Search Tag: Diagnostic

IMAGING Management

Advancing-cancer-care-maria-sklodowska-curie-institute-adopts-umi780-pet-ct-technology

2023 07 Sep

Located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology is a leading centre for cancer research and treatment with over 85 years of distinguished tradition. A beacon of modern oncological care, the centre comprises 13 highly specialised departments, each dedicated to providing the highest level of...Read more

Women's Health

Advancing-cancer-care-maria-sklodowska-curie-institute-adopts-umi780-pet-ct-technology

2023 07 Sep

Located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology is a leading centre for cancer research and treatment with over 85 years of distinguished tradition. A beacon of modern oncological care, the centre comprises 13 highly specialised departments, each dedicated to providing the highest level of...Read more

IMAGING Management

Psma-spect-ct-in-prostate-cancer

2023 10 Mar

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Health Management

The-current-state-of-ai-in-diagnostic-imaging-and-how-to-improve-its-clinical-value

2022 08 Jul

More well-curated data, external validation of algorithms, and user-friendly workflow integration will help translate the potential of AI into clinical routine. Key Points Representative data sets and external validation are key issues for AI algorithms to become more accurate and generalisable. Machine learning is not only...Read more

Decision Support

Ai-rad-companion-providing-multi-modality-imaging-decision-support

2021 12 Oct

The AI-Rad Companion, our family of AI-powered, augmented workflow solutions, helps you to reduce the burden of basic repetitive tasks and may increase your diagnostic precision when interpreting medical images. Its solutions provide automatic post-processing of imaging datasets through our AI-powered algorithms. The automation of routine workflows...Read more

IMAGING Management

Fear-of-ai-dissuading-students-from-specialising-in-radiology

2019 19 Nov

Increasing use of artificial intelligence in radiology maybe beneficial in terms of workflow efficiency, but AI seems to dissuade medical students from choosing imaging as their speciality.   A survey study, carried out by Swiss researchers, indicates that medical trainees regard AI as a potential threat to diagnostic radiology, making...Read more

Executive Health Management

Medical-fair-asia-2020

2020 09 Dec

The 13th edition of MEDICAL FAIR ASIA originally scheduled for 9-11 September 2020 will be postponed to the last quarter of the year; 9-18 December 2020. Now a virtual event Read more

IMAGING Management

Growing-student-interest-in-radiology-amidst-ai-fears

2019 06 Feb

The importance of artificial intelligence ( AI ) is ever increasing in healthcare, especially in enhancing the accuracy of diagnostic tools and disease risk predictive models. Radiology is said to be among the medical specialities most primed to incorporate AI into clinician workflow. It's no wonder that conversations about AI replacing radiologists...Read more

IT Management

Ensign-group-usa

2016 15 Nov

The Ensign Group provides skilled nursing and assisted living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, home health and hospice services, and other rehabilitative, healthcare and diagnostic services for both long-term residents and short-stay rehabilitation patients at 119 post-acute, assisted living and seniors housing facilities, nine...Read more

IMAGING Management

Jmirs-many-still-not-fully-aware-of-dose-risk-from-ct-scans

2016 27 Jun

A survey of about 300 healthcare professionals in Canada found that radiologists and technologists generally had better knowledge than referring physicians when it comes to radiation dose levels and potential risk. The aim of the study, published in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences ( JMIRS ) was to identify that there...Read more

IMAGING Management

Diagnostics-to-drive-ultrasound-market-to-6-86-bln-by-2020

2016 07 Apr

The value of the global ultrasound market is expected to reach $6.86 bln by 2020 from an estimated $5.25 bln in 2015, at an annual rate of 5.5 percent, due mainly to ongoing technological advancements, increasing public-private investments and growing demand for minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. However, a market study...Read more

IMAGING Management

Warsaw-mummy-project-did-cancer-exist-in-the-ancient-world

2016 10 Mar

This interdisciplinary science project, launched in Affidea Polska's Otwock Centre, explores the secrets of the unopened sarcophagus of an ancient Egyptian mummy and 41 other artefacts and has captured the imagination of thousands across time TV coverage in Poland and even been featured on the BBC news website, sees teams of scientists working with...Read more

IMAGING Management

Another-first-vetscan-opens-in-hungary

2016 08 Mar

This month in Hungary, Affidea (known locally as Diagnoscan) has opened the country’s first ever diagnostic centre dedicated entirely to animals! The cantre, known as VetScan, has a powerful 1.5T MRI machine geared specifically towards the scanning of smaller animals. This novel innovation scanning of will provide unique, professional diagnostic services for...Read more