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GE Healthcare to Acquire BK Medical

Waukesha, Wis.-based GE Healthcare has agreed to acquire Boston-based surgical visualization company BK Medical from Altaris Capital Partners for $1.45 billion in cash.

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SIIM, FISABIO, and RSNA Recognize Winners of the COVID-19 Detection and Localization Challenge on Kaggle

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), in partnership with The Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), announce the official results of their joint machine learning challenge .

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AJR Publishes Consensus Definitions, Interpretation Templates for MRI of Defecatory Pelvic Floor Disorders

In a multisociety endorsed American Journal of Roentgenology article, the 24 members of the Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium Working Group on MRI reached consensus regarding many clinically relevant considerations for performing, interpreting, and reporting MR defecography.

Radiology Products

Radialis Medical Submits FDA 510(k) Premarket Notification for Organ-Targeted PET Camera

Ontario, Canada-based Radialis Medical announces that it has submitted a U.S. FDA 510(k) premarket notification for the Radialis PET Camera, an organ-targeted PET system.

Imaging Equipment

Engineer Builds His Own X-Ray After Hospital Charges Him $69K

With nearly one-third of working Americans facing healthcare debt, the thought of an unexpected medical bill can cause anxiety in many people. But few—if any—would take the approach that William Osman recently did.

Market Trends

Mayo, Google Research Develop New AI Algorithm to Improve Brain Stimulation Devices to Treat Disease

For millions of people with epilepsy and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, electrical stimulation of the brain already is widening treatment possibilities. In the future, electrical stimulation may help people with psychiatric illness and direct brain injuries, such as stroke.

Management & Staffing

Longstanding Collaboration Renewed for Continued Production of the SNOMED CT-DICOM Freeset

SNOMED International and DICOM have formally extended their longstanding agreement to publish a SNOMED CT Freeset of coded concepts in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, or DICOM, Standard.

Imaging Insights

Real-Time Tumor Tracking Delivers High Cure Rates, Decreased Side Effects for Cancer Patients

Image-guided radiation therapy has evolved to include the ability to track tumors in real time during treatment. It’s improving cure rates and limiting side effects for a growing number of cancer patients. Learn how here.

Imaging News

ACR Announces Retirement of Diane Dunne

The American College of Radiology (ACR) announces that Diane Dunne, vice president of marketing, public affairs and communications, will retire on Friday, September 17.