Medical Imaging

Philips Cloud Medical Imaging Platform Utilizes AWS for AI Development

April 19, 2023 - Royal Philips revealed plans to offer its HealthSuite Imaging PACS (picture archiving and communication system) through Amazon Web Services (AWS). This move utilizes Amazon HealthLake Imaging to automate storage, access, and analysis of imaging data in the cloud, enhancing the platform with AI development. “With healthcare systems under...

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Siemens Healthineers CT Scanner Simplifies Imaging Procedures

by Samantha McGrail

Siemens Healthineers recently launched a CT scanner, Somatom X.ceed, for challenging clinical areas where time and precision are of the essence.  Somatom X.ceed can assist healthcare providers...

Enterprise Imaging Vendors Poised for Broad Market Adoption

by Samantha McGrail

In a new report, KLAS estimated that just over 200 organizations in the US are live with enterprise imaging (EI) technology, but researchers question whether EI technology is ready for broad adoption...

Best in KLAS Ranks Top Imaging System Vendors of 2021

by Samantha McGrail

TeraRecon, GE Healthcare, IBM Watson Health, Ambra, Epic, Sectra, and Philips were just some of the imaging system vendors who have topped the charts in 2021, according to the latest KLAS...

Red Hat, DarwinAI Partner for COVID-19 Artificial Intelligence

by Samantha McGrail

Red Hat and artificial intelligence (AI) company DarwinAI recently collaborated to bring a COVID-19 tool to hospitals and healthcare facilities.  Dubbed COVID-Net, the AI tool is a neural network...

Tufts Taps Olive’s AI Centers to Expand COVID-19 Testing

by Samantha McGrail

Tufts Medical Center recently announced a partnership with startup healthcare company, Olive, to leverage artificial intelligence to streamline COVID-19 testing operations. The partnership will aim to...

3D Digital Models Aid COVID-19 Diagnosis

by Samantha McGrail

LSU Health New Orleans radiologists and anatomists recently teamed up to demonstrate that 3D digital models may be a better tool to visually evaluate COVID-19. In a paper published in BMJ Case...

NIH Leverages AI in Medical Imaging Center for COVID-19 Treatment

by Samantha McGrail

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched a medical imaging center, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to fight COVID-19. The center, called the Medical Imaging and Data...

US Dept of Energy Releases Plans for Quantum Internet Development

by Samantha McGrail

The University of Chicago and the US Department of Energy (DOE) recently unveiled a blueprint strategy for the development of a national quantum internet. A quantum internet is essentially a platform...

Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Identifies COVID-19 in CT Scans

by Samantha McGrail

Researchers at Mount Sinai are the first in the country to use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect COVID-19 in patients based on CT scans of the chest combined with clinical data, according to a...

83% of Medical Imaging Devices Run on Unbacked Operating Systems

by Samantha McGrail

According to a recent report, 83 percent of medical imaging devices are running on unsupported operating systems, a 56 percent jump from 2018.  Paloalto Network’s 2020 Unit 42 IoT Threat...

Top Vendors Best Positioned for Artificial Intelligence in Imaging

by Samantha McGrail

Many healthcare organizations continue to plan for artificial intelligence (AI) in imaging. The following report shared which organizations and vendors are best positioned for successful adoption as...

Best in KLAS Ranks Top Imaging System Vendors of 2020

by Samantha McGrail

Philips, Sectra, Fujifilm, TeraRecon, IBM Watson Health, Ambra, and Epic were just a few of the imaging system vendors who saw the top of the charts in 2020, according to the latest KLAS...

Enterprise Imaging Strategies Progressed for Two-Thirds of Orgs

by Samantha McGrail

Enterprise imaging aims to align provider departments, priorities, and technologies to drive key clinical outcomes. Out of 113 organizations taking part in enterprise imaging, 69 percent have seen...

New Partnership Aims to Solve Enterprise Imaging Data Problems

by Samantha McGrail

T-Systems North America (TSNA) and Hitachi Vantara recently announced a collaboration to create a new Hitachi Vantara-powered managed service that aims to address the growing volumes of enterprise...

Providers Move Toward Single Vendor for Radiology IT Solutions

by Samantha McGrail

More healthcare organizations are using a single vendor for radiology IT solutions, with a majority of providers currently using or hoping to implement a single vendor approach, according to a...

Radiologists’ Societies Warn Against Using AI Solely for Financial Gain

by Fred Donovan

Several major radiologists’ societies recently called for development of ethical codes of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology, warning against the use of radiology...

Senator Sends Letter to TridentUSA on PACS Server Security Lapses

by Fred Donovan

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter Sept. 23 to TridentUSA seeking information about the storage of medical images on unsecured picture archiving and communication system (PACS) servers by its...

NIMH Awards $4.6M to UC San Diego for NEMAR IT Infrastructure, Tools

by Fred Donovan

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded $4.6 million to the University of California San Diego to build IT infrastructure and tools to add human neuroelectromagnetic brain imaging to...

Medical Device Firms Shift Focus from Hardware to Data, Says Deloitte

by Fred Donovan

Medical device vendors, which have traditionally concentrated on developing hardware, are shifting their attention to software, data collection, and data analytics, concluded a new study from...

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