December 2017 Blog Posts (21)

Back in August, Anthem decided they would no longer cover MRI and CT scans for outpatient services. Some of the factors that led to this decision might point to Medicare’s proposed rules for 2018 and could affect other private…

Artificial Intelligence will soon be common place in radiology workflows. At this year’s Radiological Society of North American (RSNA) annual meeting, AI was the focal point of many sessions and various med-tech companies were excited to show off their latest AI integrations and innovations.



EnvoyAI, a catalog of AI algorithms, and…

Nvidia and Nuance are joining forces to create an AI distribution platform where practitioners can take advantage of AI-trained models for medical imaging analyses. This new partnership comes on the heels of Nvidia and GE Healthcare’s recent…

Male triathletes should be concerned about their heart health. According to a report presented at the recent Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference, extensive exercise involved in triathlon training can result in myocardial fibrosis, a…

Professor David Lurie has created a MRI that he calls “100 different MRI scanners in one.” The highly sophisticated scanner took 10 years to develop and is now being used to analyze the brains of patients who are recovering from a stroke.

Called the Fast Field-Cycling MRI scanner, the machine’s special power is that its strength can be adjusted during procedures. “This…

Pneumonia is one of the most common infections that can lead to hospitalization, and depending on the population, there are often variations in imaging diagnosis accuracy. A group of Stanford University researchers are working to maximize the rate of…

A new study presented at the Radiological Society of North American conference has found that imaging patterns can help us do more than determine the cause for particular injuries and abnormalities. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have determined…

Obesity and overweight can lead to a heart attack, stroke, or diabetes. Yet, there are other ways to determine someone’s chances of developing a cardiometabolic health condition. According to a recent study presented at the Radiological Society of North America annual…

Many healthcare organizations rely on Google cloud storage for file sharing. However, getting adequate space on the system is a struggle that affects us all. At the annual Radiological Society of North America conference, Dicom Systems, Change Healthcare, and Kanteron Systems announced they’re collaborating with Google Cloud to expand and streamline storage services for…

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RESTON, VA — The American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors (BOC) selected three innovators as 2018 Gold…

Overtime and long hours can result in poor job performance in practically any career. However, a new study has found that this is especially true for radiologists. Researchers Tarek Hanna, MD, assistant professor of…

In collaboration with NVIDIA, GE Healthcare is launching artificial intelligence capabilities in 500,000 of its imaging devices — that’s around half of the company’s operating scanners worldwide. Not only is this system-wide…

This year’s annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting was a grand showcase of artificial intelligence ventures. Take for example the Arterys’s latest platform Arterys MICA, a web based medical imaging system powered by AI.



MICA facilitates workflows for a diverse set of imaging devices, including MRI and CT. The scalable GPU architecture allows…

Teleradiology is as popular as ever as a value-added service and as a career path for radiologists.  Demand is high given increasing price sensitivity around imaging costs, decreasing supply of qualified radiologists, healthcare consolidation, and simply disruptive technology enabling radiology to be practiced at low cost from anywhere.

Here is a round-up of current well known and top teleradiology companies whether you are…

Dr. Keith Dreyer, MD PhD, a physician-researcher-executive at Partners Healthcare and luminary in imaging informatics discusses machine learning in opening this brief video on various perspectives.  Additional Mass General radiologists including Dr. James Brink (Chief of Radiology at…

As part of our series of Industry and Medical Imaging Innovator Spotlights, radRounds has the honor to introduce and interview Radiologist, Dr. Leonardo Valentin.  Dr. Leonardo Valentin joins NVIDIA, first physician on the team, with a key leadership role in medical imaging at NVIDIA, enabling the future for artificial intelligence in radiology.…

The neurological repercussions of playing football occur sooner than we think. Two new studies from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that youth football players who experience concussions had less activity between default mode network (DMN) regions than those who didn’t have a history of concussions.…

Miki Lustig, PhD, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at University of California Berkeley wanted to make MRI coils less heavy and cumbersome for child patients. Ana Claudia Arias, PhD, a physicist in the same department was creating printed wearable devices made of liquid nanoparticles. Although Arias didn’t know anything about MRI and Lustig…

Medical imaging giant Samsung recently unleashed its latest innovation: the OmniTom, a 16-slice CT scanner. After receiving FDA clearance in August, the machine was scheduled to debut at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual conference in Chicago.

The OmniTom is a part of Samsung’s AccE campaign, which stands for Access, Accuracy, and Efficiency.…