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December 11, 2019
CHICAGO – GE Healthcare has launched the Edison Developer Program to accelerate the adoption and impact of intelligent applications and developer services across health systems. The program is based on Edison, GE Healthcare’s secure intelligence platform, and helps healthcare providers gain easier access to market-ready algorithms and applications by directly integrating these technologies into existing workflows.
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December 11, 2019
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – A researcher at Lakehead University is being recognized for his innovative work to develop an imaging technology that delivers high-resolution pictures at a much lower dose of radiation, providing a breast imaging alternative to mammography, positron emission tomography (PET) scan and other imaging devices.
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December 11, 2019
OTTAWA – The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is one of the only centres in the world capable of performing completely non-invasive radio-ablation to treat heart disease. In October, a team of doctors at the UOHI, in partnership with their colleagues at The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, successfully performed the country’s first completely non-invasive cardiac radio-ablation without incident.
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December 11, 2019
CHICAGO – A sophisticated type of artificial intelligence (AI) can detect clinically meaningful chest X-ray findings as effectively as experienced radiologists, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. Researchers said their findings, based on a type of AI called deep learning, could provide a valuable resource for the future development of AI chest radiography models.
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October 30, 2019
Two Ontario hospital organizations – encompassing six sites – will soon deploy artificial intelligence to help with continuous learning and peer review in their imaging departments. By automatically detecting the types of cases being read by radiologists at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences, the system will deliver the latest journal findings, as well as personal pattern recognition and error avoidance, direct to their desktops. Read More
October 16, 2019
BURNABY, B.C. – In an unusual move for a municipality, City council in Burnaby has approved a $1-million grant to the Burnaby Hospital Foundation to partially cover the cost of a second CT scanner. The new machine will enable 10,000 more scans per year, according to a city report.
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October 16, 2019
TORONTO – RetiSpec Inc. announced it has received an award from the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) to fund the accelerated development of retinal imaging technology for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. The award of up to $500,000 (U.S.) includes a direct investment in the company. It is an investment through the ADDF’s Diagnostics Accelerator initiative.
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October 16, 2019
SUDBURY – Health Sciences North officially opened its PET scanner suite. The machine has been operating at Sudbury’s hospital since June, but October 9 was the official celebration of something the community has worked for since 2009.
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October 16, 2019
TORONTO – Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Holland Bloorview) celebrated the arrival of its research MRI, which will be housed in a soon-to-be built world-class MRI suite. This MRI suite will be the first in Canada to be immersive, customizable, child-friendly and fully accessible, and is poised to accelerate research into child and youth brain function.
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October 16, 2019
TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Bialogics Analytics Inc. and emtelligent™ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate Bialogics DImax AI Ready Business Intelligence Platform with emtelligent’s emtelliPro™ Natural Language Processing engine. Using emtelliPro to extract structured clinical data from imaging reports, Bialogics will be able to provide radiology departments with richer, deeper, analytics-based insights that maximize both operational efficiencies and clinical effectiveness.
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