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CEM more efficient, comparably accurate to conventional mammography

AuntMinnie

“[Our study] showed that CEM is, in our opinion, the preferred modality to use after a screening recall,” Lobbes told AuntMinnie.com. Many women who are recalled from breast cancer screening receive post-screening work-up in the hospital with full-field digital mammography. 98% 1 Specificity 75.4% of women who underwent CEM and 1.1%

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FAPI-PET shows promise for detecting pancreatic cancer

AuntMinnie

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. A link to the full study can be found here.

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Terran Biosciences Receives FDA Clearance for NM-101, the Industry’s First Software for the analysis of Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI

Imaging Technology

NM-101 is a cloud-based analysis platform that is able to seamlessly integrate into existing workflows at hospitals and imaging centers. The device allows doctors to send neuromelanin MRI images to Terran directly through the hospital picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and receive a full report back in under an hour.

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Radiography, Research, and You

The British Institute of Radiology

Kim Mason Kim Mason, an Audit and Research Radiographer for Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals Trust, talks about their role as well as the value of radiographer engagement in research activities and how to get involved. Since I found something to love in every modality it never really mattered which one I was in.

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Innovations in Interventional Imaging

Omega Medical Imaging

Today, the same should be said of AI ROI image-guided technology and the radiation reduction and protection it provides. This is a technology that every hospital, physician, and patient should demand. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is another game-changing technology that promises much in medical imaging.

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A brief history of radiology

Radiology Cafe

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) It was possible to obtain 3-D volumes when the images were taken at short intervals. (4) It was possible to obtain 3-D volumes when the images were taken at short intervals. (4)

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Deep learning combines breast imaging data to predict cancer prognosis

AuntMinnie

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.