Medical Imaging

Columbia Researchers Develop Miniaturized Medical Imaging

by Fred Donovan

Columbia University researchers have developed miniaturized medical imaging using a microchip to map the back of the eye to diagnose disease. The microchip uses interference technology to capture high...

Partners to Furnish Health IT Infrastructure for AI Alliance

by Fred Donovan

Partners HealthCare will contribute its health IT infrastructure, data, and clinical expertise to a partnership with Fujifilm SonoSite to develop AI-powered portable ultrasound devices for emergency...

Berkeley Gets $47M NIH Grant for Brain Imaging in Alzheimer’s Trial

by Fred Donovan

University of California, Berkeley, has received a five-year, $47 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use brain imaging in the Alzheimer's Association's...

Siemens to Inject $133M into UM’s Precision Medicine Institute

by Fred Donovan

Siemens Healthineers is ponying up $133 million in medical imaging equipment and supporting health IT infrastructure to the University of Missouri (UM) System’s new NextGen Precision Health...

St. Luke’s Develops AI-Powered X-Ray System to Detect Collapsed Lung

by Fred Donovan

St. Luke's University Health Network radiologist Karl Yaeger, MD, and his colleagues have developed the industry’s first x-ray system with an embedded AI algorithm to quickly detect a...

DoD’s Transfer of MTFs To DHA Designed to Improve Patient Access

by Fred Donovan

The Department of Defense’s program to transfer management of its medical treatment facilities (MTFs) from individual military departments to the Defense Health Agency (DHA) is helping to improve...

HMI Technology, Healthcare Robotics Help Stroke Patient Recovery

by Fred Donovan

Human-machine interface (HMI) technology, healthcare robotics, and brain stimulation are being used by Swiss researchers to help rehabilitate stroke patients. When used together and personalized for...

Four Institutions Join Free Healthcare AI Pilot for Radiologists

by Fred Donovan

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Emory University, the University of Washington, and the University of California San Francisco have joined a pilot study of a free healthcare artificial...

Rensselaer Researchers Use Blockchain to Boost Medical Image Sharing

by Fred Donovan

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing a blockchain-based information system for medical image sharing using IBM Hyperledger. The blockchain technology will enable a data...

Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub Adds 4 Major Industry Partners

by Fred Donovan

The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub, set up last year to improve patient care and provider experience by using cutting-edge health technology, has added four major healthcare industry partners to its...

Machine Learning Could Boost Low-Dose CT Scan Performance

by Fred Donovan

Machine learning could significantly improve low-dose computed tomography (CT) scanning by reducing patient exposure and improving image quality, according to research by Rensselaer Polytechnic...

MHS GENESIS Eases Sharing of Medical Images Between DoD Facilities

by Fred Donovan

While not scheduled for full implementation until 2023, the Department of Defense's (DoD) new Cerner electronic health record, MHS GENESIS, is already improving the sharing of medical images...

Boston Children’s Develops AI System to Enhance Medical Imaging

by Fred Donovan

Boston Children’s Hospital is developing an AI system to analyze medical imaging for pediatric patients, the Boston Business Journal (BBJ) reported. The hospital is partnering with GE Healthcare...

DICOM Standard Flaw Could Compromise Medical Device Security

by Fred Donovan

A flaw in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard could compromise medical device security and be used by attackers to embed malware in medical images, warned...

ACR Offers Free Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Platform

by Fred Donovan

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is providing a free healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) software platform to its members to encourage them to build, share, adapt, and validate AI...

Providers Need to Embrace Healthcare Artificial Intelligence

by Fred Donovan

Hospitals and other providers should embrace healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) tools that provide clinical decision support, diagnostic imaging analysis, patient monitoring, and process...

Philips Agrees to Buy Carestream’s Medical Imaging IT Business

by Fred Donovan

Dutch health technology behemoth Philips has agreed to buy U.S.-based Carestream Health’s medical imaging IT unit for an undisclosed consideration. Carestream’s unit provides medical...

Precision Medical Imaging Market to Reach $8B by 2027, Says Frost

by Fred Donovan

The precision medical imaging market is forecast by Frost & Sullivan to grow from $120 million in 2017 to over $8 billion by 2027. Technology advances such as clinical decision support software,...

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Status to Healthcare AI Software

by Fred Donovan

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to healthcare AI software being developed by Bayer and Merck for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) pattern recognition. The...

Healthcare Organizations Partner with Fujifilm for PACS, VNAs

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Fujifilm announced its latest partnerships with several large health systems to provide picture archive and communications system (PACS) and vendor neutral archive (VNA) medical imaging solutions. The...