Diagnostics

NORTH BAY, Ont. – North Bay Regional Health Centre’s diagnostic imaging department has installed an upgraded MRI machine at a cost of $1.7 million. The funds for the project were raised through the community. Read More

GUILFORD, Conn. – Hyperfine Inc., creator of the first FDA-cleared portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device, has announced the Health Canada licensing of Swoop as well as the commercial launch of the imaging system in Canada. The license of Swoop includes the recently FDA-cleared advanced reconstruction software using deep learning. With this license, the Swoop system is now available for purchase in Canada. Read More

HAMILTON, Ont. – St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton is hoping to raise $1.4 million to bring a CT scanner into its emergency department. The demand for emergency CT scans at St. Joe’s has jumped by 13 per cent over the past year, according to chief of emergency medicine Dr. Greg Rutledge (pictured). Read More

CHICAGO – At the RSNA’s 2021 Annual Meeting, GE Healthcare introduced its Revolution Apex platform – an industry first computed tomography (CT) platform with built-in scalability for onsite CT detector upgrades from 40 mm to 80 mm or 160 mm detector coverage – all without replacing the gantry. Offering uncompromised clinical capabilities, the new Revolution Apex platform helps radiology departments stay ahead of the technology curve with a modular design that offers a seamless path to continuous hardware and software scalability and upgradability that will extend the lives of CT systems into the future. Read More

KINGSTON, Ont. – Novari Health has announced that it has completed another successful implementation of it’s medical imaging referral management technology. St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) is the latest Canadian hospital to implement Novari’s one-of-a-kind cloud-based technology. Read More

CALGARY – A Calgary company that is fast emerging as the imaging software standard bearer for cardiologists globally has raised $10.6-million in advance of a possible initial public offering next year. Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc. chief executive officer Greg Ogrodnick (pictured) said the funding will help bridge the company until later this year, when it decides whether to pursue an IPO or a private funding in the range of $75-million to $100-million. Read More

ST. THOMAS, Ont. – The Ontario government is taking a step to address wait times for diagnostic imaging by investing in a new MRI machine at the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH). This new MRI machine will help ensure that people in St. Thomas and Elgin County can receive the high quality care and DI they need when they need it. Read More

KINGSTON, Ont. – Novari Health has announced that it has completed another successful implementation of its medical imaging referral management digital technology. Humber River Hospital is the latest Canadian hospital to implement Novari’s one-of-a-kind cloud-based technology. Read More

SURREY, BC – In February 2020, Brendan Havisto got this “hard-to-describe” feeling in his chest. Havisto, a Surrey, BC resident, and mechanic with Coast Mountain Bus Company, was finishing up some paperwork for an inspection when he “got dizzy in my chest.” Read More