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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Syphilis -- a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum -- is a multisystemic infection that can affect various organs, and the number of syphilitic patients has rapidly increased worldwide over recent years, they explained. Image courtesy of UNC Radiology.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 22, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the latest update of its AI-based clinical software LungQ (v3.0.0), making its new features widely available for use in hospitals in the United States. It is currently used by more than 600 hospitals and has been validated in more than 200 publications globally. LungQ 3.0.0

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2024

Bartholomew's Hospital in London. She and colleagues assessed the performance of this type of protocol in women at high risk for breast cancer via a study that included 236 shortened breast MRI exams performed between 2018 and 2021. Four readers blinded to patients' prior imaging, history, and disease outcomes reviewed the scans.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The findings offer another way to foster breast cancer early detection, improve patient survival rates across different populations, and reduce disparity in survival rates, said study lead author Leslie Lamb, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston in a statement. “In Image and caption courtesy of RSNA.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 27, 2023

The potential impact of nuclear medicine in the care of patients dealing with cancer, heart disease, brain disease, and other challenges is enormous,” she said. “We She then completed a nuclear medicine residency in 1989 at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 3, 2024

Prior research exploring potential ties between family history and fibroid development is limited by several factors, including reliance on hospital-based participant selection, poorly defined measures of family history, and nonsystematic fibroid assessment. cm or larger in diameter and to measure fibroid growth.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 26, 2024

The company, founded in 2014 by female scientist now Therona CEO Eva van Rikxoort , partners with research institutions and medical companies in their innovation programs aimed to enable breakthroughs in precision medicine for personalized treatment of pulmonary diseases. says Eva van Rikxoort, CEO and Founder of Thirona.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Since its initial FDA clearance in 2018 for recurrent brain tumors and subsequent FDA clearance in 2020 for newly diagnosed brain tumors, GammaTile Therapy has helped more than 1,000 people with operable brain tumors, reported the company in the statement released during ASTRO 2023. was founded by a team of brain tumor specialists.

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Additionally, small-bore catheter placement is performed via the Seldinger technique;’ a skill possessed by all Emergency Physicians (Bauman 2018). 153,5 (2018): 1201-1212. While clinically relevant and heavily debated, the primary outcome is disease-oriented and not patient-oriented. Article: Chang, Su-Huan et al. “A

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Imaging Technology

MAY 31, 2023

We can’t treat what we don’t see, which is why we require precise image quality to help diagnose, plan treatment for, and monitor disease,” explains Prof. Medical imaging is a crucial tool for diagnosing disease, identifying a course of treatment, and determining whether therapy is successful for millions of patients around the world.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 25, 2023

market as VUEWAY (gadopiclenol) injection and VUEWAY (gadopiclenol) Pharmacy Bulk Package, with a series of hospitals leading first clinical usage. The risk for NSF appears highest among patients with: Chronic, severe kidney disease (GFR Acute kidney injury. mmol/kg gadopiclenol (VUEWAY) with 0.1 For all blinded readers, 0.05

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2024

Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. Lutathera was approved for adults by the FDA in 2018 after the therapy resulted in progression-free survival (median overall survival of 11.7

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 5, 2023

The MR-Linac was invented by UMC Utrecht and has been used in daily clinical practice since 2018. Result: patients don’t have to visit hospital as often as before. Unfortunately, with 60 percent of them, the disease has already advanced locally. That is, it makes use of ultrasound to help fight head and neck cancers.

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Future Teleradiology

APRIL 3, 2020

Using public-private partnership hospitals will be set up with a financial contribution from Government of India -GOI to extend facilities to 112 Aspirational Districts making ‘Ayushman Bharat’ viable for weaker sections. 5 lakhs under the ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme has raised the preference for private hospitals.

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REBEL EM

MARCH 9, 2023

The situation is more dangerous given the high incidence of chronic disease, critical illness, and acute trauma. Klein 2018) Despite the high risk of pathology and decompensation, many patients with presumed alcohol intoxication can be evaluated and discharged without any labs or imaging. 2018 Mar;71(3):279-288. Alcohol Res.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 2024

Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. Lutathera was approved for adults by the FDA in 2018 after the therapy resulted in progression-free survival (median overall survival of 11.7

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REBEL EM

APRIL 17, 2023

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). Clinical evaluation may prove difficult since many PTA and peritonsillar cellulitis symptoms overlap.

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JULY 26, 2021

Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, Elsevier, 2018, pp. Obstetric Imaging: Fetal Diagnosis and Care, Elsevier, 2018, pp. Am J Dis Child. 1991;145(6):688-695. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1991.02160060106030 1991.02160060106030 Cephalic disorders fact sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Contro, Elena, et al.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A deep-learning algorithm could predict a patient’s risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) from analysis of noncontrast-enhanced chest CT exams, according to a study presented at the recent RSNA meeting. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring on CT exams can be utilized to estimate the 10 -year risk of ASCVD.

