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FDA issues face mask warning for MRI exams

After a patient’s face was burned from metal in a mask during a 3-tesla MRI scan, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 7 issued reminder guidance to patients and healthcare providers regarding wearing metal during MRI exams. “Today, the [FDA] is informing patients and healthcare providers that patients may be injured if they wear … Continue reading

December 8, 2020 DISS_admin 2020, MRI

Carta abierta de la Sociedad Radiológica de Puerto Rico, Capítulo de Puerto Rico del Colegio Americano de Radiología en contra de la desinformación divulgada acerca de la pandemia del COVID-19

2 de Diciembre de 2020 – Puerto Rico. La Sociedad Radiológica de Puerto Rico, Capítulo de Puerto Rico del Colegio Americano de Radiología, como entidad profesional que agrupa a médicos especialistas y sub-especialistas en los campos de la Radiología, desea expresar su postura en contra de las versiones vertidas recientemente por un grupo de personas … Continue reading

December 3, 2020 DISS_admin 2020, COVID 19, COVID-19, SOCRAD

3 Topics Shaping The Future Of Women’s Imaging

Breast imagers will have a wide variety of scientific content in women’s imaging to see at the RSNA 2020 virtual meeting. From efforts to personalize breast screening to cutting-edge techniques changing the way breast cancer is treated, researchers are working to improve the entire continuum of breast care. Some of the most popular topics at … Continue reading

November 18, 2020 DISS_admin 2020, RSNA

COVID-19 casts long shadow on women’s imaging

As with the rest of radiology, women’s imaging in 2020 has been marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in drastic drops in imaging volume. At the same time, nagging questions persist about whether mammography screening exams postponed due to COVID-19 could result in higher breast cancer rates later on. But researchers and readers … Continue reading

November 16, 2020 DISS_admin 2020, DISS, Mammography, Mamography

Moderna says its covid-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective

The news comes hot on the heels of an announcement last week from Pfizer, which reported that its own covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective. More good news: US drug company Moderna announced today that early trials of its covid-19 vaccine show that it is 94.5% effective. The news comes hot on the heels of a similar … Continue reading

November 16, 2020 DISS_admin 2020, COVID 19

Waves of attacks on US hospitals show a change in tactics for cybercriminals

United States hospitals were targeted by two major cybersecurity attacks this fall: the first taking down Universal Health Services, a chain of hundreds of hospitals, and the second by a group called UNC1878 threatening hundreds of individual health care facilities all around the country. Targeting health care institutions directly marks a new approach for cybercriminals. “We haven’t seen … Continue reading

November 12, 2020 DISS_admin 2020, DISS

Siemens aporta su inteligencia y conectividad para producir miles de respiradores

La multinacional alemana colabora con GPAInnova e Industria para salvar cientos de vidas El ventilador de emergencia ya está plenamente homologado por Sanidad El departamento de Reyes Maroto actúa de impulsor de proyectos publico-privados   Cada gran proyecto industrial que estos días recibe las homologaciones de las autoridades sanitarias para combatir el coronavirus ha contado … Continue reading

May 29, 2020 zdiaz 2020, COVID-19, Respira, Siemens

AI COVID-19 An algorithm developed in a collaborative approach

The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, causing unprecedented system disruption and confronting healthcare professionals around the world with clinical and operational challenges. We believe the COVID-19 pandemic will significantly change healthcare systems. Specifically, it will serve as a catalyst for the development of more effective, efficient and, above all, more humane medicine. Coronaviruses (CoV) are … Continue reading

May 18, 2020 zdiaz 2020, COVID-19, CT, Siemens

ACR Recommendations for the use of Chest Radiography and Computed Tomography (CT) for Suspected COVID-19 Infection

UPDATED MARCH 22, 2020As COVID-19 spreads in the U.S., there is growing interest in the role and appropriateness of chest radiographs (CXR) and computed tomography (CT) for the screening, diagnosis and management of patients with suspected or known COVID-19 infection. Contributing to this interest are limited availability of viral testing kits to date, concern for … Continue reading

April 3, 2020 zdiaz 2020, ACR, COVID-19, CT, CXR

DISS presenta en Santiago avanzada tecnología en Tomografía Computarizada y Resonancia Magnética

El hotel Gran Almirante sirvió de escenario para las disertaciones de importantes especialistas internacionales, con los que la empresa dio a conocer la tecnología de punta que la marca Siemens Healthineers ofrece a nivel mundial.  SANTIAGO.- Con la presencia de los más importantes representantes del sector de la medicina radiológica, miembros de la Sociedad Dominicana … Continue reading

February 20, 2020 zdiaz 2020, Resonancia Magnética, SANTIAGO, Siemens, Tecnología Avanzada, Tomagrafía Computarizada
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