Diagnostics

KITCHENER, 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

KINGSTON, 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

EDINBURGH, 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

HALIFAX – 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

SHERBROOKE, 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 – 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

HALIFAX – 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

BRAMPTON, Ont. – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra and William Osler Health System have signed a contract to expand their orthopaedic solution to include radiology imaging, breast imaging, and Sectra’s vendor-neutral archive (VNA), scaling into a new enterprise imaging agreement. This expansion will enable efficient workflows and collaboration to provide high-quality patient care across the Peel and North Etobicoke regions of Ontario, Canada. Read More

QUEBEC CITY – The union representing Quebec’s laboratory technicians says the quality of services in hospital labs will continue to affect patient care if the government doesn’t act quickly to stop it. Read More

OTTAWA – CHEO, the pediatric health and research centre in Canada’s capital, is now home to world-class technology that will enhance safety and improve access to diagnostic procedures and treatment for young patients. The ‘IR Cath and Sim’ Lab is where CHEO experts perform interventional radiology, catheterizations, and simulations. Not only will newly installed equipment mean better, faster experiences for some of CHEO’s sickest patients, it will give medical learners a risk-free training environment. Read More