Viewing articles in the ‘Diagnostics’ topic.
February 28, 2025
The quest to advance detection and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and to personalize cancer care has received a major boost, with $7.2 million in funding to Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's Health Care London for first-of-its kind research. Read More
February 26, 2025
NEWMARKET, Ont. – Southlake Health has modernized its diagnostic imaging referral management processes by implementing Novari Health’s Medical Imaging Requisition Management (MIRM) technology. The deployment is expected to enable Southlake to more efficiently manage the receipt, processing, workflows, and wait list management associated with outpatient community referrals for MRI, CT, X-ray, ultrasound, mammography, and PET modalities.
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February 26, 2025
TORONTO – PocketHealth, a connected care company, has launched Image Reader, the first feature to apply AI-powered anatomical visualization directly into patients’ imaging results. By providing visual context within a scan, Image Reader helps patients better understand what they are seeing in their images, leading to more informed discussions with providers and fewer misunderstandings about their results.
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February 26, 2025
VIENNA – Esaote Group, a leading Italian innovator in medical imaging – has launched a new AI platform called “e-SPADES” at the European Congress of Radiology. This technology, developed in collaboration with the Amsterdam University Medical Center and with AIRS Medical, is said to reduce overall MRI examination times by up to 60% compared to conventional scanning, while delivering unparalleled image quality.
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February 19, 2025
SASKATOON – The Saskatchewan government and the Saskatchewan Health Authority are extending an initiative aimed at improving breast health services by allowing patients to receive diagnostic procedures at a medical facility in Calgary.
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January 31, 2025
KINGSTON, ONT. – Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has taken delivery of a portable MRI machine and soon plans to deploy it in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU). It’s just the ninth device of its kind to be used in Canada and only the second to be implemented in an ICU – the first is currently in use at St. Michael’s Hospital, in Toronto. Read More
January 31, 2025
BRAMPTON, ONT. – William Osler Health System (Osler) is heading into 2025 with the next step in its 10-year enterprise imaging strategy off to a great start: the successful launch of a digital pathology pilot. Read More
January 31, 2025
LONDON, ONT. – In a world first, scientists at Lawson Research Institute are leveraging imaging technology to see and track microbes and provide an unprecedented glimpse of the human microbiome. Read More
January 29, 2025
TORONTO – At the Hospital for Sick Children, a new team of doctors is working through the night to help the hospital’s medical teams get quick access to diagnostic imaging reports, with the goal of speeding up care for sick and injured kids.
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January 29, 2025
TORONTO – St. Michael’s Hospital has received funding for a device that helps clinicians better treat people with diabetic foot ulcers, who face the risk of limb amputation. Notably, the MIMOSA Pro solution is the result of research that was developed at the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science Toronto.
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