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How Cloud Storage Cost Savings Can Boost NHS

It will come as news to nobody that the NHS faces a tough winter. Fears of a ‘twindemic’ of high rates of Covid and flu infections, the backlog of operations caused by the pandemic remains and pay strikes among nurses and ambulance staff…
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University Institute Developing Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Devices

A team at the University of Illinois has been given a $2m grant to develop devices that can add 3D medical imaging capability to traditionally 2D ultrasound systems.The FASTER project, led by the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science…
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How The Cloud Can Help When Disaster Strikes

Disaster recovery is something every business or organisation needs to prepare for, whether it is a physical calamity on its premises like fire or flood, or a major data problem such as a power outage or cyber attack.The capacity for…
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Excess Deaths Figures May Highlight Importance Of Screening

A lack of medical scans could have contributed to the exceptionally high level of excess mortality revealed in new official figures.In 2022 over 650,000 deaths occurred, nine per cent more than the last pre-pandemic year of 2019. While…
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How Can AI-Powered Ultrasound Detect Heart Disease?

In 2022, the biggest leap forward for medical imaging services was the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning to help doctors diagnose diseases in tissue samples and diagnostic scans,This is why, for example, a system…
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3D Tech Used To Treat Cleft Palates In Developing Nations

Scientists have worked out how they can use artificial intelligence (AI) to help children in developing countries who have been born with cleft palates. Swiss researchers are using a 3D printer to create pre-surgical palate plates for…
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AI Tool Developed For Covid-19 Prognostic Model

The constantly-adapting nature of Covid-19 made it difficult for medical staff to provide an accurate prognosis for hospitalised patients. However, scientists have now developed an artificial intelligence (AI) device that can offer a framework…
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Digital Imaging Archive To Boost Social Care In Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s health and social care services are set for a major boost with news that a new imaging software system is to be deployed there. The system, developed by Sectra, is called NIPACS+ and will enable health trusts in…
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New Microendosope Design Set To Improve Biomedical Imaging

The use of microendoscopes to diagnose internal problems is not new, but the technology has been constantly advancing - and may be about to take another leap forward.Using fibre optics, the devices have been able to produce biomedical…
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4D Scans Diagnose Heart Failure In 8 Mins

New MRI scans that use 4D images have been developed to be able to diagnose heart failure in just eight minutes. Researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) have created technology that uses magnetic response imaging (MRI)…
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How Fresh Bread and Pastries Helped Doctors Identify Cancer

A major research pathway in the world of medical imaging is in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, which are used to help doctors identify cell samples that potentially show signs of cancer.There is a range of…
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What Is Medical Imaging?

There are many kinds of medical imaging used today, but what is medical imaging and how does it work?Medical imaging is the field in which professionals take images of various parts of the body to use in diagnosing conditions and…
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NHS Trusts Use AI To Reduce Waiting Times

The NHS is trying to reduce waiting times for patients by introducing artificial intelligence (AI) tools called ChatBot. More than 2,000 patients on waiting lists in Morecambe Bay and Preston took part in a recent pilot, in which…
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Machine-Learning MRI Boosts Recurring Liver Cancer Detection

After decades of studies and speculations, medical imaging research has shown the effects that medications containing steroids can have on the brain.The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that there was a connection…
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MRI Testing Shows How Steroids Affect The Brain

After decades of studies and speculations, medical imaging research has shown the effects that medications containing steroids can have on the brain.The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that there was a connection…
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