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Hôpital Montfort implements Novari MIRM Solution

January 25, 2023


Philippe Marleau KINGSTON, Ont. – Novari Health has announced that it has completed another successful implementation of its Medical Imaging Requisition Management (MIRM) technology. The software as a service (SaaS) technology was purchased by Hôpital Montfort with financial support from Ontario Health as an electronic means to manage the receipt, processing, workflows and waitlist management associated with inbound referrals for medical imaging. Read More

INOVAIT announces $22.7 million for innovators

January 18, 2023


Dr Kullervo Hynynen TORONTO – INOVAIT and the Government of Canada announced a major investment in the field of image-guided therapy (IGT), with up to $22.7 million in contributions committed to 14 commercialization-focused R&D projects under INOVAIT’s Focus Fund program. Read More

Ontario invests $20 million in MRI services

December 14, 2022


Dr David JacobsTORONTO – The Ontario government is investing over $20 million in operating funding to support the addition of 27 new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines in hospitals across Ontario. “The Ontario Association of Radiologists welcomes the government’s investment announcement of operational funding for new MRI scanners across Ontario,” said Dr. David Jacobs (pictured), president, Ontario Association of Radiologists. MRI is central to the detection and management of diseases, including cancer, strokes, and cardiac disease. Read More

Grand River to test new form of X-ray imaging

December 7, 2022


Carla GirolamettoKITCHENER, Ont. – Grand River Hospital (GRH) and KA Imaging are partnering on an innovative commercialization project supported by the Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network. Looking to transform existing hospital X-ray technology, GRH is adding a device that is designed to produce higher-resolution images for improved patient monitoring and faster, more accurate diagnosis to its intensive care unit (ICU). Read More

VR goggles help relax pediatric patients in MRI

By John Pereira

December 7, 2022


kids' VRKINGSTON, Ont. – Last month, KHSC introduced VR goggles in the Diagnostic Imaging department at the Kingston General Hospital site for pediatric patients in need of an MRI scan. The goggles are part of a specially designed virtual reality system that can be operated inside an MRI machine. It not only allows young patients to watch a movie, but also blocks out the loud noises of the MRI. Read More

Blackford announces AI partnership with Bialogics

November 30, 2022


Jeff Vachon 2021EDINBURGH, Scotland and AURORA, Ont.– Blackford, a strategic imaging AI platform and solutions provider, and Bialogics, a leader in the precision analysis of Diagnostic Imaging data, have announced their partnership to advance the real-time monitoring of AI performance with in-depth clinical intelligence. Read More

QEII acquires MR Fusion tech for prostate biopsies

November 30, 2022


Dr Greg BaillyHALIFAX – Nova Scotia Health’s QEII Health Sciences Centre made history again this fall, becoming the first hospital in Atlantic Canada to use advanced, real-time technology that fuses magnetic resonance images with ultrasound images, to allow more precise guided biopsies of suspected prostate cancer. Read More

Researcher improves AI for contouring heart images

November 23, 2022


Thierry JudgeSHERBROOKE, Que. – A University of Sherbrooke researcher is being recognized for his efforts to automate the time-consuming and redundant task of contouring ultrasound images of the heart, a necessary step in diagnosing heart disease that up until now has been manual. Read More

Thunder Bay to acquire new PET/CT, linear accelerator

November 16, 2022


Rhonda Crocker EllacottTHUNDER BAY – Residents of Northwestern Ontario will benefit from improved cancer care services, as the result of some major equipment acquisitions at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. The hospital is getting a new state-of-the-art Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT) CT scanner, and a third Linear Accelerator (LINAC). Read More

Shortage of Tc-99m hitting Canadian hospitals

November 16, 2022


Dr Steve BurrellHALIFAX – An unexpected mechanical problem at a nuclear plant in Belgium has doctors in Halifax scrambling to reprioritize and reschedule patients in need of diagnostic imaging. That turmoil will be felt – albeit briefly – throughout Canada, North America and the world, until the supply of Technetium-99m (Tc-99m), the most predominant radioactive isotope used in that imaging, stabilizes. Read More

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