendors in 2024.

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UCSF Biomedical Imaging

JULY 26, 2024

The UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging has “planted” a Gratitude Tree at Parnassus to display the many messages of gratitude radiology that staff receive on a daily basis

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Health Imaging

JULY 26, 2024

Radiation-induced osteitis may not cause clinical symptoms, but its presence often sparks concerns about malignancy.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

On Capitol Hill, AdvaMed pressed for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to quickly formalize a payment pathway for AI-enabled medical technology. The medical technology industry association and its constituents hosted an AI Demonstration Day event, emphasizing that a clear Medicare reimbursement pathway is critical at this time.

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UCSF Biomedical Imaging

JULY 26, 2024

For more than 20 years, Jessica Pfannenstiel, MS, RT(R)(CT), has seen first-hand how technology advancements continually transform radiology and biomedical imaging. Now, as she steps into a new role – Interim Director of Imaging Quality & Technology – she will partner with radiology faculty to advance UCSF’s leadership in implementing innovative technology.

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Radiology Business

JULY 26, 2024

A Pennsylvania federal judge this week declined to issue an order preliminarily blocking the ban before its Sept. 4 go-live date.

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UCSF Biomedical Imaging

JULY 26, 2024

The AVON Comprehensive Breast Center held a celebration Tuesday to honor and recognize 20 years of visionary care and the incredible staff members who provide the best experience and most current technology to patients, regardless of their ability to pay, their gender, or immigration status.

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Radiology Business

JULY 26, 2024

Earlier this month, I-MED Radiology Network announced it had reached a deal to acquire San Diego-based StatRad, adding $164M in EBITDA.

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JVIR

JULY 26, 2024

This retrospective study evaluates the feasibility, safety, and short-term efficacy of PAE using n-BCA glue embolization in 244 patients from June 2022 through May 2024. Technical success, defined as bilateral glue embolization, was achieved in 95% of cases. The median fluoroscopy time was 22.2 (IQR: 17.1 – 30.0) minutes, and the median radiation dose was 753 (IQR: 417 - 1559) mGy.

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Maven Imaging

JULY 26, 2024

Nuclear medicine and radiology are critical diagnostic techniques widely used in modern medicine to enable the most rapid and accurate diagnostics possible.

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JVIR

JULY 26, 2024

This brief report reviews the clinical, procedural, and imaging data of seven patients with p.Arg4810Lys variant of the ring finger protein 213 gene (RNF213)-related peripheral pulmonary arterial stenosis (PPAS) who underwent percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasties (PTPAs) for demographics, clinical presentation, indications for BPA, and procedural and clinical outcomes.

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Aidoc

JULY 26, 2024

TL;DR The short answer is “NO.” The long answer is “No. But, radiologists who take advantage of AI will replace ones that don’t.” The Need for AI in Radiology AI is revolutionizing healthcare, particularly in radiology, where innovation often begins. The growing demand for radiological services, coupled with increasing physician burnout, brings to light the necessity for AI integration.

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JVIR

JULY 26, 2024

To compare the efficacy of two track sealing techniques following CT-guided lung biopsy, using either gelatin sponge slurry (GSS) or saline to reduce the rate of post-biopsy pneumothorax.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

Researchers in Korea have validated a deep learning AI model (CXR-Age) that estimates biological age from chest x-rays in a large cohort of Asian individuals, according to a study published July 24 in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. External testing of previously developed AI models using datasets covering different demographics and settings is vital to prove their generalizability, noted first authors Jong Hyuk Lee, a doctoral student at Seoul National University Hospital, and Dongheon Lee,

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