Simpson Interventions OCT-guided system gets FDA nod
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Simpson Interventions' Acolyte Image Guided Crossing and Re-Entry Catheter system Breakthrough Device Designation.
The system facilitates the placement and positioning of guidewires and catheters within the coronary vasculature for treating patients with coronary chronic total occlusions who continue to experience symptoms following medical treatment. It provides real-time optical coherence tomography visualization, supporting effective guidewire placement within the target vessel's true lumen and subsequent revascularization.
Simpson Interventions said it is workin...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Cardiovascular Radiology Source Type: news
Detection Technology launches flat panel portfolio worldwide
X-ray detector firm Detection Technology is making its range of thin-film transistor flat panel detectors globally available.
The portfolio includes indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) and amorphous silicon (a-SI) technology-based products tailored for medical and industrial applications.
Detection Technology will showcase the key features of its X-Panel portfolio at upcoming exhibitions, including the China International Equipment Fair in Shanghai and the World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing in Incheon, Korea. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
SimonMed to integrate Infervision tech into its facilities
SimonMed Imaging is integrating Infervision’s AI-powered InferRead Lung CT.AI technology into its facilities.
The move aims to improve the identification of pulmonary nodules and to provide 3D characterization and comparison of nodules. It will be integrated into CT chest scan readings, including those for lung cancer screening.
The technology automatically displays boxes around nodules in a new series providing standardized reporting of all nodule characteristics including image number, type of nodule, and volume. It also assesses previous exams to track changes in diameter and volume. In cases where pneumonia is su...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
UltraCon: Work-related MSK disorders tied to sonographer burnout
Work-related musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are tied to work-related burnout among sonographers, according to research highlighted April 10 at UltraCon.
In her presentation, Jennifer Bagley from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center discussed her team’s results showing that many sonographers who score high on the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory also reported having a work-related musculoskeletal disorder.
“It presents an opportunity for administrators to think about these two conditions together and think thoughtfully about how they can help sonographers and not lose staff,” Bagley said.Jennifer Bagley fro...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Ultrasound Source Type: news
ACR releases updated appropriateness criteria
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released an update to its Appropriateness Criteria (AC), which now includes six new and six revised topics. The six new topics are as follows:Acute elbow and forearm painEndometriosisImaging of suspected intracranial hypotensionPenetrating torso traumaThoracic back painTracheobronchial diseaseThe topics that were revised are the following:Acute onset of scrotal pain-without trauma, without antecedent massAltered mental status, coma, delirium, and psychosisMultiple gestationsNonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleedingPretreatment staging of urothelial cancerStress (fatigue/insuff...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Practice Management Associations Source Type: news
AbbaDox to consolidate RIS for Radiology Imaging Associates
Cloud-native platform provider AbbaDox plans to integrate its radiology information system (RIS) platform in Radiology Imaging Associates' Florida and U.S. Virgin Islands operations.
The RIS will streamline operations by replacing multiple-point solutions and manual processes, the company said. It will also enhance appointment scheduling and patient communications, and employ AI in specialized workflows for breast and lung health services, according to AbbaDox. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Practice Management Administration Source Type: news
AI can be used to'rule-out' breast cancer on mammography
A deep-learning algorithm can rule out the presence of breast cancer on screening mammograms, improving specificity and yielding significant workflow and downstream savings, according to research published April 10 in Radiology.
A team of investigators led by first author Stefano Pedemonte, PhD, of AI software developer Whiterabbit.ai, and senior author Richard Wahl, MD, of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, trained and tested a deep-learning algorithm using over 160,000 2D full-field digital mammography exams. They found their model could sharply reduce the number of screening mammograms requiring radiologist revie...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Erik L. Ridley Tags: Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Pulsar Helium taps Minnesota helium cache
Canadian-based Pulsar Helium has tapped into a helium cache in Minnesota yielding helium contents up to 13.8% -- good news for MR imaging.
"Keeping an MRI's magnetic current superconductive requires helium," Pulsar noted in an announcement, adding that the MRI market value worldwide is forecast to increase to over $12.1 billion by 2030.
