diagnostic imaging

Patient undergoing an MRI
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:13 pm September 5, 2024
AI-powered medical imaging company Subtle Medical was awarded Phase II funding in a NIH small business innovation research (SBIR) grant to expand its SubtleSYNTH technology into brain imaging. The company received FDA approval for generating synthetic short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images (SynthSTIRs) from previously-acquired T1 and T2 weighted contrasts in spinal imaging.  According to the...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration sign in front of a building
By  Jessica Hagen 12:22 pm May 3, 2024
Philips received a warning letter from the FDA in February, which the Agency posted on Tuesday, stating that an inspection of the tech giant's manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China, that makes CT and ultrasonography systems revealed it was not in compliance with the Quality System Regulation's good manufacturing requirements. The FDA said an inspection of the facility in October showed the...
GE HealthCare diagnostic imaging machine
By  Nathan Eddy 04:35 pm November 29, 2023
GE HealthCare is leveraging AI and data integration technologies to help tackle the rapidly increasing volume of patient data and working to optimize the application of these two tech tools in patient care in announcing 40 new innovations at RSNA23.  The company's central strategy is to integrate AI into its precision care framework, encompassing smart devices, targeted therapies, disease-...
Person lying just outside an MRI machine with a red scanning light on their face
By  Jessica Hagen 12:07 pm November 28, 2023
Royal Philips made several announcements at RSNA23 in Chicago yesterday, including the release of its next-generation AI-enabled advanced visualization workspace, its AI Manager and the BlueSeal MR Mobile Unit. The company's visualization workspace for health systems is an AI-powered offering aimed at improving workflows using a single platform for multiple modalities. The company said it helps...
A baby in bed
By  Adam Ang 05:19 am November 18, 2021
Engineers from the University of South Australia and Iraq-based Middle Technical University have developed an imaging system to diagnose jaundice in newborn babies. WHAT IT DOES The said tool can detect newborn jaundice within a second, automatically turning on a blue LED phototherapy to treat it and then sending a diagnosis to carers. Treatment is triggered once it detects that the level of a...
Desktop view of the Lunit INSIGHT CXR
By  Adam Ang 11:08 pm November 8, 2021
South Korean startup Lunit has signed a reference site agreement with RadLink, a Singapore-based private diagnostic and molecular imaging service provider under the Fullerton Health Group. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Lunit's AI software for chest x-ray and mammography – Lunit INSIGHT CXR and Lunit INSIGHT MMG – are being introduced at RadLink. Both AI-powered products detect lesions on radiographs that may...
A sketch of Vexev's tomographic ultrasound robot
By  Adam Ang 04:26 am September 15, 2021
Vexev, an Australian medical technology startup, has emerged from stealth to introduce what they are claiming as the world's first tomographic ultrasound robot. Founded in 2018, Vexev is on a mission to introduce innovative imaging diagnostic tools. The startup received its first investments from one of Australia's biggest venture capitalists, Blackbird Ventures. WHAT IT'S ABOUT According to a...
By  Thiru Gunasegaran 04:42 am June 3, 2021
Chinese medical device maker Mindray launches new diagnostic ultrasound system Shenzhen-listed medical devices developer Mindray has introduced its latest imaging diagnostic ultrasound system called Resona I9. In a press release, the company said the new device features a customisable control panel, foldable structure to a height of one meter, extended battery life and a "silent" design. It also...
By  Dean Koh 01:10 am February 21, 2020
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 virus in China, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (SPHCC) has been actively mobilizing other parties to use the latest tech in the fight against the virus. Through the joint effort of SPHCC and Yitu Healthcare, a Shanghai-based AI startup, the Intelligent Evaluation System of Chest CT for COVID-19 was officially launched on 28 January.  HOW IT WORKS The system...
By  Bernie Monegain 12:49 pm May 18, 2017
Boston-based Partners HealthCare on Wednesday said it plans to integrate deep learning technology from GE Healthcare across its network. The 10-year collaboration will involve Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Clinical Data Science. The initiative will feature co-located, multidisciplinary teams with broad access to data, computational infrastructure and...