Diagnostic Imaging

Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.

Philips moves digital pathology to the cloud with AWS
The partnership aims to move labs to digital workflows to streamline diagnostics.
PHOTO GALLERY: What does fetal medical imaging look like?
This is a clinical photo gallery of fetal imaging that explains what all can be seen on medical imaging, how sex is determined, how measurements are used to track the development of a baby.
Speaker laments radiology’s major contribution to climate change
Jonathan Gross, MD, argues that diagnostic and interventional radiology were “not developed with sustainability in mind.”
Radiologist accuracy takes a hit overnight, especially with advanced imaging exams
Serious discrepancies between preliminary imaging reads and final radiology reports are at risk of accumulating when the prelims are rendered during overnight hours.
Appropriate use of imaging proven teachable during medical ed
Radiology education researchers have created an image-intensive online course for third- and fourth-year medical students wishing to learn radiology remotely.

Summit Imaging Launches Industry’s First Rapid Response Mobile Application

Summit Imaging, a technology-focused ultrasound medical equipment support company, today announced the release of Summit Imaging Mobile, the mobile version of its comprehensive online support portal.

June 23, 2015

Capitol briefing takes aim at USPSTF mammo guidelines

A congresswoman with a personal breast cancer story joined imaging experts for a Capitol Hill briefing that served both to illuminate the importance of mammography screening and also condemn recent U.S. Preventive Services Task Force mammography guidelines.

June 23, 2015

Konica Minolta Launches New Blue Moon Lifecycle Solutions for AeroDR

Konica Minolta announced today new Blue Moon Lifecycle Solutions designed to help customers minimize downtime, maximize productivity and eliminate risk throughout the lifetime of their AeroDR systems. 

June 10, 2015

Children's National Health System targets patient radiation dose reduction in selecting Agfa HealthCare's DR Technology

Agfa HealthCare announced today that Children's National Health System has installed six DX-D 100 mobile DR systems and two DX-D 600 full room direct radiography (DR) suites to transition two X-ray rooms from computed radiography (CR) to DR.

June 9, 2015

Shimadzu announces the 1st U.S. West Coast installation of its Trinias digital angiography system

Shimadzu Medical Systems USA is pleased to announce the first U.S. west coast installation of its Trinias C-12 high performance “crossover” system at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, MT. Shimadzu dealer/partner Core Medical Imaging, Inc. of Kenmore, WA completed the first west coast installation of the Trinias angiographic system which went into operation at the medical center in late April.

May 21, 2015

Viztek introduces new U-Arm system

Viztek, the leading provider of complete digital software and hardware diagnostic imaging solutions, today announced the availability of the Basic U-Arm, a new U-Arm digital x-ray system. 

May 13, 2015

Toshiba names Maria Piazza director of ultrasound business unit

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that Maria Piazza has been named director, Ultrasound Business Unit. In her new role, Piazza is responsible for developing and implementing strategic marketing plans that drive growth and profitability for the business unit. 

May 13, 2015

Summit Imaging expands its services to include portable ultrasound systems

Summit Imaging, the “urgent care” ultrasound medical equipment support company, today announced that it is expanding its services to support portable ultrasound systems so the company can give clinical engineers who have adopted portable machines the same rapid end-to-end customer support they rely on to keep their static machines up and running.

May 13, 2015

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Cardiovascular Business

AI improves CT assessments, boosts care for real-world heart patients

Automated AI-generated measurements combined with annotated CT images can improve treatment planning and help referring physicians and patients better understand their disease, explained Sarah Jane Rinehart, MD, director of cardiac imaging with Charleston Area Medical Center.

Cardiovascular Business

AI predicts cardiovascular risk during CT scans—no invasive tests or contrast required

Two advanced algorithms—one for CAC scores and another for segmenting cardiac chamber volumes—outperformed radiologists when assessing low-dose chest CT scans.

Radiology Business

Google teams with Bayer to address radiologist burnout via AI

"Gen AI can help tackle repetitive tasks and provide insights into massive datasets, saving valuable time," Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said Tuesday.

Diagnostic Imaging

Philips moves digital pathology to the cloud with AWS

PHOTO GALLERY: What does fetal medical imaging look like?

Speaker laments radiology’s major contribution to climate change

Radiologist accuracy takes a hit overnight, especially with advanced imaging exams

Appropriate use of imaging proven teachable during medical ed

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