Earlier this year, experts expressed concern about the domestic supply of helium for cooling MRI scanners. Pulsar focuses on sustainable and reliable sources of primary helium rather than helium produced as a byproduct of hydrocarbons such as liquid natural gas, according to the firm. It...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
UltraCon: Former Medtronic CEO talks ultrasound's future with AuntMinnie.com
The future of ultrasound is bright, but advancing new technologies requires dedicated market creation and scalability.
That was the take-home message from the keynote given by Omar Ishrak, PhD, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic. Ishrak spoke with AuntMinnie.com about how new advancements in ultrasound have promise in therapeutic imaging, how the basic rules of ultrasound will change as a result, and how creating value in commercialization efforts has its share of challenges. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Imaging Leaders Source Type: news
MRI links hearing loss to increased dementia risk
MRI has shown that hearing loss may increase dementia risk in seniors not yet cognitively impaired in ways distinct from those that tend to be associated with conditions such as Alzheimer's and cerebrovascular disease.A team led by Thomas Parker, MD, of the Imperial College London in the U.K. found that, compared with older adults who did not have hearing impairment, those who did had faster rates of whole brain atrophy. The findings were published April 3 in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry."Our data suggest a complex interplay of hearing ability, neurodegeneration, and cognition and implicate pathway...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Former Medtronic CEO talks ultrasound's future with AuntMinnie.com
The future of ultrasound is bright, but advancing new technologies requires dedicated market creation and scalability.
That was the take-home message from the keynote given by Omar Ishrak, PhD, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic. Ishrak spoke with AuntMinnie.com about how new advancements in ultrasound have promise in therapeutic imaging, how the basic rules of ultrasound will change as a result, and how creating value in commercialization efforts has its share of challenges. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Imaging Leaders Source Type: news
UltraCon: Harmonic motion imaging tracks breast tumor response to chemo
AUSTIN -- Harmonic motion imaging can track mechanical property changes of breast tumors in response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, a study presented April 9 at UltraCon found.
In his presentation, Yangpei Liu from Columbia University in New York City discussed findings from his team’s study, which showed that harmonic motion imaging could be a predictor of early treatment response.
“Harmonic motion imaging-derives changes in tumor mechanical properties are more robust in early complete pathologic response prediction than tumor sizes,” Liu said.Yangpei Liu from Columbia University in Ney York City discussed findings ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Womens Imaging Source Type: news
HAP secures New Jersey revenue cycle services contract
Healthcare Administrative Partners (HAP) announced it will take over performing all core revenue cycle services on behalf of New Jersey-based Health Village Imaging, LLC.
Under the terms of the agreement, the company will handle billing, coding, carrier credentialing, business intelligence, and Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measure assurance services for the full-service imaging center that provides x-ray, MRI, and CT services, HAP said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Practice Management Administration Source Type: news
UltraCon: Ultrasound empowers patients with prosthetic limbs
Ultrasound is known for its versatility in medical imaging, but it can go far beyond just diagnosing patients with various diseases.
Gil Weinberg, PhD, founder of Georgia Tech's Center for Music Technology, spoke with AuntMinnie.com on ultrasound's role in empowering patients with prosthetic limbs. He outlined how the modality allows patients to control their limbs, additional applications in general populations, and the challenges of commercializing such technology. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Advanced Visualization Source Type: news
Canon Medical begins wide-ranging PCCT clinical research
Canon Medical Systems announced the kickoff of new clinical research involving its photon-counting CT (PCCT) technology.
The announcement is a follow-up to an initial agreement with Hiroshima University announced in November. Led by Prof. Kazuo Awai of the Hiroshima University Department of Diagnostic Radiology, the research will explore the clinical usefulness of data captured by PCCT, evaluate and optimize various kinds of diagnostic information provided by PCCT, and determine imaging protocols in order to maximize the functionality of PCCT from a basic level to clinical applications, according to the vendor.
Canon sai...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
