RefleXion Medical, Limbus AI enter licensing agreement
RefleXion Medical and Limbus AI have signed a licensing agreement to incorporate Limbus’ automated contouring software, Limbus Contour, into RefleXion's X1 radiotherapy treatment planning system.
The integration will reduce the process of delineating the tumor target from surrounding critical organs and other healthy tissue. Limbus Contour uses clinically validated, deep-learning segmentation for radiation delivery to target areas and avoidance of organs at risk.
RefleXion's X1 with SCINTIXÒ technology is a dual-treatment modality radiotherapy platform that can treat patients with indicated solid tumors of any sta...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Safeguarding the future of radiology with imaging informatics
Conclusion
With medical imaging centers facing aggressive attacks by the minute, it’s imperative to embrace a mindset shift – starting from cultivating a cybersecurity awareness culture to implementing proactive defense strategies and hiring experts with unique skill sets to help radiologists and department leads safeguard against cyber adversaries. Thus, with a collective approach to cybersecurity that combines people, mindset, and technologies, healthcare can win the war against cyberattacks.
Dhaval Shah is an executive vice president and Shujah Das Gupta is vice president for medical technology at CitiusTech.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Radiology Tags: Cybersecurity Source Type: news
Patient access to imaging reports faster post-Cures Act enactment
A key provision in the 21st Century Cures Act has led to decreased time for patients to access imaging results, according to research published March 27 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Researchers led by Nelly Tan, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ, also found that after implementing institutional policies to comply with the act’s information-blocking provisions, more patients accessed their reports before the ordering provider did. However, the researchers cautioned that this could impact communication between patients and radiologists when discussing findings.
“Radiologists should consider mechanism...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Administration Source Type: news
Spectral AI reports 2023 revenue decreases
Spectral AI posted decreases in its 2023 revenue.
For the fourth quarter of 2023, the company reported a revenue of $5.3 million, compared with $6.1 million for the same period in 2022.
Net loss for the fourth quarter of last year was $3.5 million, compared to a net loss of $1.7 million for the same time period in 2022. For the 2023 fiscal year, the net loss was $20.9 million, compared with a net loss of $2.9 million in 2022. Spectral said the net loss posted for 2023 included $8.3 million of nonrecurring transaction costs associated with the completion of the company’s Nasdaq listing, it said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
SyntheticMR secures U.S. clearance for SyMRI 3D
Sweden-based company SyntheticMR has secured 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its SyMRI 3D software.
SyMRI 3D offers quantitative MRI capability for MRI brain imaging. The software enables volumetric estimations of brain regions, a technique commonly referred to as parcellation, which can provide clinicians insights into brain structure and function. Furthermore, the resolution provided by SyMRI 3D facilitates comprehensive lesion analysis, the company said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Siemens secures FDA clearance for Terra.X
Siemens Healthineers has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its Magnetom Terra.X 7-tesla MRI scanner.
First showcased at RSNA 2022, Terra.X is a clinical 7-tesla system with eight-channel, parallel transmit architecture. It features what Siemens calls Ultra IQ technology – new hardware and software that has increased homogeneity and enabled a larger field of view, the company said. Ultra IQ is designed to exploit the resolution and contrast possible with 7-tesla scanning, according to the vendor.
Terra.X succeeds Siemens’ Terra clinical 7-tesla scanner, which was introduced in 2017. The FD...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Tags: Product News Source Type: news
MRI reveals effects of risk factors on vulnerable brain regions
MRI shows the effects particular risk factors such as diabetes, air pollution, and frequency of alcohol use have on "higher-order" brain regions located in the cerebral cortex, researchers have found.
A team led by Jordi Manuello, PhD, of the University of Oxford in the U.K. reported that these risk factors further increase an individual's vulnerability to conditions such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. The group's findings were published March 27 in Nature Communications.
"[Our] results provide a comprehensive picture of the role played by genetic and modifiable risk factors on these fragile parts of the brain...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties MRI Neuroradiology Source Type: news
GE launches AI software for prostate imaging
GE HealthCare (GEHC) has launched AI-enabled software for ultrasound imaging systems called Prostate Volume Assist (PVA) designed to automate the manual process for generating prostate volume measurements.
