radiology app

NeuroRad for iPad is a great app for medical professionals to learn radiology

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NeuroRad for iPad is a fantastic application for radiologist residents with an excellent neuroradiology atlas. NeuroRad has a range of uses for healthcare professionals ranging from student to resident.

Mobile MRI brain atlas medical app review, NeuroRad Mini

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NeuroRad Mini for the iOS offers a complete alas of brain MRI imagery on mobile devices

Go Anatomy’s app tries to teach anatomy solely through images, but falls short

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Go Anatomy’s Head, Neck, and Brain app attempts to continue the trend, and was created for medical professionals (from radiologists to students) or those interested in head and neck anatomy and neuroanatomy. The app is for use on iPhone/iTouch and claims to be useful in increasing anatomy knowledge and understanding. Would this be possible simply through an imaging app?

iCXR Develops Essential Understanding of Chest X-rays

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iCXR is an app covering the basics of chest x-ray interpretation and is ideal for healthcare providers/medical student interested in developing their skills.

New iPad rumored to have key physician feature

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New iPad HD could have essential feature for medical professionals.

Mobile radiology study shows bandwidth speed is a limiting factor for smartphone diagnostic imaging

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Last year, we reported how the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine were doing a stroke trial comparing the performance of diagnostic radiology on a mobile device using the ResolutionMD app verse a standard clinical reading work station. Our article last year focused on how Health Canada, analogous to our FDA, had approved the device for medical diagnostic use. At that time, faculty were reporting the performance on both types of devices (mobile versus desktop) was the same.  The Calgary researchers have since published [Read more]