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Hologic-launches-trident-r-hd-specimen-radiography-system-in-united-states-canada-and-europe

2019 26 Apr

Company expands breast specimen imaging portfolio and leadership in breast cancer diagnosis and care. Hologic, Inc.  today announced global commercial availability of the Trident ®  HD specimen radiography system, a next-generation solution that delivers enhanced image quality, improved workflow and instant sample verification during...Read more

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Neural-network-trained-to-interpret-chest-x-rays

2018 07 Nov

Researchers in the United States trained a convolutional neural network (CNN) – a deep learning technique – to detect signs of pneumonia in chest x-rays from three large U.S. hospital systems, individually and in combination. Overall, the researchers found that the CNN models showed a significant reduction in accuracy when tested on data from outside...Read more

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Radiologist-assistants-in-the-united-states-here-to-stay

2015 27 Jul

Advanced roles for radiology technicians/ radiographers have been defined in a number of countries, including the UK, Australia and the United States, where the roles of radiologist assistants (RA) were first defined in 2002. A radiologist assistant (RA) is defined as "an advanced level radiographer who could take responsibility for patient assessment,...Read more