Although radiology made tremendous progress in the last two decades in the transition from film to digital, the terabytes of data housed in radiology departments remain stagnant and under-used, according a perspective in March issue of Journal of the American College of Radiology. However, the capability to transform “dumb” data into knowledge has arrived, with pioneers demonstrating the value of the approach.

A mathematical model similar to Google PageRank has challenged the traditional medical view that metastatic lung cancer progresses in a single direction from primary tumor site to distant locations. Instead, researchers found that cancer cell movement around the body likely occurs in more than one direction at a time, according to a study published in Cancer Research.

A research team at Johns Hopkins University has designed a tool that may help pinpoint what types of head movements cause concussion-related brain injuries. The research was published in the Jan. 8 edition of the Journal of Neurotrauma.

I just spent a dizzying week in the Crescent City, trying to absorb a fraction of health IT knowledge from the powerhouses—Mostashari, Topol, Clinton—sharing insights, strategies and visions for the future at the Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

Barco has launched the Eonis clinical display family, which combine a built-in front sensor with Barco’s MediCal QAWeb cloud-based tool.

Leica Biosystems, through its acquisition of Aperio, will provide Chinese physicians access to U.S. healthcare organizations for real-time, expert review of pathology cases through a medical cloud network built-in collaboration with Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences.

NEW ORLEANS—PACSgear has unveiled ModLink, software that transfers structured report measurements into PowerScribe 360 | Reporting from Nuance.

NEW ORLEANS—The American College of Radiology (ACR) has selected Siemens Healthcare syngo.via advanced visualization software for use in the ACR Education Center in Reston, Va.