Imaging Informatics

Imaging informatics (also known as radiology informatics, a component of wider medical or healthcare informatics) includes systems to transfer images and radiology data between radiologists, referring physicians, patients and the entire enterprise. This includes picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), wider enterprise image systems, radiology information. systems (RIS), connections to share data with the electronic medical record (EMR), and software to enable advanced visualization, reporting, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, exam ordering, clinical decision support, dictation, and remote image sharing and viewing systems.

Carestream scores FDA approval for two new imaging technologies

Those include the company’s cost-conscious Focus 35C Detector and its Dual-Energy imaging application, which uses two filter materials to automatically switch between high- and low-energy exposures. 

November 20, 2019

EHR ‘nudges’ get docs to boost cancer screening orders, but patient follow through lags

Typically, primary care doctors must manually check the EHR to figure out whether a patient is eligible for a screening, but that step often gets lost during the course of a busy day.

November 18, 2019

Company tries image crowdsourcing to speed up AI’s proliferation in radiology

Presagen announced Oct. 30 the launch of its AI Open Projects platform, a tool that allows radiology practices worldwide to share images and help to build AI products that are “robust, scalable and unbiased.” 

November 1, 2019

Geisinger launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ system to allow open access to past breast exams

Those involved said that such access is crucial for early cancer detection, and will hopefully help to avoid any unnecessary, duplicative testing in the future. 

November 1, 2019

Imaging informaticists play a crucial role in implementing AI

Imaging informaticists can make a big impact on AI strategies, according to a new analysis published in Academic Radiology.

October 25, 2019

Brain scan images can be used to identify patients

Commercially available face recognition software accurately identified patient’s based solely on their brain MRI scans. The findings suggest more resources must be put into securing imaging data.

October 24, 2019
Evolution

Advanced imaging reveals human evolution from the neck up

Using CT to image skulls of humans, chimpanzees and gorillas, and tapping MRI to render brain volumes and structures, scientists in Switzerland have uncovered new clues to the trajectory of human evolution.

October 16, 2019

MITA rolls out new standard to help radiologists cyber-safeguard devices

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) is giving radiologists an assist in efforts to address device-related cybersecurity concerns at their practices. 

October 9, 2019

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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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