Dr Anjum's Blog

Around the world, a New Year begins every two months – Happy New Year

Did you know the world celebrates a new year every two months? Calendars fall into four types, lunisolar, solar, lunar, seasonal, besides calendars with “years” of fixed length, with no intercalation. Most pre-modern calendars are lunisolar. Calendars that are classified as seasonal rely on changes in the environment rather than lunar or solar observations. The examples of lunar…

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Agfa HealthCare Launches RUBEE for AI at RSNA 2020

Belgium based Agfa HealthCare has announced the launch of RUBEE for AI at RSNA 2020 that enables hospitals to embed best in class artificial intelligence (AI) to their Enterprise Imaging ecosystem. RUBEE™ for AI lays the foundation and framework for analytically intelligent “clinical packages” embedded within Enterprise Imaging, helping improve radiology efficiency with enhanced decision…

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COVID-19: How Effective Are Face Masks?

Ever since the outbreak of COVID-19, the use of face masks has become common in China and other Asian countries such as South Korea and Japan. Generally, countries and health authorities follow specific criteria in terms of the use of face masks. What does the WHO say? If you are healthy, you only need to wear…

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COVID-19: Is AI-enabled bedside ultrasound the stethoscope of the new millennium?

ERA OF FAST IMAGE ACCESS, MOBILE DIAGNOSTICS AND ENTERPRISEWIDE REAL-TIME COLLABORATION March 23, 2020 – The role of radiology, mobile imaging, realtime collaboration, and its significance in screening, detection and ongoing management of COVD-19 patients is gaining prominence. While the appropriateness of Chest X-rays or CT scans to pinpoint COVID-19 pneumonia is being evaluated (discussed…

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Dr. Anjum Ahmed appointed as Agfa HealthCare Chief Medical Officer

January 22, 2020 | Agfa HealthCare has announced the appointment of Dr. Anjum Ahmed as the new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Ahmed joined Agfa HealthCare over 5 years ago and has been steering Agfa HealthCare’s innovation strategy for Enterprise Imaging and Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Ahmed brings to the role of CMO his 21 years of…

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Precision Health and the RISE of Augmented Radiology

The field of medical imaging has witnessed a revolution thanks to the digital transformation, innovation and availability of advanced clinical applications. New imaging techniques are helping radiologists, oncologists, and other diagnosticians with greater anatomical and clinical details, highlighting the need for fast access to imaging reports and results, evidence-based collaborative peer review and collaboration, and…

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Application of AI in Medical Imaging – Where to begin

Artificial Intelligence has captured the imagination of healthcare academia, clinicians, students, product developers, investors and industry analysts, thereby generating debate around the topic of man vs machines, and if AI is going to replace doctors. Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been discussed since the ’50s, its application in medical practice and imaging diagnostics had been…

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