Imaging Technology News

January 11, 2024 — Carestream Health has launched a new and enhanced DRX-Excel Plus X-ray System that boosts the performance of the powerful, two-in-one solution to enable more productivity and efficiency, higher image quality, and an improved experience for users and patients.  Carestream’s DRX-Excel Plus X-ray System is a flexible solution for both fluoroscopy and general radiology that…

January 11, 2024 — According to the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), photon-counting detector (PCD) CT with virtual monoenergetic imaging (VMI) reconstruction can help overcome present limitations in stenosis quantification on coronary CTA. “When performing coronary CTA by PCD CT, the selection of VMI level influences stenosis assessment in calcified and mixed plaque, thereby potentially impacting clinical decision-making,”…

January 11, 2024 — On January 9th, 2024, a scientific prototype for MRI-guided proton therapy was inaugurated in Dresden. With this installation, experts from the fields of medicine, medical physics, biology and engineering are embarking on the scientific testing of a new form of radiotherapy for treating cancer. For the first time globally, a full-body MRI…

January 10, 2024 — Proceedings from an expert consensus roundtable that discussed the benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in lower extremity revascularization procedures were released today in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (JSCAI), Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR), and Journal of Vascular Surgery – Vascular Insights. The roundtable focused on the current challenges in diagnosing and…

January 9, 2024 — Paige, a global leader in end-to-end digital pathology solutions and clinical AI applications, today announced the release of a groundbreaking product developed from Paige’s Pathology Foundation Model, Virchow. Built using one of the largest libraries of digitized images, utilizing unique computational resources provided by Microsoft Research, Paige has developed the first application that can…

January 9, 2024 — Hyperfine, Inc., a medical device company that has redefined brain imaging with the world’s first FDA-cleared portable magnetic resonance brain imaging system—the Swoop system—announced the launch of the AI-powered eighth generation of Swoop system software. The software’s diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) AI denoising feature received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance in October 2023, and it has been rolled…

January 9, 2024 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced that CEO Laura Thevenot plans to retire at the end of 2024 after leading the organization since 2002. During Thevenot’s tenure at ASTRO, membership grew by over 50% to its current level of more than 10,500 physicians, biologists, physicists, radiation therapists, dosimetrists and other…

This is an overview of trends and technologies in radiology artificial intelligence (AI) applications in 2021. Views were shared by 11 radiologists using AI and industry leaders, which include: • Randy Hicks, M.D., MBA, radiologist and CEO of Reginal Medical Imaging (RMI), and an iCAD Profound AI user. • Prof. Dr. Thomas Frauenfelder, University of Zurich, Institute for…

January 8, 2024 — Butterfly Network, Inc., a digital health company transforming care through the power of portable, semiconductor-based ultrasound technology and intuitive software, today announced the FDA clearance of its next-generation handheld point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system, Butterfly iQ3. The new device is the company’s third iteration of the world’s first semiconductor-based single-probe, whole-body ultrasound system….