PACS industry veteran returns to launch cloud workflow platform
If you’ve been around the PACS industry for a while, you’ll undoubtedly remember DR Systems, a vendor that launched in the early years of PACS and carved out a niche as an independent firm for over two decades.
Its founder, Murray Reicher, MD, has now returned to the market with the launch of Synthesis Health, a radiology workflow platform developer.
Reicher and colleagues believe their platform’s cloud-native architecture offers a compelling value proposition to radiology practices seeking streamlined workflow and greater efficiency. The Synthesis platform features several modules, including a workflow and repor...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Erik L. Ridley Tags: Imaging Informatics Enterprise Imaging Source Type: news
PET/MRI findings ‘encouraging’ for people with late-life depression
PET/MRI scans have revealed positive findings for people with late-life depression – namely that they have preserved “synaptic density" and thus are likely to respond to treatment, according to a group in Belgium.
Neuroscientists at the Leuven Brain Institute used hybrid brain imaging to explore connections between synaptic density (on PET) and gray-matter volume (on MRI) for the first time in a group of depressed patients, with a link between the two thought to be involved in neurodegenerative diseases.
“In contrast to Alzheimer’s disease, lower gray matter volume in late-life depression is not associated with s...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: MRI Source Type: news
Mercedes-Benz employs x-ray technology in crash tests
Mercedes-Benz said it has performed the world's first crash test with a real car using x-ray imaging technology.
“This technology demonstration (proof of concept) at the EMI research crash facility in Freiburg has shown that high-speed x-ray technology can be used to visualize highly dynamic internal deformation processes,” the company noted, on its website.
On board was one SID II dummy on the left-hand side facing the impact. This is a test specimen with a female anatomy, specially designed for side impact tests, the company said.
The technology has been in development for several years, with a recent breakthroug...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Industry News Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
MRI/ultrasound combination effective for treating prostate cancer
A new, minimally invasive procedure that combines MRI and transurethral ultrasound is effective for treating prostate cancer, according to research presented March 20 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City.
A team led by Steven Raman, MD, of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that the treatment -- dubbed MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) and performed by interventional radiologists -- proved a viable alternative to surgery or radiation, showing a recovered continence rate of 92% at five-year follow-up.
"This image-...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Interventional MRI Ultrasound Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Protocols, resources can reduce CT use in child appendectomy patients
Developing protocols and having resources available are a couple of ways hospitals can limit radiation exposure from CT imaging to children who have undergone appendectomies, suggest findings published March 20 in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
A team led by Peter Juviler, MD, from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York described shared qualities among hospitals with low CT use and strategies for decreasing postoperative CT imaging for children with complicated appendicitis -- strategies that involve interdisciplinary collaboration and the promotion of radiation stewardship.
“In the evaluation and ma...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Subspecialties Administration Genitourinary Radiology Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news
Hysterectomies may be averted with UAE
A minimally invasive treatment called uterine artery embolization (UAE) may be a promising alternative to hysterectomy in women due to severe bleeding after childbirth, according to experts at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
During a March 19 media briefing held by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), resident Younes Jahangiri, MD, and interventional radiologist James Morrison, MD, presented a retrospective review of 66 patients (median age, 31) who underwent UAE for uncontrolled postpartum hemorrhage at their hospital between 2014 and 2022.Younes Jahangiri, MD, of Michigan State University, described...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Interventional Source Type: news
AI detects COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images
Johns Hopkins University has highlighted research that shows AI can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images.In a study published March 11 in Communications Medicine, researchers describe the development of an AI algorithm that analyzes lung ultrasound images to spot features known as B-lines, which appear as bright, vertical abnormalities and indicate inflammation in patients with pulmonary complications.“The findings culminate an effort that started early in the pandemic when clinicians needed tools to rapidly assess legions of patients in overwhelmed emergency rooms,” the university said, in a news release.Significan...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Chest Radiology Source Type: news
ARPA-H taps Pisano for'Advancing Clinical Trials Readiness' initiative
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has tapped the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Chief Research Officer Etta Pisano, MD, to develop its clinical trial portfolio and lead its Advancing Clinical Trials Readiness initiative.
