radiology

Two healthcare providers looking at diagnostic images
By  Jessica Hagen 05:37 pm July 24, 2024
Microsoft announced it is partnering with Mass General Brigham, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and its health system UW Health to research and innovate advanced radiology-focused multimodal AI foundation models and develop medical imaging copilot applications. Mass General Brigham, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and UW Health will work with Microsoft to...
Person lying down preparing to roll into a diagnostic imaging machine
By  Jessica Hagen 12:46 pm July 1, 2024
GenAI radiology workflow company Rad AI and Bayer announced a collaboration to bring Rad AI's technology to the multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company's Calantic Digital Solution customers. Calantic is a vendor-neutral cloud-based marketplace of AI-enabled radiology apps aimed at automating routine radiology tasks.  California-based Rad AI offers radiologists generative AI tools...
A patient accessing the Manage My Health portal
By  Adam Ang 11:14 pm March 3, 2022
Manage My Health adds patient diary feature for recording symptoms New Zealand-based Manage My Health has recently launched a new diary feature on its patient portal to enable remote monitoring of patients' symptoms. The My Health Diary function is where patients fill out information about their symptoms, including self-monitored blood pressure, oxygen levels, and other indicators like fever and...
A medical professional looks at images while a patient receives a CT scan in the background
By  Emily Olsen 01:18 pm February 18, 2022
Radiology startup Sirona Medical is acquiring the AI capabilities and some personnel from fellow radiology-focused company Nines. The deal includes Nines' clinical data pipeline, machine learning engines, AI-enabled workflow management and analytics tools, but not the company's teleradiology business. Some personnel will also be moving to Sirona, including chief revenue officer Maureen Bradford....
Baheya Foundation, GE Healthcare, radiology, AI
By  Rachel McArthur 09:42 am February 14, 2022
Baheya Foundation – an Egyptian non-profit that provides breast cancer treatment free of charge – has partnered with GE Healthcare to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve outcomes in patients. According to GE Healthcare, it is working with the foundation and its hospital to “develop and validate the use of AI to assess and predict the response of neoadjuvant therapy” in...
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By  Laura Lovett 02:43 pm November 10, 2021
Radiology-focused startup Sirona Medical has scored $40 million in Series B funding. GreatPoint Venture led the round with participation from Rose Park Advisors, Avidity Partners, 8VC and Global Founder Capital.  This funding round comes just months after the company announced a $22.5 million Series A. Today the company’s total funding is roughly $62.5 million.  WHAT IT DOES The company created a...
Businesspeople shaking hands
By  Emily Olsen 01:08 pm November 8, 2021
Israeli imaging company Nanox announced Monday it completed its merger with Zebra Medical Vision, now rebranded as Nanox.AI, for approximately $110 million in stock, with the ability to earn an additional $84 million in stock based on performance. Nanox also wrapped up the acquisition of teleradiology provider USARAD Holdings and its affiliated company MDWEB, which offers a marketplace for...
A woman sitting with her back to the camera on a hospital bed
By  Emily Olsen 01:35 pm October 26, 2021
AI-enabled imaging company Aidoc is partnering with ScreenPoint Medical, the maker of an AI product for 2D and 3D mammography. The collaboration will allow Aidoc to integrate ScreenPoint’s tech into its platform, which Aidoc positioned as the “natural next step” in providing a practice-wide radiology tool. ScreenPoint’s algorithm assists radiologists in assessing 2D and 3D mammograms. This, the...
Two radiologists examining an x-ray image
By  Adam Ang 03:05 am September 14, 2021
Nuance Communications, a US-based developer of conversational AI tools for healthcare, has made available its AI-enabled radiology solutions – PowerScribe One reporting platform and mPower Clinical Analytics – in Australia and New Zealand. WHAT THEY DO PowerScribe One, a platform that combines conversational and cognitive AI and real-time communications, uses context-aware natural language...
COVID-19 test
By  Sara Mageit 07:26 am April 9, 2021
DACADOO AND DIG ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP IN LIFESTYLE INSURANCE Swiss health tech and insurtech company, dacadoo and Amsterdam-based Digital Insurance Group (DIG) are partnering up to expand their set of insurtech solutions for banking, insurance and brokers. Using a new quote & buy products set to improve the underwriting process for life operators, the partnership aims to establish real-time...