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August 14, 2019
VICTORIA – The B.C. government has announced the new Gordon Heys Family PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) scanner suite is open at the B.C. Cancer Centre in Victoria. In a news release, the province said the project cost $6.5 million and is the first publicly funded scanner outside of the Lower Mainland.
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August 14, 2019
SURREY, B.C. – As the SFU ImageTech Lab rounds its first year of operations, Professor Ryan D’Arcy, who played a pivotal role in establishing the world-class medical imaging facility, is stepping down as the lab’s founder to focus on recent breakthroughs in his brain imaging and neurotechnology research.
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August 14, 2019
TORONTO – The Vector Institute, an independent, not-for-profit research institute focused on machine learning, has announced a partnership with the University Health Network (UHN) and the University of Waterloo (UWaterloo) to enhance radiology diagnoses with AI.
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August 14, 2019
OAKVILLE, Ont. – Siemens Healthineers is pleased to announce that the MULTIX Impact, an innovative floor-mounted radiography system, has been licensed by Health Canada. It offers excellent value for money and makes access to high-quality imaging technology much easier. The intuitive to use operating system and modern wireless detectors used by the MULTIX Impact optimize clinical processes in radiography by improving both productivity and patient experience.
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August 14, 2019
HALIFAX – Densitas, a leading provider of AI solutions for digital mammography, announced that Drs. Eliot Siegel (pictured), Georgia Spear, Nisha Sharma, and Judy Caines have joined their advisory board. “We are honored to attract such visionaries to our advisory board,” said Mo Abdolell, CEO of Densitas. “Their collective expertise spans the fields of radiology, breast imaging, artificial intelligence, and imaging informatics.”
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August 14, 2019
TORONTO – Krembil Brain Institute, at the University Health Network’s Toronto Western Hospital, is the first healthcare facility in Canada to acquire a Visualase Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) system, which uses an MRI-guided laser ablation technique to surgically remove brain cancer and lesions.
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August 14, 2019
BOTHELL, Wash. and BOSTON – FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc. has announced the launch of a strategic relationship with Partners HealthCare to apply artificial intelligence to improve the utility and functionality of portable ultrasound.
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August 14, 2019
RESTON, Va. – More than half of radiology practice leaders report that burnout continues to be a very significant problem among the radiologists in their group, according to a study published online August 6 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
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August 7, 2019
VANCOUVER – The federal government announced it will support a $20-million project proposal to scale up companies in health and biosciences. This will be done through an initial $7-million investment to support the establishment of the CAN Health Network with its first network partners.
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August 7, 2019
LAS VEGAS – Microsoft Canada announced that Dapasoft Inc., of Toronto, is the winner in the healthcare category in its annual IMPACT awards. Dapasoft won for its innovative use of Azure services to drive cloud adoption in Canadian healthcare. In particular, Dapasoft has created Corolar, the only Microsoft Azure native healthcare integration platform as a service (iPaaS), focusing on connecting clinical and non-clinical health IT systems for reducing cost and improving quality of care.
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