Imaging
AssureCare has appointed Kristen Konstantinidis as senior vice president of marketing and communications. Konstantinidis joins the AI-powered population health management company after serving as chief communications officer at Homeward Health. In that role, she built the company's communications and brand marketing function, including government relations, positioning for the Rural Health Transformation Program and AI narrative [...]
Prime Health has announced a £2m investment in its Queen Anne Street centre, adding a new 3T MRI system and expanding preventative health services. The London centre, at 45 Queen Anne Street in the Harley Street Health District, is due to be officially unveiled on 24 September 2026 following an extensive refurbishment programme. The investment [...]
Global medical imaging company United Imaging Healthcare has received CE mark certification for its uCT SiriuX and uCT SiriuX Ultrix scanners, clearing the systems for commercial availability across Europe. The company, whose European operations are based in Rotterdam, describes the two systems as the world's first dual wide-coverage computed tomography (CT) family. The scanners are [...]
Elucid has raised US$55m in Series D financing to expand its AI cardiovascular imaging platforms and advance BioIntegrated FFR-CT through FDA clearance. The Boston-based medical technology company said the oversubscribed round brings its total funding to approximately US$185m. The funding will support commercial expansion of Elucid's clinical platforms, further research and development, clinical studies and [...]
Brain scans have identified two previously unreported psychosis subtypes, suggesting structural differences may reflect separate illness mechanisms. The findings suggest that variation in psychosis symptoms, treatment responses and long-term outcomes could reflect separate illness mechanisms and developmental pathways. Researchers analysed structural brain scans from 381 people diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders or bipolar disorder with [...]
Fifteen NHS trusts across the West Midlands are a significant step closer to leveraging diagnostic expertise on a scale never seen before in the health service, after the largest digital health initiative of its kind in Europe commenced a procurement process. Formally known as the Converged Digital Imaging Platform, the initiative will create a single [...]
An AI body tool used whole-body MRI scans to predict future health risks, including diabetes, cardiovascular events and death, in more than 66,000 people. The study found that the quality and amount of skeletal muscle, not just visceral fat, the fat stored deep around organs, are strong predictors of diabetes, major cardiovascular events and mortality. [...]
From saving surgeons’ precious time, to reducing surprises and clinical risks in theatre, cutting MDT time in half, and informing decisions before procedures, surgical teams in the SWASH+ consortium of NHS trusts are embracing a ’game changer’ in orthopaedic planning technology with Sectra. David Howard, orthopaedic surgical practitioner at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, gives [...]
A major step forward for diagnostic imaging in Somerset has been reached with the reopening of the Nuclear Medicine department at Musgrove Park Hospital, following a significant refurbishment and the installation of a new state-of-the-art SPECT/CT scanner. Delivered by Ergéa UK in partnership with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, the redevelopment includes a purpose-built facility with [...]
A new £4.2m research institute in North East England will use routine eye scans to improve eye health and spot early signs of serious illness. The Northern Ophthalmic Research and Innovation Institute (NORI) brings together university experts, the NHS, local authorities and industry to use routine eye scans to spot early signs of serious illness. [...]
