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Merge unveils next gen web portal
Merge Healthcare unveiled today a zero-client software platform, FusionWeb, that promises to allow easy access by referring physicians to patient information, procedure reports and digital images. With FusionWeb, hospitals and imaging centers can include diagnostic images as part of a patient’s electronic medical record regardless of browser type, operating platform or security policies. The zero client software works without the need to install or maintain special visualization devices or software plug-ins. Anyone with a secured logon can access work lists and images, according to Merge. The new platform is based on Merge’s Cedara WebAccess technology. It can be bundled with the company’s Fusion RIS and PACS products.
Novel PET agent begins testing
Lantheus Medical Imaging has begun a Phase 1 clinical study to assess the safety, dosimetry, and tolerability of a novel PET radiotracer designed to identify patients at risk of fatal arrhythmia. The F-18 agent, dubbed LMI1195, is designed to visually indicate cardiac neuronal function. Done on healthy subjects, the Phase 1 study will attempt to estimate the radiation dosimetry of LMI1195, as well as evaluate the safety and patient tolerability of the tracer. Investigators will also gather pharmacokinetic and metabolic data, and assess PET imaging parameters and image quality.
Siemens DR buoys charity
Siemens’ donation of a digital radiography system has put $285,000 in the coffers of the Children’s Health Fund. Siemens donated a new Ysio to the Fund, which ran an online auction won by John T. Mather Memorial Hospital. The Port Jefferson, NY, hospital this week presented a check for its winning bid to the national organization dedicated to provide health care for homeless and medically disadvantaged children and advocating on behalf of all children.
MRI-Based AI Radiomics Model Offers 'Robust' Prediction of Perineural Invasion in Prostate Cancer
July 26th 2024A model that combines MRI-based deep learning radiomics and clinical factors demonstrated an 84.8 percent ROC AUC and a 92.6 percent precision-recall AUC for predicting perineural invasion in prostate cancer cases.
Breast MRI Study Examines Common Factors with False Negatives and False Positives
July 24th 2024The absence of ipsilateral breast hypervascularity is three times more likely to be associated with false-negative findings on breast MRI and non-mass enhancement lesions have a 4.5-fold likelihood of being linked to false-positive results, according to new research.
Can Polyenergetic Reconstruction Help Resolve Streak Artifacts in Photon Counting CT?
July 22nd 2024New research looking at photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) demonstrated significantly reduced variation and tracheal air density attenuation with polyenergetic reconstruction in contrast to monoenergetic reconstruction on chest CT.