American Shared Hospital Services mourns passing of CEO
American Shared Hospital Services (ASHS) is mourning the sudden passing of its CEO, Peter Gaccione.
Gaccione was named CEO in March 2023 after serving briefly as ASHS’s chief operating officer (COO). He brought 40 years of experience in the global radiation oncology and imaging business to the role, according to the firm. He also served at Elekta between 1997 to 2020; when he left there he was functioning as that firm’s president and CEO.
“On behalf of my colleagues at AMS, we are deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of Peter Gaccione and we extend our sincere sympathies to his family,” ASHS executive chair ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
GE expands collaboration with Elekta via MIM subsidiary
GE HealthCare (GEHC) is collaborating with Elekta through its recent acquisition, MIM Software.
Under the partnership, Elekta’s radiation therapy offerings will incorporate MIM Software’s medical imaging management tools, which will “enable advanced … oncology treatment planning in the delivery of radiation therapy,” the company said.
GEHC acquired MIM Software earlier this month. It has sustained a partnership with Elekta since 2022. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Neuroimaging detects blast exposure brain injuries in U.S. soldiers
A battery of MRI and PET neuroimaging tests show patterns of brain injury in active-duty U.S. soldiers caused by repeated blast exposures, according to a study published April 22 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The findings may guide the design of a new diagnostic test for personnel exposed to blasts in training and combat, noted lead author Natalie Gilmore, PhD, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues.
“[Special Operations Forces] personnel may experience cognitive, physical, and psychological symptoms for which the cause is never identified, and they may continue to be exposed to blast...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
What's brewing in RT and RA legislation, policy, and standards?
A range of federal and state legislation and other developments in the works could have a significant impact on radiologic technologists and registered radiology assistants, either supporting and strengthening these professions or weakening them.
For example, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) is working with lawmakers to reintroduce the federal Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act (MARCA) in the current legislative session. Last introduced in June 2021 as HR-3657 and companion SB-2641, MARCA would amend Medicare reimbursement policy for radiologist assistants (RAs) to align reimbursement with st...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Industry News Radiologic Technologist Source Type: news
Mobile health screening model lowers costs, promotes sustainability
A new cancer screening service model developed by Italian researchers can reduce direct non-medical costs and improve environmental sustainability for breast cancer screening and other screening exams.
The investigators, led by doctoral candidate Vera Benedetto from the Health Science Interdisciplinary Center in Pisa, found that their model, which utilizes mobile cancer screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer, reduced costs by over 95,000 euros ($101,155 U.S.) in terms of travel costs and productivity losses. It also reduced as much as 35 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2)-equivalent travel emissions for a popula...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
FDA clears Philips Zenition 30 mobile C-arm
Philips parent Royal Philips has secured clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Zenition 30 mobile C-arm.
Zenition 30 offers greater control over C-arm positioning during surgical procedures, with pushbuttons on the flat detector that allow clinicians to unlock and adjust the arm’s horizontal, orbital, and rotational positioning, the company said. It also features Philips’ MetalSmart software, which automatically adjusts image contrast and brightness to improve image quality and eliminate blooming while maintaining a low radiation dose, according to the firm.
Philips first introduced the...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Evergreen Theragnostics raises $26M
Evergreen Theragnostics has raised $26 million in capital through its existing shareholders and new backers Petrichor and LIFTT.
With the funding, the Springfield, NJ-based company plans to advance commercialization of its Ga-68 DOTATOC diagnostic kit, and further its theranostic pair, EVG-321, into clinical trials. Evergreen also intends to expand its capabilities as a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO).
Stefano Buono, chairman of LIFTT and founder and former CEO of Advanced Accelerator Applications, noted the funding is based on optimism around rapidly advancing radioligand therapies.
Evergreen...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Nuclear Radiology Radiation Oncology Source Type: news
MR elastography effective for assessing liver stiffness in children
MR elastography (MRE) is an effective technique for noninvasive monitoring of liver stiffness -- a surrogate for fibrosis -- in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease, researchers have reported.
