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The Silicon Valley-based startup is working to commercialize a handheld platform that incorporates robotics, artificial intelligence, imaging and virtual connectivity.
The study was published January 30 in the Journal of Vascular and InterventionalRadiology. The image-guided procedure is done by interventional radiologists through a small hole the size of a pen tip. This suggests a profound underuse of percutaneous ablation for treatment of cancer-related pain, the group wrote.
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This could pose as a barrier to referrals for image-guided interventions for radiologists specializing in IR, authors of a new paper in Clinical Imaging suggested.
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The partnership aims to improve diagnostic imaging and digital intelligence tools for radiology, oncology, and cardiology across the West Reading, PA-based Tower Health system. It will also address the standardization and life-cycle management of Tower Healths imaging equipment and equip departments with Siemens Healthineers equipment.
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New data derived from the survey responses of fourth year medical students reveal a significant gap in students’ exposure to and knowledge of the specialty.
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to 9 cm, image-guided cryoablation was associated with a 10 percent recurrence rate at 16 months, according to research recently presented at the Society of InterventionalRadiology (SIR) conference. In a cohort of patients with invasive breast cancer and tumor sizes ranging between 0.3
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