The ARPA-H is a new federal health research and development organization within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Pisano is the first radiologist appointed to such a role in the ARPA-H, and she will lead the initiative under the agency's Resilient Systems Mission office director, Jennifer Roberts, PhD, according to a statement released by the ACR. In the posi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Ultrasound model predicts liver disease progress
A predictive model combining multiple ultrasonic parameters could discriminate between different liver diseases in a study published March 19 in Radiology.
A team of researchers led by Fangyi Liu, MD, from the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, found that their multiparametric ultrasound model can predict metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), regardless of hepatitis B virus infection status.
“These findings are important for noninvasive assessment of the MAFLD disease process,” the Liu team wrote.
Previous studies ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Clinical News Ultrasound Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Greater sense of life purpose improves brain health
A greater sense of one's purpose in life improves brain health as we age, researchers have reported.
Diffusion-weighted MRI showed positive associations in both white matter and the right hippocampus, the latter of which is an area of the brain that "retains the capacity to grow and adapt through old age," wrote a team led by Ajay Kumar Nair, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research was published March 4 in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
"Our findings suggest pathways through which an enhanced sense of purpose in life may contribute to better brain health and promote healthy aging," the group wrote.
A robust ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Subspecialties MRI Neuroradiology Source Type: news
iCAD updates AI software for detecting breast cancer
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer iCAD has launched new features for its ProFound Detection AI software tool designed to help radiologists diagnose cancer on both 2D and 3D mammography.
The latest version of ProFound Detection includes a new configuration option limiting to three the number of lesion marks visible on a workstation view displaying 3D images. This refinement is hoped to ensure that radiologists can interpret the most critical information, the company said.
As a visual aid, iCAD has also introduced color-coded lesion marks and case scores on the ProFound Scorecard. The color-coded system is ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Samsung and Bracco sign memorandum of understanding
Samsung Electronics subsidiary Samsung Medison and Bracco Imaging have established an agreement to develop and market ultrasound devices and contrast agents.
The companies recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at ECR 2024 in Vienna and are considering collaborative research to develop protocols for high-frequency and super-resolution imaging for diagnostic purposes. Global marketing activities will be focused on healthcare provider education and joint participation in strategic events.
In addition, Bracco's quantitative diagnostic analysis software will be integrated with Samsung Medison's diagnostic ultras...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Merit launches new micro-access system
Merit Medical Systems has launched its Micro ACE Advanced Micro-Access System designed for use in interventional procedures to diagnose and open narrowed blood vessels.
The Micro ACE system is the latest innovation in Merit’s vascular portfolio, which includes a range of percutaneous access and closure devices. The new device balances stiffness and resiliency and is designed to achieve micro-access in a wide range of vascular anatomies, Merit said.
The company added that it intends to file Micro ACE for clearance in Europe. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
RSNA ’s'Radiology Advances' journal goes live
Radiology Advances, the first exclusively open-access journal of the RSNA, published its first articles on March 19.The journal will include a broad spectrum of international radiology research with a focus on emerging topics, cross-cutting research, and innovation the RSNA said. Susanna Lee, MD, PhD, chief of women’s imaging and officer of mentored research at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the editor.Radiology Advances is free and available exclusively online and will offer continuous publication, featuring primarily content on technical innovations, translational research, clinical trials, and systematic reviews i...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
FDA clears inHeart ’s digital twin of the heart
France-based medical device developer inHeart has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AI-driven digital twin of the heart.
The company’s AI software module offers interactive 3D models of the heart generated by AI that analyzes preprocedural CT or MR images. The technology has been proven useful in preplanning ventricular tachycardia ablations, a treatment for a type of irregular heartbeat, the company said.
While the software has been commercially available to clinicians in Europe, FDA clearance now allows inHEART to market the product to hospitals across the U.S. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
