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Image: The Leonardo DR mini portable x-ray case (Photo courtesy of OR Technology).

OR Technology Launches Portable X-ray Case System

OR Technology, a provider of digital X-ray solutions and image management systems, has launched the second generation of its portable X-ray case Leonardo DR mini. Weighing just 8.9 kg, the Leonardo DR mini II is one of the world's lightest portable X-ray case systems and even beats its predecessor in terms of weight. More...
25 Jun 2018
Image: New algorithms analyze patients’ imaging data and calculate surgical risks, making liver cancer surgery safer (Photo courtesy of the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS).

New AI Algorithm Makes Liver Cancer Surgery Safer

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS have developed algorithms that analyze patients’ imaging data and calculate surgical risks, making liver cancer surgery safer and easier to plan. Researchers at Fraunhofer have been working on image-processing algorithms for use in medicine since 1998. The method is now widely known among physicians as MEVIS analysis and has become established in practice. More...
07 Jun 2018
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Image: The qXR AI-based chest X-ray interpretation tool has received CE certification (Photo courtesy of Qure.ai).

AI-based Interpretation Tool Receives CE Certification

qXR, an AI-based chest X-ray interpretation tool that detects 15 of the most common chest X-ray abnormalities with an accuracy of more than 90%, has received CE certification. Developed by healthcare AI start-up Qure.ai, qXR has been trained on more than one million chest X-rays and uses a heat map or bounding box to point out abnormalities to the clinician, aiding rapid confirmation in just milliseconds. More...
07 Jun 2018

Global Radiation Detection Market to Reach USD 2 Billion by 2022

The global radiation detection, monitoring, and safety market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.7% from USD 1.71 billion in 2017 to USD 2.26 billion by 2022. The market is likely to be driven by rising security threats, increasing prevalence of cancer across the world, growing safety awareness among people working in radiation-prone environments, rising safety concerns following the Fukushima disaster, expanding security budgets of global sporting events, increase in the number of PET/CT scans, growing usage of nuclear medicine and radiation therapy for diagnosis and treatment, and use of drones for radiation monitoring. However, nuclear energy alternatives such as renewable energy, nuclear power phase-out, and shortage of nuclear power workforce, are likely to limit the market growth. More...
07 Jun 2018
Image: A screenshot from Transpara mammography reading software (Photo courtesy of ScreenPoint Medical).

Siemens Healthineers and ScreenPoint Medical to Develop AI-Based Apps

Siemens Healthineers and ScreenPoint Medical have entered into a partnership to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based applications for breast imaging. As part of the arrangement, Siemens Healthineers will also acquire a strategic minority stake in ScreenPoint Medical. More...
06 Jun 2018

Qure.ai Partners with Teleradiology Solutions for Smarter Diagnoses

Healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) provider, Qure.ai has partnered with Teleradiology Solutions and Telerad Tech to enable smarter and faster diagnoses of X-ray and CT scan data, and reduce costs. More...
06 Jun 2018

Algorithms to Enhance Approach for Detecting Tumors

Case Western Reserve University has entered into a collaboration with the Quantum team at Microsoft to use the power of quantum computing for improving patient care. CWRU will use Microsoft’s quantum-inspired algorithms to enhance their approach to detecting cancerous tumors. More...
06 Jun 2018
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