News

consoling crying patient

U.S. healthcare will know it’s gotten AI right when the technology demonstrably improves care access, attentiveness and outcomes for the least financially healthy among us. 

artificial intelligence heart AI

Cleveland Clinic, one of the world’s top heart hospitals, has launched a new two-part partnership with Ohio-based DASI Simulations. 

artificial intelligence AI predictive analytics

The use of AI technologies in healthcare has evolved at a breathtaking rate in the last few years. Hype and hypotheticals have been replaced with real, practical tools that help physicians focus on providing high-quality care. 

Vascudyne's off-the-shelf conduit for CABG surgeries

A new acellular tissue-engineered vessel developed by Vascudyne could provide surgeons with a safe, effective alternative to saphenous vein grafts.

heart doctors and surgeons working together. top cardiology hospitals in the United States.

Several U.S. medical societies have collaborated on a new report advocating for better safety standards in cardiac catheterization labs. As one cardiologist described it, clinicians have shifted from "accepting risk" to "expecting better."

Mimics Viewer

3D surface modeling and virtual surgical planning are expanding radiology’s contribution to multidisciplinary teams. Together, AI-driven interpretation and 3D-enabled clinical collaboration represent two distinct, complementary forces shaping the next decade of radiology.

fax machine doctor

Under the final rule, the agency would establish national standards for the electronic exchange of images and other clinical documentation. 

court people union ruling judge gavel appeal

The case dates to 2018 when technologists at affiliated San Fernando Valley Advanced Imaging, Los Angeles, voted to unionize. 

FTC Apex Building

The federal regulatory agency that exists to protect consumers and promote competition across the economy is newly focused on patients and clinicians as well as taxpayers.  

doctor looking at CLTI patient's leg

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently cleared a group of radiotherapy systems for use beyond cancer treatment. 

Example of an automated artificial intelligence (AI) assessment of soft coronary plaque from a CT scan from the vendor Cleerly. This image shows the AI's reconstruction of a patient's coronary tree and color codes the vessel segments by the amount of overall plaque burden. The AI gives a very detailed report of all the plaque in all the coronary vessels. Some cardiology experts believe this may be the way of the future in screening patients for early coronary disease and monitoring the impact of prevention

Advanced AI software developed by Cleerly consistently produced plaque assessments comparable to intravascular ultrasound. 

UNC university of north carolina match day

This year, imaging training programs offered a total of 1,478 positions across diagnostic and interventional radiology, a 5% increase over last year. 

Around the web

U.S. healthcare will know it’s gotten AI right when the technology demonstrably improves care access, attentiveness and outcomes for the least financially healthy among us.