PHOTO GALLERY: Medical imaging technology at RSNA 2024

Automated AI contouring and labeling of major vessels in the liver and cancer, demonstration by TeraRecon.

RSNA attendees through the bore of the new Philips CT 5300 scanner. This was one of three new CT systems launched at RSNA. The target of all the CT systems launched this year and last is the cardiac CT market, which is seeing massive expansion.

Virtual AI doctor avatar kiosk where patients can ask questions and the AI might be able to triage them based on their complaints. This is a work-in-progress project displayed in the United Imaging booth at RSNA 2024. 

A 3D printed version of imaging of the blood flow and color coded velocities inside the heart and great vessels displayed by Stratasys in the 3D print section of the expo floor.

Viz.AI intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) stroke AI detection alerts providers as the patient is being imaged and before the DICOM dataset is loaded to the PACS. The alerts are sent to care teams via secure smart phone messaging, where they have immediate access to the images and details on the patient for earlier actions and diagnosis in stroke cases.

AI-assisted dictation via natural language processing demo at the Smart Reporting booth. The AI converts voice to text, including spelling out medical terms or acronyms, and auto completes most of the report and associated fields, so the radiologist just needs to finalize or make small edits to greatly speed workflow.

RSNA had an LGBTQ flag ribbon this year that attendees could attach to their badges to show support for equity and inclusion in the workplace. This is part of a larger effort by RSNA to promote equity not only in patient care, but also in staffing and hiring in practices.

A movie playing for patient comfort on Philips' Blue Seal 1.5T MRI at. The light-weight system does not require floor reinforcements and features a permanently sealed helium system that only uses 2.75 liters of helium, which is only 0.5% of what standard MRI systems use.

Attendees waited in a line, sometimes 50 or more deep, to get selfies or group shots like this with the large RSNA logo. 

Cats on a CAT scanner painting by medical student Olesya Mironchuk. This was one of many pieces of art from clinicians on display in the RSNA poster hall. 

Artificial intelligence automated to speed stoke evaluation workflow shown by Rapid AI.

A 3D printed head for medical training shown by Stratasys.

The new Konica Minolta Exa Enterprise Imaging system with workflow orchestration was released at RSNA 2024. This system is aimed at small and mid-sized hospitals, as enterprise imaging migrates across healthcare and is no longer just for large health systems.

The large 75 mm bore of the United Imaging uMR Omega 3T MRI scanner. The ultra-wide bore system can help accommodate larger patients, or help claustrophobic patients proceed with a scan.

Rapid AI detection stroke alert on smart phone, shown by a neuroradiologist end-user from Johns Hopkins. The alerts sent by the AI right off the scanner can reduce times to tPA administration or lead to earlier activation of the neurointerventional lab to perform a thrombectomy. 

Recruiters Row was packed most of the time at RSNA 2024 and there were at least 60 health systems with booths, a significant increase from the pre-pandemic years. As the radiologist shortage continues to grow, practices across the country are trying to fill open positions

One of three large RSNA AI showcase signs marking out the dedicated section of the South Hall devoted to artificial intelligence vendors. More than 200 companies offered some sort of AI product this year.

There has been a big movement from standard radiology PACS to more encompassing enterprise imaging systems that incorporate all images and data storage in one place for easier access to patient information. This was an enterprise imaging system demo at the Agfa booth.

Trauma to skull and jaw 3D printed from a patient's CT scan in the Stratasys booth. These models can help surgeons better plan and guide procedures.

The Shimadzu Trinias Opera angiography system is the first to offer voice-activated control of the C-arm, display and other system features so the interventional operator does not have to explain instructions to a technologist or break the sterile field. 

MicroX Rover cold-cathode mobile X-system with and example of its image quality was the only FDA-cleared cold-cathode imaging systems on the floor of RSNA. The MicroX carbon-fiber X-ray tube system was previously sold by Carestream. MicroX is now working to commercialize the system more widely. 

The inner workings of the MicroX cold-cathode, carbon nanotube X-ray tube. Cold-cathode systems can greatly reduce the weight of X-ray systems because heavy metal materials, components and support metal is needed to dissipate the heat generated by traditional hot-cathode tube X-ray systems. 

The MicroX cold-cathode head CT scanner. Cold-cathode systems allow a massive reduction in weight of X-ray systems, allowing new systems to be streamlined down to a slim form like this. 

Sectra's booth at RSNA, which highlighted radiology enterprise imaging workflow improvements. The company is number 1 for a few of the Best in KLAS categories for radiology IT systems.

Neuro angiography 3D printed model for training imagers. It can also be used as a CT head phantom to practice optimizing CT scan protocols.

Radiology department analytics have become very important for better management of imaging departments, identifing trends and planning for expansion. This is the Philips Performance Bridge platform.

Cleft Lip workup for surgical correction showing the multi-file type display on the Fujifilm enterprise imaging system.

The Philips Radiology Operations Command Center enables oversight of numerous scanners across an enterprise and in different locations from one console. To helps enable remote scanning and senior technologists to help trouble shoot issues at other locations.  

