Notable names in the news: From Butterfly to ViewRay and a few in between
Radiology business developments that broke softly this week but may soon make waves:
Butterfly Network files motion to dismiss claims in a patent infringement lawsuit brought in March by Fujifilm Sonosite (Aug. 8).
GE Healthcare and Nex Cubed pick six medical AI startups from five countries to inaugurate the Edison Accelerator in Canada (Aug. 9).
Hologic re-wins multimillion-dollar federal court decision against Minerva over patent infringement (Aug. 11).
Milliman allies with Turquoise Health on decipherment and dissemination of healthcare price data (Aug. 2).
Mindray debuts new AI-equipped point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system (Aug. 9).
Nvidia introduces AI compression toolset for fast rendering of voluminous 3D imaging data in healthcare, defense and other industries (Aug. 9).
RSNA and SIIM announce forthcoming resumption of the National Imaging Informatics Course-Radiology, aka “NIIC-RAD” (Aug. 8).
Scanslated partners with Duke Health to deliver consumer-friendly radiology reports to patients at Duke hospitals and outpatient imaging centers (Aug. 11).
Seno Medical motors across the U.S. to demonstrate its breast imaging system for breast-care providers (Aug. 9).
Siemens Healthineers smile as Swiss researchers use a Somatom scanner to image the tusk of a 17,000-year-old woolly mammoth (Aug. 9).
Strategic Radiology onboards its first member group from Louisiana, Baton Rouge-based Southern Radiology Consultants (Aug. 11).
ViewRay moves headquarters from Oakwood Village, Ohio, to Denver (Aug. 8).
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