Stamford, CT, August 21, 2017 – FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Imaging and medical informatics solutions, today announced it achieved a business milestone as the Enterprise Imaging partner of choice for several healthcare providers across the nation. Specifically, Fujifilm has secured contracts with seven healthcare systems including two of the largest healthcare networks in the mid-Atlantic region, Hackensack Meridian Health and West Virginia University Health System, for installations of various products from its comprehensive Synapse Enterprise Imaging portfolio including Synapse 5 PACS, Synapse VNA, Synapse Mobility Enterprise Viewer, Synapse Cardiovascular and Synapse Cloud Services.

Medical imaging is on the cutting edge of technology—but scientists are using CT scans to learn more about the prehistoric.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have demonstrated a machine-learning algorithm that combines neuroimaging with neurophysiological, proteomic and genomic diagnostics to predict Alzheimer’s disease early on in its advance.

Intravenous CT contrast does no harm to patients’ kidneys, according to a meta-analysis of 28 medical-journal articles involving more than 107,000 patients.

GE Healthcare has won FDA 510(k) clearance to sell a 3-T MRI system developed with input from several neuroimaging research institutions as well as the National Football League.

Twelve years ago, Vanderbilt University researchers launched a summer camp for people with Williams syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes physical and developmental problems yet can intensify sensitivity to—and love for—music.

FAIRFAX, Va., July 25, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Society of Interventional Radiology invites practicing experts, early career professionals, research scientists, clinical associates, trainees and medical students to submit original scientific research for possible presentation at SIR's 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting, March 17–22, 2018, in Los Angeles. Online abstract submission is open until Sept. 28, 2017.

It’s well established that some unconscious, minimally conscious and even comatose patients have more going on in their minds than meets the eye. A new study has confirmed that functional MRI, combined with electroencephalography (EEG), can reveal such “covert consciousness” at work in ICU patients hit by severe traumatic brain injury.