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What has radiology learned in 5 years since COVID hit U.S.?

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While services for breast and lung cancer screening were temporarily halted, imagers in x-ray, lung ultrasound, and PET/CT were busy examining patients who presented with COVID-19. He added that radiation treatment rooms are not completely sterile like operating rooms for surgeries.

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ACR responds to CMS proposed 2025 MPFS rule

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The organization noted that the CMS expects the overall impact of the proposed MPFS to be neutral on radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) 2025 rule. However, interventional radiology will have a decrease of 2%.

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QT Imaging to deliver Breast Acoustic CT scanner to research centers

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The company is collaborating with the Department of Radiation Oncology and Radiation Treatment Program at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. and Canada.

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GE HealthCare leads on list of AI devices

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Contour ProtégéAI+ (MIM Software) – software that automatically generates contours for radiation oncology treatment planning, which may reduce simulation to treatment times.

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QT Imaging’s Breast Acoustic CT Scanner Used in Study for Early Identification of Response of Breast Cancer Patients to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Imaging Technology

As part of this grant, Breast Acoustic CT (ACT) quantitative images with independent biomarkers known to be sensitive to cancer will be collected, and the response of cancer to therapy, will be derived from quantitative ultrasound based on backscatter analysis. milla1cf Mon, 03/18/2024 - 07:00 March 18, 2024 — QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. ,

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Study Finds Disease Progression and Adverse Radiation Effects are Low in Patients Undergoing Preoperative Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Imaging Technology

Despite what its name implies, SRS isn’t actually a surgery but instead involves highly focused radiation that targets tumors while minimizing the effects on surrounding healthy tissue. The two-year meningeal disease rate was 5.8%, and the two-year symptomatic adverse radiation effect rate was 5%.

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GE HealthCare Closes MIM Software Acquisition

Imaging Technology

There is also special focus on radiation therapy and Theranostics. Radiation therapy – a type of treatment given alone or in combination with surgery and/or chemotherapy – is administered to nearly two-thirds of all cancer patients.i Part 4: Transperineal Magnetic Resonance–Ultrasound Fusion Guided Biopsy Using Local Anesthesia.