Lumicell's Lumisight, LumiSytem get FDA nods
Lumicell's Lumisight (pegulicianine) optical imaging agent has been approved by a new drug application (NDA) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The FDA has also granted premarket approval for the company's LumiSystem, Lumicell's direct visualization system. Both Lumisight and LumiSystem previously received FDA Fast Track and Breakthrough Device designations.
LumiSystem allows surgeons to scan the breast cavity post-lumpectomy, in real-time, to detect and resect residual cancer that may have otherwise been missed, potentially sparing some patients from second surgeries. Its combination with Lumisight is indi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
ACR names recipient of Thorwarth award for radiology leadership
The American College of Radiology (ACR) Economics and Health Policy Department has selected William Donovan, MD, as the 2024 recipient of its William T. Thorwarth Jr., MD award.
Donovan received the award at ACR 2024, the college’s annual meeting. The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate outstanding contributions to the field of health policy and economics for radiology.
Donovan is a practicing neuroradiologist for Midstate Radiology Associates in Connecticut. He is a current member of the ACR Commission on Economics; its Commission on General, Small, Emergency and/or Rural Practice; its Coding and Nomenclature...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: People in the News Source Type: news
Radiology Leadership Institute names award recipients
The Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) announced its Impact in Leadership Award and Emerging Leader Scholarship recipients during the American College of Radiology (ACR) annual meeting in Washington, DC.
The 2024 RLI Impact in Leadership Award recipient is Archie R. McGowan, MD, from Portsmouth Regional Hospital in New Hampshire. The award honors individuals whose participation in an RLI course or program was integral to the successful completion of specific projects or initiatives at their practices or institutions.
The RLI Emerging Leader Scholarship recognizes residents or fellows who have shown a strong interest ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: People in the News Source Type: news
GE HealthCare launches two new ultrasound systems
GE HealthCare (GEHC) has launched two new ultrasound systems, Voluson Signature 20 and 18, both of which integrate AI and advanced tools, and feature ergonomic design that aims to speed exam time for clinicians while also improving women’s health.
The systems contain the following features:
Hey Voluson, which allows users to operate the system using voice commands
SonoLyst, a suite of tools that leverage AI to identify fetal anatomy seen on standard views, then automatically annotates and measures where applicable
SonoPelvicFloor, which GE said simplifies assessments of the pelvic floor and speeds up exams by automa...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Swoop system tested in Alzheimer ’s patients
Portable MRI developer Hyperfine has enrolled the first patients in a trial to test its Swoop system in Alzheimer’s disease patients undergoing amyloid-targeting therapy.
The CARE PMR (Capturing ARIA Risk Equitably with Portable MR) observational study is designed to assess the clinical utility and workflow benefits of Swoop system. Imaging will be performed at infusion centers and clinics to help physicians detect amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIAs) in Alzheimer’s patients.
The study is led by Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD, a professor of radiology and chief of MRI service at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
PET tracer for gliomas under expedited review
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast-track designation to Telix Pharmaceuticals’ PET radiotracer F-18 floretyrosine (Pixclara) for imaging progressive or recurring gliomas.
Pixclara was developed by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. The tracer reveals the activity of specific transporter proteins known as LAT1 and LAT2, which are highly active in brain regions with gliomas. The technique can help determine if a glioma is truly progressing or undergoing a treatment-induced change, known as pseudo-progression, where standard MRI is often inconclusive, the company said.
Pi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
AdvaMed urges Congress prioritize R & D tax credit
Medical technology trade association Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) is urging Congress to pass a tax provision to change how small businesses deduct their research and development expenses.
In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, AdvaMed President and CEO Scott Whitaker underscored the critical importance of passing such a provision.
“If Congress considers a tax package, we urge the inclusion of a provision allowing companies to deduct their research and development expenses in the year the expense was incurred,” Whitaker wrote.
Prior to 2022, the tax code allowed medical technology a...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Economics Source Type: news
Blackford and Lucida Medical partner on prostate cancer imaging
Blackford has entered a commercial partnership with Lucida Medical to integrate Lucida's prostate cancer MRI imaging software (Pi) into its AI platform.