Chaitra Badve, MD, director of MRI, UH Cleveland Medical Center, with her daughter at RSNA. She had her family at RSNA to visit Chicago. More than 50 years ago, RSNA was scheduled after Thanksgiving for attendees to bring their families to the big city for Christmas shopping. Today, having kids at RSNA is sometimes more about attendees trying to find more work-life balance, which is a major staffing issue in radiology.

Making radiology environmentally sustainable is a topic Philips has put front and center in its booth at RSNA the past two years. Other vendors are also discussing green benefits in their products. Radiology uses the most energy of any other department in hospitals. 

Circle Cardiovascular Imaging cardiac MRI software functionality to speed workflows displayed at RSNA 2024.

Radiologist burnout, by Alety García Reyes, Cuba, displayed in the poster hall at RSNA.

Sign for Siemens' new series of three first-to-market photon-counting CT systems in its booth. The vendor introduced two additional photon counting scanners this year aimed at the workhorse CT market and to guide interventional procedures.

The Siemens Naeotom Alpha.Prime photon-counting CT with biopsy laser sights to aid in needle guidance and to get the correct angle. 

Attendees discuss the new Siemens Naeotom Alpha.pro photon-counting CT RSNA 2024. This scanner is aimed at the workhorse scanner and cardiac CT markets.

One of the Radiology Business 40-Under-40 winners highlighted in the DeepHealth booth at RSNA.

Liver ultrasound with doppler blood flow on a Philips Epic system demonstration.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) CT 3D reconstruction art by Maki Sugimoto in the poster hall at RSNA 2024.

A remote ultrasound scanning workstation and camera view of what would be a remote hospital or clinic shown by Deephealth. Remote access to various scanners allows sonographers or senior technologists to either scan, trouble shoot or help guide a remote clinician is becoming a trend at RSNA.

AI-automated patient check-in kiosk with ID scanner, document scanner and barcode reader to speed workflows and help free up human staff for more involved tasks. Shown in the Deephealth booth.

Intra-cardiac echo (ICE) transducers made by the OEM maker Eintik.

The new Philips CT 5300 system was launched this year at RSNA. It offers a lot of AI integration to improve image quality and speed workflows. 

With reimbursement now available for CT colonography, there was a lot more interest in this decade-old technology on the expo floor this year. This was a demo at the Philips booth.

Live abdominal ultrasound scanning with the Philips Epic system.

Liver elastography being used on the Philips Epic ultrasound system.

Hologic's breast Genius AI Detection Pro software. It can pick out suspected lesions and offer the radiologist a level of certainty in its detection.

Philips highlighted its Blue Seal MR 5300 1.5T MRI, a low-helium sealed system at RSNA 2024. The light-weight system does not require floor reinforcements and features a permanently sealed helium cooling system using just 2.75 liters of helium, which is only 0.5% of what standard MRI systems use.

Enlitic AI can help radiology departments standardize terms used in RIS, PACS and imagining protocols so all clinicians and locations are on the same page with using the same terms. This helps improve analytics data and allows data mining of all PACS or EMR data.

Ultra soft and flexible MRI coils shown by Philips Healthcare at RSNA 2024. All the large vendors now offer similar coils.

Materialise Mimics 3D modeling software being used to quickly segment the bones of the hips for an orthopedic evaluation.

Example of automated segmentation and 3D modeling of a patient’s abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) from a CT scan for procedure pre-planning or to a print 3D model using the Materialise Mimics software.

Qure.AI lung CT nodule detection and quantification demo.

Materialise 3D printed heart with various types of LAA shapes that can magnetically stick onto the model for education and training purposes.

GE Vscan with Caption AI guidance integration to optimize cardiac point of care ultrasound (POCUS) exams by novice users. The AI shows users the optimal positioning of the probe and how to do each step of the exam as AI auto captures the ideal images for measurements. 

Fetal 4D blood flow on MRI using new technology from Northh Medical technology.

GE booth staff wore "50 years of CT innovation" pins because it is the 50th anniversary of the first CT system introduced commercially in the 1970s.  

The new Aperto Lucent open MRI in the Fujifilm booth.

Neonate baby MRI system Neoscan was FDA cleared earlier this year.

Mammography AI pulling 10 prior exams on a Fujifilm breast imaging workstation.

Breast implants on mammography can be hard to see through because they are very high contrast, but Fujifilm has an AI filter to better see shadows and tissue on the implant. 

AI that automatically assess the aorta on CT scans to save a significant amount of time in post-processing. Shown by TeraRecon.

Musculoskeletal imaging art in the poster session area.

OB/GYN imaging art in the poster area of RSNA 2024.

Radiology going green and being more sustainable is a growing topic in imaging and in sessions at RSNA. This art is by Suyalsh Gunjal.

Large crowd of attendees pouring in on the first day of RSNA.

Attendees catching up at RSNA 2024.  

Large crowd of attendees crossing the bridge to the Lakeside Center.

One of the favorite selfie spots at RSNA to capture the Chicago skyline in the background, on the bridge to the Lakeside Center.

Attendees shoot selfies on the public art painting in the Lakeside Center.

RSNA stuffed animals in the gift shop.

Lakeside bridge to the RSNA connections center.