Professional Associations

This page includes news coverage of medical associations and medical societies. Use these links to find focused news coverage from specific organizations: Cardiology Associations, Healthcare Associations, Radiology Associations.

Siemens Somatom Pro Pulse dual-energy, low cost CT system was unveiled at RSNA 2023 and is being aimed at the rising purchases of cardiac CT scanners. Photo by Dave Fornell. #RSNA #RSNA23 #RSNA2023

FDA clears Siemens compact, air-cooled CT machine

The Somatom Pro.Pulse consumes 20% less energy than water-cooled units.

December 19, 2023
Attendees lined up to get photos in front of the large logo at RSNA 2023. Photo by Dave Fornell

RSNA 2023 sees attendance uptick but still lags pre-COVID numbers

With a theme of “Leading Through Change,” radiology’s flagship conference featured more than 850 research papers, 1,400 scientific posters and 1,600 educational exhibits. 

December 19, 2023
Video of Nasir Siddiqui, MD, chair of radiology at Duly Health and Care, explaining how outpatient CT has improv e Duly's ability to serve patients. #GE #RSNA #ESNA23 #RSNA2023

Use of AI-driven CT workflows in outpatient imaging to better serve patients

Nasir Siddiqui, MD, chair of radiology at Duly Health and Care, explains how the suburban Chicago company uses computed tomography to more effectively treat its customers.

December 18, 2023
SimonMed

Imaging chain dramatically improves diagnosis of fractures with AI

SimonMed achieved an 82% improvement in X-ray reading time using the technology. 

December 15, 2023
João Cavalcante, MD, Minneapolis Heart Institute, spoke at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2023 meeting to try and get more radiologists interested in cardiac imaging to help fill the rising need for cardiac imagers on structural heart teams and a growing number of other types of heart and acute care teams.

Filling the crucial role of multimodality imagers on the heart team

João Cavalcante, MD, spoke at RSNA 2023 about key topics and tried to get more radiologists interested in cardiac imaging.

December 15, 2023
AI applications developed by Annalise.ai and commercialized outside the U.S. The company is working on gaining FDA for these and had several FDA clearances granted this past year. Photo by Dave Fornell. #RSNA #RSNA23 #RSNA2023

FDA has now cleared 700 AI healthcare algorithms, more than 76% in radiology

Medical imaging makes up 76% of all the FDA-cleared artificial intelligence clinical algorithms used for direct patient care.

December 13, 2023
Entry way to the RSNA artificial intelligence showcase. Photo by Dave Fornell. #RSNA #RSNA23 #RSNA2023 orthopedic imaging

RSNA unveils the 10 most cited Radiology studies of 2023

ChatGPT was a popular topic among readers of the Radiological Society of North America's flagship scientific journal. 

December 13, 2023
Video of Dhruv Mehta explaining the two new Canon AI-enabled CT systems launched at the 2023 RSNA. #CanonMedical #RSNA #RSNA23 #RSNA2023

Canon launches two new AI-based CT systems

The company unveiled its latest computed tomography systems at RSNA 2023, aiming to address staffing shortages and improve image quality. 

December 12, 2023

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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