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A Look at Open Source Image Recognition Technology

Image recognition technology promises great potential in areas from public safety to healthcare...At the Supercomputing Conference in Denver last year, I discovered an interesting project as I walked the expo floor. A PhD student from Louisiana State University, Shayan Shams, had set up a large monitor displaying a webcam image. Overlaid on the image were colored boxes with labels. As I looked closer, I realized the labels identified objects on a table. Of course, I had to play with it. As I moved each object on the table, its label followed. I moved some objects that were off-camera into the field of view, and the system identified them too.

aycan celebrates 10 years of OsiriX platform technology evolution

Press Release | aycan | March 16, 2015

aycan, a recognized global leader in medical imaging, is celebrating ten years of technology investment and innovation in the OsiriX platform, which they’ve helped evolve to now include advanced integration capabilities, a service organization, applications, and plug ins designed to improve productivity and patient care. Read More »

One Nation, One EHR –The Direct Project

CureMD | CureMD EMR Blog | January 8, 2013

The essence of Health Information Exchange (HIE) lies in easily accessible health information to improve the quality of care delivered by the healthcare community. Complicated formats intrinsic to many EHR systems are generally counterproductive to this basic nature of HIEs and can prove to be a hindrance against delivering quality care. So the natural question arises... Read More »

Richard Smith: Is The Pharmaceutical Industry Like The Mafia?

Richard Smith | BMJ Group | September 10, 2013

There must be plenty of people who shudder when they hear that Peter  Gøtzsche will be speaking at a meeting or see his name  on the contents list of a journal. He is like the young boy who not only could see that the emperor had no clothes but also said so. [...] Read More »

Vast Study Casts Doubts On Value Of Mammograms

Gina Kolata | New York Times | February 11, 2014

One of the largest and most meticulous studies of mammography ever done, involving 90,000 women and lasting a quarter-century, has added powerful new doubts about the value of the screening test for women of any age. Read More »