Diagnostics

HANOVER, Ont. – The Hanover and District Hospital held an open house to celebrate the acquisition of a new CT scanner – a Somatom Definition Edge CT, from Siemens. Hospital president Katrina Wilson called it a dream come true and credited Barb and Henry Lansink for making the dream become a reality. Read More

LINDSAY, Ont. – Work currently underway in the Ross Memorial Hospital’s Diagnostic Imaging Department includes the installation of X-ray/Fluoroscopy technology that will transform care at the hospital. Read More

TORONTO – A small group of family doctors are responsible for ordering nearly 40 percent of at least two out of four low-value screening tests, according to a new study by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Women’s College Hospital (WCH). Read More

CHICAGO – Deep Learning has tremendous potential for radiology, but the roadblock at the moment is a shortage of quality data to build the applications, notes Dr. Charles E. Kahn (pictured), professor and vice chair of radiology, at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Dr. Kahn is also editor of the new RSNA online journal, Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. Read More

KITCHENER, Ont. – Grand River Hospital (GRH) is partnering with KA Imaging to conduct a pilot study on the use of a high-resolution, multi-energy digital X-ray imager for patients with lung nodules. This new technology is faster and less expensive, with the potential to detect lung cancer earlier and with better image quality and lower levels of radiation than a traditional CT scan. Read More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The symptoms can start with something as minor as a trembling hand, stiffness in the morning, the loss of sense of smell, or trouble tying shoes and buttoning shirts. Individually, these changes might be nothing to worry about, but together they could be signs of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Read More

CHATHAM, Ont. – The newest diagnostic imaging equipment to arrive at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance not only provides state-of-the-art technology, it also offers greater confidence in making diagnoses. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to unveil the new CT Scanner and Wiet Peeters & Family CT Scan Suite at the Chatham site of the CKHA. The event also was an opportunity to show off a new SPECT CT Scanner and mammography equipment. Read More

OAKVILLE, Ont. – Health Canada has licensed the Biograph Vision, a new positron emission tomography/computed tomography system from Siemens Healthineers that delivers a new level of precision in PET/CT imaging. Read More