Radiology Business

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Private equity-backed American Health Imaging allegedly doled out tickets to concerts, the SEC Football Championship, meals and fishing trips to help induce referrals.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 23, 2025

Anne-Marie Kahrovic. The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and the International Society for MR Radiographers and Technologists (ISMRT) have appointed Anne-Marie Kahrovic to the post of executive director. Kahrovic previously served as associate executive director and interim director for the ISMRM.

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Health Imaging

JUNE 28, 2024

If AI is implemented, will reimbursement come? Just like Kevin Costner’s character in the 1989 hit Field of Dreams , many imaging stakeholders are mulling over the question of whether their innovative efforts will reap any sort of benefits to them or their patients.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Fort Collins, Colorado-based company has purchased all shares of Laitek Inc., a major provider of medical imaging data migration and routing services in the U.S.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The University of Rochester Medical Center operates two major imaging sites that handle most outpatient CT requests, completing an average of nearly 3,300 exams each month.

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Health Imaging

JANUARY 23, 2025

The radiologist maestro assesses colleagues' needs in real-time and makes decisions accordingly at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia.

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Health Imaging

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

There are numerous radiotracers specifically designed to identify prostate cancer, but experts say one may be superior to the others at both the patient and lesion level.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Most radiologists have heard of Moore’s Law. It was named after Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel. In 1965, he observed that the number of components on a microchip had been doubling every year. He also predicted that this would continue for at least ten years. In 1975, he revised this to every two years. I still don’t know how they did it.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 2, 2024

ChatGPT has been effective in 84% of radiology research studies, yet it is still too soon to confirm its complete proficiency for clinical applications, according to a team at the University of California, Los Angeles. The researchers aimed to identify its potential limitations and explore future directions for its integration and optimization.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

"Work in our hospital, and especially in our radiology department, has been exceptionally challenging throughout this crisis -- and it continues to be so," Eva Llopis, MD, head of radiology at Hospital Universitari de la Ribera in Alzira, the capital of the comarca of Ribera Alta in the province of Valencia, told AuntMinnie.com on November 5.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 5, 2024

MRI safety oversight is spotty at best, with gaps "big enough to drive a truck through," according to Tobias Gilk, founder of Gilk Radiology Consultants in Overland Park, KS, and senior vice president of Radiology-Planning in Mission, KS. MRI bed gurney accident, Kaiser Permanente Redwood City, CA. Image courtesy of Tobias Gilk.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 11, 2024

Leonel Ferreira was a receptive person who was happy to discuss cases, a colleague said. All photos courtesy of CBR and Berit Press. A prominent radiologist was one of eight doctors who died August 9 in a plane crash in Brazil. “It It is a sad day.” For now, there are more questions about the crash than answers, the abc7ny.com article continued.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 25, 2024

GE HealthCare and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have formed a strategic collaboration to develop foundation models and generative AI applications. GE HealthCare has tapped AWS as its strategic cloud provider and said it plans to use the firm's healthcare and generative AI services to build and implement foundation models.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 17, 2024

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) will be holding its annual meeting July 18-21 in Washington, DC. AuntMinnie.com caught up with its president, cardiologist Edward Nicol, MD, of Royal Brompton and Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals, both in London, U.K., to get a preview.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Roger Marshall, MD, R-Kan., introduced the companion version of the Find It Early Act over a year after the House bill was proposed.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 3, 2025

"Atrial Fibrillation" produced quite random radiology reports; some gloriously accurate, some gloriously inaccurate, and the rest somewhere in between. A report bearing the name of Dr. AF could be anything. It could be a lengthy work of fantasy only vaguely related to the images or a concise and accurate verbal synopsis of the radiological findings.

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Health Imaging

MARCH 4, 2025

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 1, 2024

National Institutes of Health (NIH) investigators have found that GPT-4 Vision in its current form is not able to reliably interpret radiologic images, according to research published October 1 in Radiology. GPT-4V relied on the textual context in the cases for making its choices,” the group wrote. The full study is available here.

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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. Willi was a pioneer in every sense of the word. Willi's contribution to modern medicine is huge. It is so important -- it would have been worth a Nobel prize." Father of spiral CT?

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Radiology Business

MARCH 5, 2025

The American Society of Neuroradiology said Tuesday it is "delighted" with the decision, which pertains to a key MRI contrast agent.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2025

Specifically, AI supporters are focusing on the lack of current procedural terminology (CPT) codes representing imaging services performed with AI. CPT codes are needed for appropriate insurance reimbursement. New research comes out every week in radiology highlighting the performance and potential AI in assisting diagnosis of various pathologies.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It’s been two and a half years since Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nuance Communications for a reported $19.7 At the time of the March 2022 transaction, Microsoft said it liked Nuance for its core strengths—AI-powered voice recognition and related software and services—across numerous industries.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The vest offers extended coverage of the breast, axilla and thyroid. It is said to reduce exposure of these areas by nearly 98%.

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Radiation IT 330

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When it comes to medical imaging, radiology is what most often comes to mind, and for good reason. A large percentage of medical imaging created by most hospitals tends to come from the radiology department. In the U.S. But that often isn’t the case. This link leads to a different folder where the generated image is stored.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 28, 2024

Such organizations often lack the required IT infrastructure, population health expertise and relationships to navigate value-based care models.

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Health Imaging

JUNE 11, 2024

A new study suggests sildenafil, known by its brand name Viagra, can improve cerebrovascular function and minimize the risk of cognitive impairment caused by small vessel disease.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Harrison.rad.1 1 can conduct chats related to imaging, identify and localize X-ray findings, generate reports and provide its reasoning based on patient history and clinical context.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2024

CHICAGO A new version of its 3-tesla MRI scanner, AI technologies, and CT technology improvements were among the highlights for CanonMedical Systems at RSNA 2024. MRI In MRI, Canon gave Vantage Galan 3T / Supreme Edition its RSNA debut. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance). Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance).

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The heightened sensitivity of MRI is beneficial in that it allows for earlier detection of cancers, but it also presents challenges for providers tasked with managing patients’ care plans.

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Radiology Business

JULY 10, 2024

The college shared its concern in a letter to congressional leaders, who are exploring ways to address a physician shortfall that could reach 140,000 by 2036.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The software could opportunistically screen patients at a smaller cost than other interventions, given it automatically operates "in the background" on radiographs performed for other reasons.

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Health Imaging

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The algorithm has an edge over standard black box-style artificial intelligence applications because providers are able to see how it reaches conclusions.

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X-ray Radiologist IT 277

Health Imaging

JANUARY 17, 2025

Bayers latest contrast agent is proving its potential in clinical trials as a promising alternative to agents with higher gadolinium content.

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Health Imaging

MARCH 5, 2025

Researchers radiolabeled the drug so that they could follow its movement and breakdown in the body to help visualize areas of oxidative stress.

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