How AI improves cancer detection rates | Imaging data links obesity to changes in the brain

Artificial intelligence-based computer-aided detection (AI-CAD) software can help radiologists detect more cancers when interpreting mammograms, according to a new study published in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

Higher levels of body fat are linked to changes in the brain, including differences in white matter and reductions in gray matter volume, according to new findings published in Radiology.

Arizona-based Banner Health and Radiology Partners announced Tuesday, April 23, that they have signed an agreement to provide imaging services in the metro Phoenix area. The new enterprise will be known as Banner Imaging.

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas has gained FDA clearance for its Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR) imaging technology, which can capture movement and track changes in the body over time.

NorthStar Medical Technologies has closed a $100 million round of financing to help the company expand its production capacity for molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), improve its RadioGenix System separation platform and pursue growth in research and development.

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies have the potential to dramatically change healthcare and could impact the practice of radiology in a number of ways.

The unassailable understanding that the best way to stop Alzheimer’s disease is to diagnose it early gives radiology a strategically pivotal role now that drug companies are balking over reseahing and developing treatments.