Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS)enterprise image systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

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UCSF researchers develop individualized cancer treatment with biomarkers

Researchers in the radiology department at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)—led by of Sabrina Ronen, PhD, director of the Brain Research Interest Group (RIG) and professor in the department of radiology and biomedical imaging at UCSF—are in the process of developing new, non-invasive imaging biomarker indicators to address multiple types of cancer, according to a recent UCSF press release. 

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Radiologists take to Facebook for subspecialized info sharing

Many radiologists use Twitter and LinkedIn for staying up on matters related to their work. A study published online Nov. 12 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology shows they’d do well to tap, for the same purposes, the social-media platform that’s commonly thought of as a purely personal online space.

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RSNA 2017: Carestream shows new mobile X-ray system with carbon nanotube technology

Carestream's new DRX-Revolution nano mobile X-ray system can help enhance bedside imaging in critical care and inpatient areas.        

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Combined PET/MRI detects kidney transplant infections

A group of German researchers has developed a nuclear medicine test that can detect infections in kidney transplant tissue, according to a study published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 

Dollar-per-scan AI vendor taps Google for reach

The AI startup that’s offering radiology algorithms at $1 per scan is looking to Google Cloud to help deliver the service.

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Tweeting journal articles merely drives Twitter-driven traffic

Members of the online radiology community, take note: Personally tweeting links to articles posted ahead of print in online medical journals doesn’t increase overall pageviews of these articles. It just increases the number of people who find their way to any given “article in press” via Twitter.

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AI accurately tells children’s age from hand x-rays

Stanford researchers have developed a deep-learning neural network model that can determine the bone age of children from a hand radiograph about as accurately as both an expert radiologist and an existing software package that uses a feature-extraction approach and has been cleared for clinical in use in Europe.

Intelerad announces expansion of cloud-based imaging solution suite

Intelerad Medical Systems, based in Montreal, Canada, has announced today the expansion of its cloud-based solution suite that now offers a complete cloud-based imaging platform to the medical imaging community, according to an Intelerad press release.  

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GE HealthCare designed the new-look Revolution Vibe CT scanner to help hospitals and health systems embrace CCTA and improve overall efficiency.

Clinicians have been using HeartSee to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease since the technology first debuted back in 2018. These latest updates, set to roll out to existing users, are designed to improve diagnostic performance and user access.

The cardiac technologies clinicians use for CVD evaluations have changed significantly in recent years, according to a new analysis of CMS data. While some modalities are on the rise, others are being utilized much less than ever before.