Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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Sarah Silverman details negative experience undergoing mammogram, breast ultrasound

Comedian Sarah Silverman, 48, shared an Instagram post Thursday, Feb. 7, about numerous things that troubled her about her experience undergoing a mammogram and breast ultrasound. 

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AI shows female brains are 3.8 years younger than male counterparts

An AI algorithm helped determine adult women’s brains are, on average, a few years younger than the brains of males of the same age, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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A Careful RIS Replacement Emerges as a Key Business-Builder

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

If you’ve seen one data center, you’ve seen them all. That’s what Charles Rivers believed, at least.

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A Brooklyn EMR Grows Toward Its Full Potential

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Like every American academic healthcare institution, SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., is a beehive of activity in three overlapping yet distinct areas of focus—patient care, physician education and medical research. 

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Transforming Radiologist Workflow: A Q&A on Fujifilm’s REiLI Initiative

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Bill Lacy, vice president of medical informatics at FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., spoke with Radiology Business about AI’s impact on radiologist workflow and what the company has planned for HIMSS19.

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AI classifies pediatric elbow abnormalities with 88% accuracy

A deep learning model classified acute and nonacute pediatric elbow abnormalities on radiographs in trauma with 88 percent accuracy, according to new research published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence

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McGill University receives Canada's first whole-body 7T MRI scanner

The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital—also known as The Neuro—of McGill University in Montreal, Québec, Canada, has installed the country’s first whole-body 7-Tesla MRI scanner.

MRI-guided treatment does not improve clinical remission for rheumatoid arthritis patients

An MRI-guided strategy for treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) showed no benefits over conventional treat-to-target approaches, according to a Feb. 5 study published in JAMA. The authors also found the modality showed no benefit in radiographic progression.