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Claritas Partners with Google Cloud on Radiology Platform

The tRad platform lets patients have online access to their radiology images and clinical reports and communicate with their doctors.

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Radiology Researchers Create 3D-Printed Nasal Swab for COVID-19 Testing

In response to the critical shortage of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Radiology at University of South Florida Health in Tampa set out to design, validate, and create NP swabs using a point-of-care 3D printer.

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Mission Accomplished

Mike Ryan at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Midwest Healthcare Network—also known as VISN23—is proud of his team’s work on deploying a “deconstructed PACS” across the network’s 11 facilities. Still, Ryan, who is informatics coordinator of the imaging service line, would rather talk about the honor of working with his fellow VA employees to “serve those who have served.”

Radiology Products

IMS Announces CloudVue, Integration with Microsoft’s Medical Imaging Server for DICOM

International Medical Solutions (IMS), a Microsoft partner, announces a technology that will enable radiologists and other healthcare clinicians to access, view, and share their medical images that have been ingested into the cloud using Microsoft's Medical Imaging Server for DICOM.

Imaging Equipment

Hyperfine Initiates Program Using Portable MRI To Identify Infant Brain Injury

An initiative will deploy Swoop portable MRI systems to low-income countries with high incidence of birth asphyxia and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Market Trends

Avicenna.AI, Canon Link Up for AI Stroke Detection

Medical imaging artificial intelligence specialist Avicenna.AI has inked a deal with Canon Medical Systems Corp. to provide a fully integrated stroke detection AI solution for Canon’s Automation Platform.

Management & Staffing

Study Finds That 41% of Radiologists Changed Jobs Over Four Years

A new study showed that nearly 20% of radiologists separated from a practice in a single year, indicating that radiology is impacted by broader workforce trends toward job hopping.

Imaging Insights

Densitas, Mammography Educators, Link Up for AI-Powered Telehealth Training Platform

Densitas announces its partnership with Mammography Educators to offer the first artificial intelligence-powered telehealth technologist training platform to support business continuity in mammography facilities.

Imaging News

Radiation Oncologists Urge Congress to Advance Bills That Protect Patient Access to Cancer Care during COVID-19

Radiation oncologists across the country will meet virtually with members of Congress this week to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that will safeguard access to high-quality, value-based healthcare for people with cancer.