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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MRE viable imaging option for pediatric obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) could be the new gold standard for children presenting obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). 

Whole-body MRI useful in diagnosing breast cancer during pregnancy

As women diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy are presented with limited imaging options, a new study published in The Breast suggests whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) could potentially be the answer to staging concerns.

UC Irvine launches human brain research center

University of California, Irvine’s Campus Center for Neuroimaging recently opened a new research center, named FIBRE or Facility for Imaging & Brain Research, that aims to study the human brain.

MRI screening of survivors may boost detection of successive breast cancer

A study in Clinical Imaging aimed to determine the utility and rate of biopsy in women with a positive history of breast cancer using MRI as the screening method.

Leading Canadian Community Hospital Purchases 11 Carestream Digital X-ray Systems

ROCHESTER, N.Y., — Scarborough and Rouge Hospital (SRH) in Toronto, Canada,  purchased 11 CARESTREAM digital radiography systems as part of an upgrade from computed radiography to digital radiography (DR) at its General and Birchmount sites.

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NIH researchers develop CT needle-guidance app for smartphones

Radiology researchers at the National Institutes of Health have created an app that uses a smartphone’s camera and gyroscope to optimize needle-insertion angle for planning and performing percutaneous CT-guided biopsies and ablations.

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Tongue ultrasound shown effective for directing treatment of sleep apnea

Sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be evaluated with ultrasound images of the tongue captured as the patient, awake, performs a simple breathing exercise.

New MRI contrasting agent detects small, aggressive cancers

A new study published in Nature Communications highlights a newly developed contrasting agent for MRI that detects breast cancer in its earliest stages and can distinguish between aggressive and non-aggressive cancers.

Around the web

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Back in September, the FDA approved GE HealthCare’s new PET radiotracer, flurpiridaz F-18, for patients with known or suspected CAD. It is seen by many in the industry as a major step forward in patient care. 

After three years of intermittent shortages of nuclear imaging tracer technetium-99m pyrophosphate, there are no signs of the shortage abating.