Wed.Nov 20, 2024

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What You Need To Know About Installing Imaging Equipment

Atlantis Worldwide

Buying new, used or refurbished medical imaging equipment for your healthcare facility is always exciting, but there are lots of details to take care of before it’s ready for patients.

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More than 1/3 of old strokes are incidentally detected on head CT

Health Imaging

A new analysis in JACR estimates that spotting the signs of a previously undetected stroke could benefit up to 200,000 people in the United States every year.

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At the Heart of Health Care: Nurse Practitioners

UCSF Biomedical Imaging

This Nurse Practitioner Week, we’re proud to spotlight the vital role of Radiology's nurse practitioners who are essential to the care of patients having diagnostic and interventional procedures.

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FDA Clears AI-Powered Ultrasound Software for Cardiac Amyloidosis Detection

Diagnostic Imaging

The AI-enabled EchoGo® Amyloidosis software for echocardiography has reportedly demonstrated an 84.5 percent sensitivity rate for diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis in heart failure patients 65 years of age and older.

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Testing Innovations in Cancer: How to evaluate and use new technologies

Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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Startup aiming to automate 90% of imaging workflows, creating an ‘AI radiology resident,’ raises $23M

Radiology Business

Software engineer and CEO Shiva Suri says he got the idea for New Lantern after watching his radiologist mother bogged down by administrative tasks.

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Role of Recruiting Professionals in Employee Retention

MRI Network

Employee churn is a fact of life for any employer, but a high level of churn is one of the worst things to happen to any organization. That’s because replacing employees takes up so much time, resources, and money. Turnover costs for entry-level employees alone cost a massive 50% of their salaries. That’s an expense you might not be able to afford.

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AI Image-Recognition Program Reads Echocardiograms Faster, Cuts Results Wait Time

MedImaging Ultrasound

A new study suggests that integrating an AI program to analyze echocardiograms could reduce the time it takes to receive results, ultimately enabling more timely medical interventions.

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Telix acquires assets targeting FAP in nuclear medicine

AuntMinnie

Telix Pharmaceuticals is expanding its theranostic pipeline with newly acquired assets targeting fibroblast activation protein (FAP) in nuclear medicine. The company has entered into asset purchase and exclusive worldwide in-license agreements for a suite of clinically validated FAP-targeting therapeutic and precision medicine radiopharmaceutical candidates.

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How Does Aidoc Ensure Medical Data is Protected?

Aidoc

In 2023 alone, the healthcare industry experienced tens of millions of compromised records due to cyberattacks and data breaches, highlighting the critical need for stringent data protection measures. As healthcare organizations increasingly adopt AI, safeguarding medical data isn’t just a technical requirement – it’s a governance imperative. Health systems must prioritize understanding how their AI partners will protect sensitive information while maintaining compliance with stringent regulator

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Maximize Your Radiology Center’s Performance With Specialized Scheduling

Patient-centric scheduling can only be achieved through optimized radiology workflows, effective communications between staff and physicians, and, of course, through specialized schedulers. In this guide, we’ll take you through a step-by-step process to transform your radiology center into a high-performance hub of medical imaging.

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Russian researchers highlight fetal ultrasound training phantom

AuntMinnie

The Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine of the Moscow Healthcare Department in Russia is highlighting ultrasound training phantoms it has created, including a fetal phantom, that aims to help sonographers-in-training. The fetal phantom replicates the anatomical features of a 20-week-old fetus and produces an ultrasound image that mimics those obtained by specialists during scans.

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Class IV Laser Therapy Benefits

Maven Imaging

Medical technology is constantly evolving, offering new and innovative tools for diagnosis and treatment. Class IV laser therapy is a non-invasive therapeutic approach gaining traction in the field of pain management and tissue healing.

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Doc offices more than double use of nonphysicians for interpreting medical images

Radiology Business

The Journal of the American College of Radiology analysis sparked a spirited discussion on social media Wednesday after it was published.

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Study: Breast AI May Help Decrease Detection False Negative Cancers

Imaging Technology

tim.hodson Wed, 11/20/2024 - 16:08 Nov. 19, 2024 — Results of a UCLA study recently published in the Journal of Breast Imaging demonstrates that Transpara's proven Breast AI may improve cancer detection by decreasing false negative cancers when applied to a heterogeneous, real-world U.S. screening population. The study, " External Validation of a Commercial Artificial Intelligence Algorithm on a Diverse Population for Detection of False Negative Breast Cancers ," showed that Transpara accura

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The Employers Guide to Controlling Cancer

About 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and patients are getting younger. At the same time, the cost of treatment continues to rise, with employers spending 8.5% more on cancer care for each employee than they did last year. The best thing employers can do for their employees and business tomorrow is to invest in cancer detection and care today.

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Radiopharmaceutical firm Telix investing up to $171M to acquire portfolio of imaging agents

Radiology Business

The Australian company will secure exclusive worldwide rights to a suite of diagnostic and therapeutic candidates geared toward urological cancers.

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Less than half of incidental interstitial lung abnormalities on CT exams are reported

Health Imaging

This is despite experts cautioning that these findings should be "systematically and fully assessed" due to their progressive nature.

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