RSNA 2013: Samsung Displaying Full Healthcare Equipment Portfolio
Samsung invites RSNA attendees to discover new healthcare experience via the company’s full portfolio of healthcare equipment including CT, Digital... Read more
RSNA 2013: MRI Technique Shows Low Brain Iron in ADHD Patients
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive way to measure iron levels in the brains of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder... Read more
RSNA 2013: Energy Drinks Affect Heart Function
Healthy adults who consumed energy drinks high in caffeine and taurine had significantly increased heart contraction rates one hour later, according... Read more
RNSA 2013: Accelerated Image Comparison from Blackford Analysis
First-time exhibitor Blackford Analysis is showing its innovative new software products, which are already showing dramatic productivity improvements... Read more
RSNA 2013: Gain Power from Partnership, Says RSNA President Sarah Donaldson
RSNA President Sarah Donaldson opened the 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting with an address on the power of partnership. As a radiation... Read more
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Ultrasound to detect secondary brain injury
When a patient suffers from traumatic brain injury (TBI), there aren’t many treatment options available to physicians, and a team of engineers and emergency medicine physicians decided they could make a strong contribution if they joined forces. Funded by the Massey Grand Challenge, the team built an ultrasound system to detect secondary brain injury,... Read more
What does it mean to scan medicine and life with a radiologist gaze?
I find this question particularly interesting. This is the phrase I use to define my Twitter profile, @Vilavaite. I really believe analysing reality with the sight of a radiologist has distinctive features. First, we radiologists see beyond the surface of things. We are used to seeing the inside of our patients' bodies and in everyday life that... Read more
Non-compliant and counterfeit medical devices
Whilst sitting on the beach in some sunny clime you have probably witnessed the annoying presence of the “knock off” watch, phone charger or handbag salespeople. While they may be irritating, we probably give little thought to the impact that these individuals are having on the original brands. You might even make a purchase, accepting the fact that the... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Breast Ultrasound
2016 23 Jul
Samsung Applies Deep Learning from Big Data in World-FirstThe Samsung RS80A with Prestige premium ultrasound device now includes S-Detect™, which applies deep learning to breast lesion analysis using ultrasound.Background Breast ultrasound can be hard to read and interpret and the reader may experience fatigue and attention lapses. Computer-aided diagnosis... Read more
Telemedicine – a new model for pre-hospital ultrasound?
2017 28 Nov
FUJIFILM SonoSite’s M-Turbo point-of-care (POC) ultrasound systems will soon be providing pre-hospital diagnostics across the Scottish Highlands as part of the innovative SatCare trial. This study aims to combine POC ultrasound and advanced communications to enable remote image interpretation and decision making for a range of time-critical conditions. The... Read more
Regional Healthcare Initiatives in the UK: An Opportunity For Silo-Busting & Integrated Diagnostics
2017 02 May
Health authorities in the UK are developing regional initiatives to make significant improvement to health and care. The needs look beyond departmental and organizational boundaries, focusing on the needs of the local population.[1] (These initiatives are called STPs, sustainability and transformational plans). In this article, Chris Scarisbrick, Sectra... Read more
From Our Journals
Putting healthcare food waste in the spotlight
Food waste at hospitals can be recognised and addressed An Irish h... Read more
From command and control to modern approaches to leadership
Historical command and control approaches to leadership fail in building... Read more
Click, like, retweet: healthcare reputation online
Making social media work for your organisationLeading healthcare social... Read more
Critical Care in Canada
Interview With Professor Claudio Martin, President, Canadian Critical Care... Read more
Lactate Monitoring in the ICU
The use of lactate measurements in critically ill patients has steadily... Read more
Arnaud Hansske
Founder and CIO of the Kashmir Lab, France Read more
Highlighted Products
Sectra VNA
Sectra offers solutions for capturing, storing and accessing virtually all images, video, audio and documents. Sectra VNA allows you to consolidate image handling, while ensuring clinical workflow efficiency, growth management and business continuity...
M9 Hand-Carried Ultrasound System
Based on Mindray's new generation ultrasound platform, mQuadro, M9 has raised the industry standards to an all new level. Advanced signal transmission and reception processors provide highly sensitive and accurate echo detection. Innovative transducer...
Sectra Reporting
Sectra's reporting module, developed with complex oncology cases in mind, facilitates overview of relevant priors together with the current request and report text. It also offers support for resident workflows and embedded links to images in the rep...
3Dimensions™ Mammography System
Breast Tomosynthesis
The new 3Dimensions™ Mammography System matches the unrivaled performance of our 3D Mammography™ exam, which is more accurate than conventional 2D mammograms, detecting 20-65% more invasive breast cancers.Breakthrough improvements transform the patient...