ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carestream Health has signed an agreement with Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, to sell its healthcare information systems (HCIS) business to Philips. Carestream's HCIS business unit provides imaging IT solutions to multi-site hospitals, radiology services providers, imaging centers and specialty medical clinics around the world. The business has developed strong customer relationships in attractive, high-growth healthcare segments and is positioned for continued growth and success. As a result of this acquisition, Philips' expanded healthcare IT business will feature Carestream's enterprise imaging platform--including best in class VNA, diagnostic and enterprise viewers, multimedia reporting, workflow orchestrator and clinical, operational and business analytics tools--as part of its broad portfolio. "We have had global success in providing radiology and enterprise imaging IT systems to help medical professionals provide quality care and enhance their operations," said Ludovic d'Aprea, Carestream's General Manager for Healthcare Information Solutions.

Big data and artificial intelligence are two exciting issues that will be top of mind with ECR 2018 attendees, says Bernd Hamm, ECR president(1). And applications for both, along with other innovative diagnostic imaging solutions, will be front and center at the Carestream stand during the annual meeting of the European Society of Radiology in Vienna. See us in our new location – booth #405 in Hall X4! Highlights that you won't want to miss at the ECR 2018 congress include: See Carestream's medical imaging and healthcare IT systems at ECR 2018 See us in our new location at ECR 2018- booth #405 in Hall X4! Finally at ECR 2018, Carestream is presenting a Symposium on the OnSight 3D Extremity System that uses cone beam technology. The symposium will be 2.00pm on Friday 2nd March in Room Z, Second level ACV. Speakers will cover a range of subjects including the Evolution of CBCT; Use of OnSight 3D in emergency settings; clinical Indications for weight-bearing CBCT, workflow, and usability.

To see the new trends in radiology in 2018, just take a look back at 2017. AI has come a long way; wearables have become every day, 3D printing has matured, and IoT is, well, meh. Where is Artificial Intelligence (AI) in radiology today? This year, AI is gaining in respect and stature among radiology professionals. Last year in Everything Rad, we reported that AI inspired a mixture of wonder and fear among the radiology community.