A team led by first author Jonathan Dillman, MD, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center in Ohio found that MRE liver stiffness measurements were elevated in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease. The results were published April 18 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
“[As well, these measurements] were not significantly different between subsets of patients with primary sclerosing ch...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news
Segmed partners with Beacon Health System in Indiana
Data management vendor Segmed plans to partner with nonprofit Beacon Health System in Indiana to supply Segmed's advanced medical imaging data.
Beacon will have access to Segmed's database of imaging data from various modalities such as CT scans, MRIs, x-rays, and ultrasounds, according to Segmed.
Segmed acquires, deidentifies, standardizes, and provides medical imaging data to use as part of AI machine learning. As of August 2023, Segmed's Insight cloud-based platform reportedly had surpassed 100 million imaging studies. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Can ChatGPT ‘data mine’ patient reports for stroke registries?
ChatGPT-4 appears useful for extracting details from reports on thrombectomy procedures in stroke patients, a labor-intensive and error-prone task currently performed by human readers, according to a group in Germany.
Such “data mining” by ChatGPT could provide an alternative to manual methods for building stroke registries, with the data being key to improving the quality of stroke care, noted lead author Nils Lehnen, MD, of University Hospital Bonn, and colleagues.
“Procedural details of mechanical thrombectomy in patients with ischemic stroke are predictors of clinical outcome and are collected for prospective s...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Interventional Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
High breast density tied to impaired recurrence-free cancer survival
This study may lead to insights on risk factors related to tumor biology, mammographic patterns at diagnosis, and breast cancer recurrence, which in turn could be used to tailor surveillance,” the Lång team wrote.
Surveillance programs post-breast cancer treatment have become more important as reports indicate the number of women living with breast cancer is rising. The researchers highlighted that identifying links between mammographic features and recurrence could help design follow-up strategies. This could lead to earlier detection of recurrence.
Lång and colleagues analyzed associations between mammographic feat...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
RadNet to host ribbon-cutting ceremony for MammogramNow initiative
RadNet plans to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its MammogramNow initiative in Milford, DE, which opened in December 2023.
The event will be held on Saturday, April 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Walmart Supercenter in Milford. As a tenant in the Milford Walmart Supercenter, MammogramNow delivers essential breast screening services, provided by a team of board-certified radiologists and trained technologists from RadNet’s Delaware Imaging Network. This facility promotes breast health in Milford and offers walk-in screening mammograms in a convenient and accessible setting.
The following state and local elected of...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Accuray opens training facility in Switzerland
Accuray has opened a new training center in Genolier, Switzerland, that will serve as the European education hub for radiosurgery and radiotherapy product training.
The training center will promote the sharing of best practices and innovative techniques using Accuray's CyberKnife and Radixact radiation treatment delivery systems, as well as its Precision treatment planning system.
The new center is the most recent addition to the company's existing training hubs in Madison, WI; Tokyo, Japan; and Tianjin, China.
The Genolier training facility includes hands-on simulation facilities for the CyberKnife and Radixact...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Pisano speaks with AuntMinnie.com on new ARPA-H leadership role
Etta Pisano, MD, has been involved in leading many clinical trials, but a new initiative she was tapped to lead may help reach underserved areas faster. Pisano is chief research officer for the American College of Radiology (ACR) and study chair of the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST). She is now also leading the Advancing Clinical Trials Readiness initiative, part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). “[The initiative] is focused on improving clinical trials, making them faster, better, cheaper, and more equitable to Americans,” she told AuntMinnie.com. ARPA-H is a ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Imaging Leaders Source Type: news
Radiologist consultation improves patients' LCS attitudes
Consulting with a radiologist boosts patients' attitudes towards lung cancer screening (LCS) and their interest in quitting smoking, researchers have reported.
A team led by Alex Thomas, a medical student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, found that a short consultation between radiologists and patients -- during which the patient's LCS results were reviewed -- not only improved patients' understanding of the screening exam but also motivated them toward smoking cessation. The results were published April 17 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
"LCS using LDCT is a powerful tool in the fig...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: CT Chest Radiology Source Type: news
