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AuntMinnie 2007: Gadolinium: A 'necessary factor' in the development of NSF?

AuntMinnie

In 2007, our top article offered a deep dive into the association of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) with gadolinium-based contrast agents. Editor's note: As part of the celebration of AuntMinnie.com 's upcoming 25th anniversary, we're presenting 25 for 25 -- a series featuring our most popular content for each of the last 25 years.

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AI model used with one-inhale CT helps diagnose COPD

AuntMinnie

A convolutional neural network (CNN) model used with a one-inhalation lung CT scan protocol can effectively diagnose and stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers have reported. CT is also used to diagnose COPD, and it requires two image acquisitions, inspiratory and expiratory.

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CTPA rates increase among pregnant women

AuntMinnie

Pulmonary embolism is a common cause of death in pregnancy – mortality rates can be as high as 20% – but diagnosing it can be tricky because its symptoms can mimic normal pregnancy changes, Goyal and colleagues explained. CTPA is an effective way to diagnose PE, but it exposes both women and fetuses to radiation. Of these, 92.5%

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AI boosts CTPA's ability to predict lung disease survival

AuntMinnie

Only patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension are eligible for novel targeted therapies that improve survival." Dwivedi's group conducted a study to quantify fibrosis on CTPA exams using AI and to evaluate whether the approach could be used in combination with radiologic scoring to predict patient survival.

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Balancing Innovation and Reality: Evaluating AI’s Role in STEMI Diagnosis

REBEL EM

While ECGs play a central role in detecting STEMI, misinterpretations often occur, leading to unnecessary catheterization or missed diagnoses. Its performance was then compared with ECG machine interpretations and clinical physicians’ diagnoses. The AI model was trained on a large dataset, tested, and clinically validated.

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Porencephaly

Global Radiology CME

Porencephaly is readily diagnosed via imaging. Textbook of Fetal Abnormalities, Elsevier, 2007, pp. In severe cases, the cyst can exert mass-effect on the surrounding skull resulting in expansion and cranial deformities. Other possible symptoms include delayed growth and development, hypotonia, macrocephaly, and microcephaly [8,9].

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The radiologist in 22 years time

Radiology Cafe

In 2007 even technological optimists would not have predicted that the commercial application of driverless cars would only be a decade away and yet Google’s driverless cars have currently over 700,000 miles of testing on public roads (1).