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BERT-based AI poised for use in radiology

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Its implementation in radiology holds potential for enhancing diagnostic precision, expediting report generation, and optimizing patient care,” the group wrote. BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) is a natural language processing (NLP) foundation model introduced in 2018.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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Most Influential Radiology Researcher Erik Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik Middlebrooks, MD. One of this year's nominations for Most Influential Radiology Researcher is Erik Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. He served in the U.S. He earned his medical degree from Washington University in St.

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FAPI-PET shows promise for detecting pancreatic cancer

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FAPI-PET imaging may become a powerful diagnostic tool for detecting pancreatic cancer, according to a study published November 16 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. They found high detection rates and diagnostic accuracy, as well as superior performance to standard imaging.

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PSMA-PET helps plan treatment in men with relapsed prostate cancer

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In data from a phase III clinical trial, the investigators found that gallium-68 (Ga-68) PSMA-11 PET initiated major management changes to salvage radiotherapy (RT) planning in 33% of patients – notably, a group for whom the technique was first approved in the U.S. The study was published January 29 in European Urology.

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How AI has improved CT image reconstruction for cardiac cases

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As of January 2023, hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR) -- a blend of FBP and MBIR -- was the state-of-the-art image reconstruction technique, according to Lennart Koetzier; Martin Willemink, PhD; and colleagues, who wrote about the technical principles and clinical prospects for the RSNA journal Radiology.

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FAPI-PET shows value in staging lung cancer patients

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Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT shows excellent diagnostic accuracy for detecting lymph node metastases in lung cancer patients, according to a study published October 14 in Academic Radiology. FAPI-PET/CT] holds the potential to optimize the need for invasive diagnostic procedures,” the group concluded.

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FES-PET shows promise staging patients with low-grade breast cancer

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Thus, the researchers aimed to determine prospectively whether 18F-FES PET improves staging for patients with clinical stage II/III or local-regional recurrent, grade 1 or 2, ER-positive breast cancer compared with standard F-18 FDG-PET. The full study is available here.

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