Pi is designed to help healthcare professionals work more quickly by automating laborious steps and increasing accuracy for MRI detection of clinically significant prostate cancer. The software has proven effective in supporting analysis of prostate MRIs in real-world applications across multiple healthcare settings, scanner types, and vendors, Blackford said.
Lucida Medical is a spin-off company out of Cambridge University in England. Blackford’s AI platform provides ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Tailored lung cancer screening model helps determine nodule follow-up
A personalized lung cancer screening model used with patients with pulmonary nodules identified on low-dose CT (LDCT) helps clinicians determine how to follow up better than rule-based protocols, researchers have found.
A group led by Zixing Wang, MD, of Peking Union Medical College in Beijing, China, found that a tailored model had a 0% rate of delayed diagnosis of lung cancer at 12-month follow-up. The results were published April 15 in Pulmonology.
Up to half of screened individuals have at least one pulmonary nodule on lung cancer screening, and determining the optimal time for follow-up testing of these nodules can ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: CT Source Type: news
AI proposed to help radiologists detect child abuse injuries
A team at Michigan State University has developed an AI model designed to detect rib fractures in children under three years old, with the ribcage being the most common fracture site in abused children.
The model approached the capabilities of expert human readers on a set of 1,109 pediatric chest x-rays and could serve as a tool to help detect injuries due to physical abuse, noted lead author Jonathan Burkow, a doctoral student, and colleagues.
“Rib fractures are extremely important to detect as they are a sentinel injury for physical abuse in young children that portend poor outcomes; a single rib fracture in child...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
POCUS used widely in lung ultrasound applications
Some of the top "domains" of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) incorporate the technology into lung ultrasound applications, according to research published in the Journal of Radiology Nursing.
A team led by the POCUS Certification Academy, part of Inteleos in Rockville, MD, published a list of the top 25 POCUS community-defined practice domains, dubbed “POCUS25.” They found via survey data that the POCUS community believes the most important domains are tied to imaging of the pneumothorax, pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade detection, normal lung ultrasound, basic practical physics, and extended focused assess...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Source Type: news
RSNA and GE work to address breast cancer mortality in Tanzania
The RSNA and GE HealthCare plan to collaborate on mammography technology, training, and educational tools to lower the breast cancer mortality rate in Tanzania.Radiologists at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), part of the Muhimbili University of Health and Sciences and the largest public hospital in Tanzania, will receive mammography technology and advanced imaging training to help clinicians improve detection, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.The project -- part of the RSNA’s Global Learning Center (GLC) initiative, which it launched in 2020 -- aims to help lower Tanzania's 50% breast cancer mortality rate, the ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 16, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Matsumoto named chair of ACR Board of Chancellors
Alan Matsumoto, MD.The American College of Radiology (ACR) has named Alan Matsumoto, MD, as chair of its board of chancellors.Most recently, Matsumoto served as vice chair of the board. Previously, he was chair of the ACR's Board of Chancellors (BOC) Commission on Interventional and Cardiovascular Imaging and a member of the ACR Council Steering Committee. He is chair of the department of radiology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and is the first Asian American named chair of the BOC, the ACR noted.Christoph Wald, MD, PhD, will serve as vice chair. Wald will also continue to serve as chair of the ACR Commi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 16, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
SNMMI declares win in Washington, DC
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has declared an advocacy win, with language it crafted to promote nuclear medicine research included in the recently approved 2024 Defense Appropriations Act.
“In 2023, SNMMI worked closely with Congress for legislative language that increases recognition for the value of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine research in federal agencies,” the SNMMI said, in a news release.
The legislative language encourages the director of the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) to emphasize nuclear medicine to furth...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 16, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Coronary Artery Vessel Wall Thickness Increased for People Living With HIV
TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 -- Asymptomatic people living with HIV (PLWH) with a low risk for cardiovascular disease have increased coronary artery vessel wall thickness (VWT), according to a study published online April 4 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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