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Medical images management: how implementing proper processes and quality control can ensure maximum operational effectiveness and regulatory compliance Between February 2018 and March 2019, ~44.9 million diagnostic imaging tests were performed in England[i]. That so many imaging tests were performed in a country with a population of ~66.8 million[ii] provides a small snapshot of the […]

Business Intelligence-based reporting optimizes the operational efficiency of clinical trial imaging services Business Intelligence (BI) is the combination of business analytics, data mining, data visualization, data tools and infrastructure, and best practices, which together can transform data into actionable insights that inform an organization’s business decisions . As an imaging CRO, Median uses Business Intelligence […]

Immunotherapy Update: Recent Advances in CAR T-cell Therapy As a measure of its promise, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy – where patients’ own immune cells are collected, genetically changed and used to treat their cancer – is the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Advance of the Year for 2018.[i] This approach represents an […]

Super Resolution Imaging – For Better Medical Image Analysis If you are fan of science fiction films and you are 40+ like me, you will probably remember the classical scene in the movie Blade Runner where Harrison Ford progressively enhances a photo to finally find the face of a young woman reflected in a mirror […]

Why Cultural Fit Matters when Selecting an Imaging CRO In the clinical trials process, high quality imaging used as surrogate endpoints significantly improves the evaluation of novel cancer therapies. Evaluating imaging data plays an invaluable role in assessing disease status and drug efficacy over multiple therapeutic cycles and throughout the clinical trials process. Image analysis […]

Minimizing Variability in Imaging Reads for Clinical trials In oncology, response to treatment is typically assessed by measuring tumor size and growth over time using medical images obtained from various imaging modalities. Medical images can provide unreliable results if standardization protocols are not implemented and carefully followed. A thorough understanding of quantitative imaging, its potential […]