top players: GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, Fujifilm, Carestream Health,

Agfa HealthCare, Hitachi, Toshiba, Konica Minolta, Shimadzu

Areas:

 Radiation Dose Management: Software for tracking and optimising the doses in CT
examinations. Aim is minimising the exposure of the patients undergoing CT examinations,
while retaining the image quality at high standards. To attain this, and therefore maintain
the balance between dose and image quality, a wide variety of image analysis software and
image reconstruction algorithms have been developed along with special mechanical and
electronic. This reduces the patients exposure to harmful radiations, which in some cases
cause cancer (maybe after 20yrs)
 techniques, including Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Bayesian Networks (BNs), Support
Vector Machines (SVMs) and Decision Trees (DTs) have been widely applied in cancer
research for the development of predictive models, resulting in effective and accurate
decision making
 Artificial Intelligence : Dr. Sodickson, a radiology professor at NYU claimed “ Artificial
intelligence can convert the data into information for the radiologist and eliminate the need
to create images during the imaging process. In this scenario, radiologists no longer read and
interpret images but become what Dr. Sodickson labeled “information innovators.”
 Mobile Application: Common-use cases include 3-D viewing, clinical collaboration and easy
picture archiving and communication system (PACS) connectivity, which enables access to
radiology reports and referral studies.
 IOT : trend that may emerge in the future is interconnectivity of medical imaging devices.
These devices may be able to connect with one or multiple vendors and enable asset and
fleet management, including finance-based operational analysis. Some of these integrations
exist where device vendors are able to remotely perform preventive maintenance on their
devices. The IoT has the capability to cater to multiple vendors and to undoubtedly become
a trend in the future.

An image based environment can greatly assist the surgeons and thereby increase the success rates
of the surgeries. The main advantage of this medical imaging is to enable evaluation of the pathology
and anatomy before operating outside the operation room (OR).

A mobile C-arm is one such medical imaging device, based on X-Ray imaging technology,

which can be used flexibly in various operation rooms and clinics. The name is derived from the

C-shaped arm used to connect the X-ray source and X-ray detector to one another. A mobile Carm

system comprises an X-ray source (X-Ray Tube) and an image intensifier or flat-panel

detector. The C-shaped connecting element allows circular movement and movements in

horizontal, vertical and around the swivel axes, so that X-ray images of the patient can be produced

from almost any angle and position.

Along with this, the mobile C-arm system also includes a Mobile View Station (MVS) which
displays the X-ray image generated after processing. A standard MVS unit consists of two LCD

monitors – reference monitor and live monitor, a control panel, an X-Ray printer, DVD recorder,

Apart from viewing X-Ray images, the MVS is also used to enter or retrieve the patient

demographics using the hospital network, print the X-Ray images or record the entire proceedings

in a DVD according to the patient or surgeon needs.