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Manipal Hospitals Radiology Group

AUGUST 26, 2020

Now in 2019, in Circulation, the Guidelines on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease by American College of Cardiology (ACC)/ American Heart Association (AHA) recommend considering CAC scores in decision making to assess risk. They go on to state borderline to intermediate risk patients with CAC=0 do not need statin therapy. There was 0.98

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In his presentation, Jae Seok Bae, MD, from Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea presented research that found that shear-wave velocity values measured after chemotherapy showed predictive performance in chemotherapy responsiveness in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

A team led by Junqi Han, MD, from the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University in China found that its model combining data from mammography images, ultrasound images, and other characteristics performed well in predicting disease-free survival of breast cancer.

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Radiology Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Within weeks of his announcement hospitals world-wide had taken the initiative to open up X-ray rooms, which gave rise to the first radiology departments. (3) Portrait of Sir Godfrey Hounsfield (1919-2004) The first clinical CT scan: Atkinson Morley's Hospital, October 1971 Credit: impactscan.org. 2018 Aug; 18(8): 500–510.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 7, 2023

The authors of the AID-ICU study aim to determine whether haloperidol leads to a significantly greater number of days alive and out of the hospital at 90 days than placebo in ICU patients with delirium. The use of haloperidol in managing delirium in ICU patients did not result in a reduction of mortality rates or length of hospital stay.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

Around 2018, however, development efforts for DLR began to pick up. We're seeing now is that cardiac CT is a fantastic test to rule out the presence of flow-limiting coronary disease," Leiner said, adding that the future is not about single algorithms.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 14, 2023

001) Hospital mortality: Placebo 22.8% The most common reasons for exclusion included severe liver and kidney dysfunction, severe primary disease, and diagnosis of sepsis ≥48hrs. 2018 Mar;36(3):480-487. Epub 2018 Jan 16. 1,817 enrolled and randomized 911 randomized to the XBJ cohort. vs. XBJ 14.2% vs. XBJ 17.0%

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 29, 2024

JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2018. in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 selection bias) Unclear therapies prior to lytics (i.e. to 4.0mg/hr typically given in EKOS therapy (See Below). PMID: 30025734 Sharifi M et al. Am J Cardiol 2013.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

And for the first time since 2018, physician burnout did not win the Minnies award for Biggest Threat to Radiology. Under a long-standing agreement between the state and the federal government, all Maryland hospitals receive a single, annual global payment for their services, similar to capitation.

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Manipal Hospitals Radiology Group

DECEMBER 18, 2019

GLOBOCAN – 2018 India Cancer Fact sheet states that 28,696 new cases had been detected and 17,184 deaths related to prostate cancer have happened in the year of 2018 in India and the estimate of 5 year prevalence of prostatic malignancy was 47,558. These patients are at intermediate risk to develop advanced disease.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 1, 2023

To analyse the CT scan data, the researchers used a technique called radiomics, which can extract information about the patient’s disease from medical images that can’t be easily seen by the human eye. Keith Hewett, 64 from Watford, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018 and treated with surgery at his local hospital.

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REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

1, 2 Its occurrence often portends worse outcomes in intubated patients, whose projected hospital course was already tenuous. Stratified by center (different hospital practices may affect results) and GCS (<8 or ≥8) (higher VAP risk inherent to lower GCS). 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 29, 2023

compared to 177Lu-PSMA I&T – an intrapatient comparison Results from an independent clinical study by BET collaborators at University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, were presented by Ralph Bundschuh , MD, PhD, Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine. and 177Lu-PSMA I&T. Based on these initial results, the use of 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

It can be used to distinguish between various conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, acute heart failure (AHF), pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, and pneumonia [2,3]. thus prolonging their hospital stay and increasing readmission rates.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 3, 2023

These capabilities will help them develop and deliver products with the potential to improve care for even more patients with serious disease. “In Ac-225, both used to deliver therapeutic doses of radiation to destroy cancer cells in patients with serious disease, while sparing healthy tissue.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Second-generation H1 antihistamines (cetirizine, loratadine, and fexofenadine) do not cross the blood-brain barrier as easily (Bernstein J 2018). Patterson’s allergic diseases. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2018. They are less sedating compared to first-generation antihistamines and have fewer associated adverse effects.

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REBEL EM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

What They Did Single-center randomized controlled study design performed by the Department of Hepatology & Liver transplantation in New Delhi Study participants, investigator clinicians, data collectors, and data analysts were blinded Investigators recruited participants from February 27, 2016 – March 3, 2018. Furthermore, 14.3%

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REBEL EM

JULY 28, 2022

However, when the threat of disease outweighs the risk from any possible complication, the decision to anticoagulate is easy to conclude. Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report [published correction appears in Chest. Yet reporting is increasing, suggesting we are overdiagnosing PE.

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