Chest radiography, also known as a chest X-ray (CXR), is a widely used imaging test for the screening, diagnosis, and monitoring of various cardiothoracic disorders. According to estimates, CXRs make up around 20% of all imaging exams, with millions of CXRs performed in the United States alone each year. Despite its widespread use, CXR interpretation […]
Blackford Analysis, one of the leading strategic imaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform and solutions provider, today announced its acquisition by Bayer, a global life science company. Spun out from the University of Edinburgh in 2010 and still headquartered in the city, Blackford has a presence in the UK and US focused on providing healthcare providers […]
Following years of close collaboration, Philips will strengthen its partnership with the ESR at the European Congress of Radiology 2023, where it will take over an entire Congress floor. Level 2, to be named Philips@TheBlue Level at the 2023 meeting, will host the company alongside many of its most innovative products, services and partnerships. With this commitment, Philips will hold […]
International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra recently signed a digital pathology contract with two French healthcare providers. The university hospitals in Montpellier and Nimes will now enhance their collaboration using Sectra’s solution. The digital pathology solution will also help reduce variation and increase efficiency, which in turn will provide patients with high diagnostic quality and […]
A recently published paper describes a systematic review and meta-analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Mammography (CEM versus Contrast-Enhanced Breast MRI (CE-MRI) [1]. Read more here: Breast Imaging study of CE Mammography vs CE breast MRI DIEurope June 2022
A new method that combines imaging information with artificial intelligence (AI) has been shown to be able diagnose osteoporosis from hip X-rays, according to a recent study in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence [1]. Osteoporosis dignosed by AI from hip X-ray DIEurope June 2022
A recently published paper describes a systematic review and meta-analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Mammography (CEM versus Contrast-Enhanced Breast MRI (CE-MRI) [1]. Using AI to predict the cancer risk of lung nodules
By Dr. Michal Rosen-Zvi, Yoel Shoshan & Dr. Lisa Mullen Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies applied to cancer detection in breast imaging, as evidenced by the ever-increasing number of publications in the field. Read More here: Breast Imaging AI DBT […]
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced late September that the Alexander R. Margulis Award for Scientific Excellencewill be presented to László Tabár, M.D., and Stephen W. Duffy, M.Sc., for the article Read More here: Margulis Award DIEurope October 2021
Professor Thomas Flohr, Dr. Björn Kreisler, and Dr. Stefan Ulzheimer (all employees of Siemens Healthineers) have been nominated for the prestigious German Future Award Read More here: Photon counting CT Siemens DIEurope October 2021
A deep learning model is capable of classifying brain tumours using a single 3D MRI scan. The model achieved accuracy of 93.35% across seven classes Read More here: Deep Learning MRI DIEurope October 2021
The worldwide ageing population, the rise of chronic health conditions and of the incidence in cardiovascular diseases are leading to an increase in the demand for interventional procedures and Operating Room (OR) utilization. For all these reasons it is becoming ever more necessary for surgical operations to be as efficient as possible, while of course […]
Latest generation AI software for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis gets CE Mark approval Read more: ICAD June 2021
GE Healthcare has announced its acquisition of Prismatic Sensors AB, a Swedish start-up specializing in photon counting detectors, signifying GE’s continued investment in photon counting CT technology (PCCT). Read the full article here : GE CT technology Nov 2020