The new AI software feature will be available for use on the bkActiv, bk3000/5000, and bkSpecto active imaging systems to assist urologists. The added functionality with PVA can determine calculations and measurements of the prostate with an automated, one-click process, the company said.
PVA on the bkActiv, bk3000/5000, and bkSpecto are available in key countries around the globe. GE HealthCare said it will debut the...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Expert talks decolonizing global radiology with AuntMinnie.com
As radiologists work on global health initiatives such as introducing health screening services to low-resource areas around the world, they should be cognizant of pitfalls that could exacerbate global health inequities.
That was the message from a recent editorial written by a team of experts in response to a study on patient navigation for breast cancer screening in Uganda. The editorial was published March 7 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
One of the editorial's authors, Farouk Dako, MD, from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, spoke with AuntMinnie.com about strategies for decolonizi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Cryoablation effective in women with breast cancer
A minimally invasive procedure called cryoablation that uses ice to freeze and destroy tumors has proven effective for women with large breast cancer tumors, according to a study presented March 27 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City.
The finding suggests the technique may provide a new treatment path for women who are not candidates for lumpectomy, or surgical removal, noted Yolanda Bryce, MD, an interventional radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and senior author of the study.
“Surgery is still the best option for tumor removal, but there are ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Interventional Breast Source Type: news
Deep learning helps distinguish benign vertebral fractures on CT
This study has] the potential to substantially improve fracture assessment and treatment in clinical routine," Booz and D'Angelo concluded.
The complete study can be found here. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Imaging Informatics Subspecialties CT Artificial Intelligence Musculoskeletal Radiology Source Type: news
Brainomix touts e-Lung software clinical study results
U.K. AI software developer Brainomix highlighted a study that shows its e-Lung automated CT processing algorithm can stratify patients at risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).The study was an analysis of a completed phase II clinical trial by AstraZeneca of the company’s tralokinumab treatment in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The patient data from the trial was processed with Brainomix’s e-Lung tool.e-Lung is powered by what is called the weighted reticulovascular score (WRVS), a biomarker that incorporates reticular opacities and vascular structures in assessments of the lung, Brainomix sai...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Synaptive receives U.S. clearance for Modus IR
The Modus X robotic exoscope. Image courtesy of Synaptive.Toronto, Canada-based firm Synaptive Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for Modus IR, a near-infrared fluorescence visualization module on its Modus X robotic exoscope.The clearance bolsters the capabilities of Synaptive’s exoscope for use across all neurosurgical procedures, as well as in plastic and ENT surgery, the company said. The newly approved IR mode is used for visualizing indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescent dye. ICG causes blood to fluoresce under infrared light and is used to aid in the visualization of vessels and blood fl...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Accuray touts data presented at Radiosurgery Society Meeting
Accuray is touting data presented at the 2024 Radiosurgery Society (RSS) meeting in Chicago, which the company said supports the use of the CyberKnife System in treating high-risk and recurrent prostate cancer.
CyberKnife allows for treatment of prostate cancer using stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), where high doses of radiation are delivered over a shorter duration than traditional treatments. The company said that CyberKnife offers a treatment option for prostate tumors in four to five sessions.
Data presented at the meeting suggested that at three years follow-up, the system achieved favorable biochemical c...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Avicenna.AI secures FDA clearance for CINA-iPE and CINA-Aspects
Medical imaging AI company Avicenna.AI has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its CINA-iPE and CINA-Aspects software.
CINA-iPE is an AI-powered tool that detects incidental pulmonary embolism during routine CT scans. The algorithm identifies lung blood clots detected during routine CT scans for a variety of health conditions. Scan types may include full-body scans, scans of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis, as well as scans of the thoracic area along with the abdomen and pelvis.
CINA-Aspects is for stroke severity assessment, automatically processing non-contrast CT scans and cal...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
