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Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound in Intracranial Diseases

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Food and Drug Administration has approved this technology for the treatment of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease, and its indications are expanding to include various intracranial diseases. High-intensity FUS is a safe and effective treatment for various intracranial diseases.

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Benign breast disease found on percutaneous biopsy ups cancer risk

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Benign breast disease diagnosed through percutaneous biopsy increases the overall risk of developing breast cancer, according to research published December 13 in JAMA Surgery. Benign breast disease makes up about 75% of breast biopsy diagnoses. The study included data from 4,819 women with a median age of 51.

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Treatment paradigm shifting for men with prostate cancer

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There is no cure for the disease, with treatments designed to prolong the lives of patients. The bottom line is that if I’m dealing with a gentleman who has primarily bone disease, Xofigo might actually be a very good option and it can be done before or after Pluvicto,” she said. Now there’s Pluvicto, she said.

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ECR: 3 tips for developing a successful cardiac imaging practice

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He noted that in 2019, the European Society of Cardiology issued updated guidelines for diagnostic imaging of coronary artery disease (CAD), recommending noninvasive imaging (i.e., vs. 1.9%) as well as an increase in the demand for noninvasive imaging for the diagnosis of CAD between 2013 and 2017 across all cardiac imaging modalities.

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AI With Volumetric Thresholds Facilitate Opportunistic Screening for Splenomegaly

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A secondary cohort of 104 patients (62 men, 42 women; mean age, 56 years) with end-stage liver disease underwent pre-liver transplant CT from January 2011 to May 2013. Pickhardt et al.’s

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AI model predicts 5-year breast cancer risk from mammogram data

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While attending regular screening mammogram appointments is important in lowering the risk of dying from breast cancer, pinpointing which women are at higher risk of developing the disease can be tricky. AI has shown that it can help in this area. Mirai is a deep learning-based algorithm that has shown that it can help predict breast cancer.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. Since 2013 we've had several more radiopharmaceutical therapies get FDA approval. please insert video here.