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AuntMinnie 2018: NIH releases massive database of chest x-rays

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Our top article in 2018 covered an important early development that supported efforts to train AI algorithms. Such algorithms can help teach computers how to detect and diagnose disease, the NIH said in a September 27 announcement. A number of the images are of patients with advanced lung disease, according to the NIH.

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Diagnosing Pediatric Crohn Disease With Radiomic and Clinical Data

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milla1cf Wed, 08/02/2023 - 19:58 August 2, 2023 — An accepted manuscript published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) found that deploying a radiomic-based model with T2-weighted MRI data could increase diagnostic accuracy for pediatric Crohn disease (CD). Dillman et al.’s

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Interobserver agreement modest on ILD diagnosed with CT imaging

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Interobserver agreement for assessing interstitial lung disease (ILD) using high-resolution CT (HRCT) is moderate, researchers have reported. Our results demonstrate that repeatable assessment of disease severity, extent, and progression is challenging even for expert radiologists," the group noted.

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How Good is Ultrasound at Diagnosing PTA?

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Background: The increased utility and accessibility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has allowed clinicians the freedom to rethink their diagnostic approach for many common diseases, including peritonsillar abscess (PTA). Question: How well does the US perform in diagnosing PTA compared to CT, needle aspiration, or Incision and Drainage?

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Pharmacist sentenced in radiopharmaceutical criminal case

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From January 2018 to June 2019, Sheriff and pharmacists under his direction would fractionate or split the active ingredient of Technescan MAG3, without ensuring the pieces were equal in size, purity, or strength, according to the U.S.

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Adding radiology report info to DL model helps MRI detect brain lesions

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"This collaborative multimodal approach not only boosts diagnostic performance but also offers interpretable insights to radiologists, paving the way for advanced, efficient disease diagnosis and improved clinical decision-making," the authors noted. Both were tasked with diagnosing 15 conditions, which included 14 diseases and normal brains.

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ARRS: ACR guideline changes lead to sharp uptick in breast MRI use

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The use of breast MRI has increased 14-fold since the American College of Radiology (ACR) changed its guidelines in 2018, a study presented May 7 at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting found. The ACR’s 2018 guideline changes impacted MRI screening for women with a personal history of breast cancer.

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