Company Combines Diverse Imaging Portfolio with Commitment to Continued Innovation

Ireland is using its first mobile x-ray unit to test homeless people throughout Dublin for tuberculosis.

Though it’s not yet approved for use in clinical trials, research out of the University of Cambridge has found that computed tomography of the joints could be a more accurate, less invasive alternative to x-ray for monitoring patients with arthritis.

Strategic Radiology announced Thursday, June 14, that South Bend, Indiana-based X-Ray Consultants has joined its coalition of private practice radiologists.

Israeli medical imaging startup Zebra Medical Vision has raised $30 million series C venture capital funds to create artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools for radiologists. At present, Zebra has raised a total of $50 million in funds.

Qure.ai, a San Mateo, California-based healthcare startup focused on artificial intelligence (AI), announced that its qXR chest x-ray system has received CE certification.

Radiology residents are able to adequately detect an abnormal chest x-ray (CXR) from a normal one, according to research published in Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, but the demographic lacks a theoretical background in CXR that would improve those residents’ abilities to make an accurate diagnosis.

Technologists, with proper postgraduate training, can interpret chest x-rays at a level comparable to radiologists, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology.