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1 week ago | 
auntminnieeurope.com | Erik L. Ridley |Maryam Payne |Kelly Patrick |Vlad Kozynchenko
In a move aimed at expanding its breast imaging AI capabilities, imaging services provider RadNet has completed a deal to purchase AI software developer iCAD in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $103 million (€90.5 million). RadNet will integrate iCAD into its wholly owned AI subsidiary DeepHealth. ICAD’s ProFound HealthSuite offers AI-based breast cancer detection capability for both 2D and 3D mammography as well as breast density assessment.
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1 week ago | 
auntminnieeurope.com | Erik L. Ridley |Maryam Payne |Kelly Patrick |Vlad Kozynchenko
The Peninsula imaging network (PenRAD) has become the first U.K. imaging group to deploy Qure.ai’s AI-powered software for chest CT (qCT). The product, which is part of Qure.ai’s AI-based lung cancer suite for chest x-ray and CT, is designed to detect, measure, and track lung nodules, which may be indicative of lung cancer.
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1 week ago | 
auntminnieeurope.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Erik L. Ridley |Maryam Payne |Kelly Patrick
Lungscreen Australia has adopted Annalise.ai’s clinical decision-support technology to provide its radiologists with AI tools with the goal of faster, more accurate diagnostics, according to the organization. The deployment of Annalise Enterprise CXR aims to help Lungscreen Australia improve diagnostic accuracy, streamline radiology workflows, and ensure faster, more precise lung disease detection for patients across the country.
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1 week ago | 
auntminnieeurope.com | Maryam Payne |Matt Limb
In a new manifesto, the U.K. Association of Healthcare Technology Providers for Imaging, Radiotherapy and Care (AXREM) has outlined the plans and priorities of its Imaging IT Special Focus Group. The four-page document highlights challenges faced by all healthcare IT providers and all National Health Service (NHS) trusts and health boards, according to Bob Childe, AXREM Imaging IT convenor.
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1 week ago | 
auntminnieeurope.com | Erik L. Ridley |Maryam Payne |Kelly Patrick |Vlad Kozynchenko
AI-guided point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can accurately detect tuberculosis (TB), according to research presented April 14 at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) conference in Vienna, Austria. In her presentation, Véronique Suttels, PhD, from Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland discussed her team’s findings, showing that AI POCUS interpretation fulfills requirements by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a nonsputum TB triage test.
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2 weeks ago | 
auntminnieeurope.com | Liz Carey |Maryam Payne |Philip Ward |Frances Rylands-Monk
The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has produced a video to elaborate on the changes to the CR2B examination that are due to take effect in June 2025. RCR announced the changes last December. The aim is to make sure the exam remains a fair and robust way to assess the knowledge and skills required across the curriculum at the expected level of competence.
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2 weeks ago | 
auntminnieeurope.com | Will Morton |Philip Ward |Maryam Payne |Amerigo Allegretto
The German Roentgen Society (DRG) has highlighted the role modern radiology plays in the diagnosis and treatment of people with hearing problems. "Advances in radiological imaging have revolutionized the diagnosis of hearing problems. Today, we can detect diseases of the inner ear earlier and more precisely, which enables targeted therapy," noted Dr. Sönke Langner, chairman of the DRG’s Head and Neck Radiology Working Group, in a blog post.
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2 weeks ago | 
auntminnie.com | Sandy Coffta |Liz Carey |Maryam Payne
Health-related social needs (HRSNs) can lead to missed imaging appointments among cancer patients, according to a study published April 7 in the Journal of the American College of Roentgenology. The complexity of health-related social needs can negatively affect patient care, wrote a team led by Angelica Gordon, MD, of the University of California, Irvine. "HRSNs comprise a complex system of factors affecting patients and their families," the group noted.
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3 weeks ago | 
auntminnieeurope.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Philip Ward |Maryam Payne |Frances Rylands-Monk
ORLANDO -- Sonographers on Earth can take a page or two from astronauts who use ultrasound in space, according to presentations given at the 2025 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual convention. In their talks, Leroy Chiao, PhD, and Dr. Scott Dulchavsky, PhD, from Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan discussed ultrasound’s utility in micro-gravity environments such as aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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3 weeks ago | 
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Maryam Payne |Will Morton
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation has announced the launch of the SIR Foundation Endowment and bestowed awards at its annual meeting in Nashville, TN. The inaugural endowment was granted during the society's annual meeting being held between March 29 and April 2. The first gift to the endowment was made by Barry Katzen, MD, founder and medical director of Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Florida, and his wife Judith Katzen.
