AuntMinnie

MAY 20, 2024

F-18 FES-PET was approved in May 2020 for detecting ER-positive lesions in patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. The radiotracer was developed by French biomarker firm Zionexa, which GE HealthCare acquired in May 2021.

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AUGUST 26, 2020

This year’s SCCT, 2020 was virtual with three parallel video channels (which were formerly run out of three different halls). link] In Congenital Heart disease, the dual phase, biventricular and two phase venous Contrast CT protocols were again highlighted which were laid out in SCCT Consensus document. And what a conference….

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 22, 2024

loss of muscle mass) on overall survival, disease-free survival, and postoperative outcomes among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent surgery. compared with 83.6%; p= 0.006), although five-year disease-free survival was not significantly different between the two groups.

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European Society of Radiology: AI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the few diseases that has maintained a dismal prognosis despite decades of laboratory and medical research efforts [4]. By critically evaluating essential methodology steps, we present a case-based framework that is generalisable and applicable to various diseases.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Also, women with high levels of unmet social needs were more likely to present with late-stage breast disease. The study included women with stages I-IV invasive ductal or lobular carcinoma treated at an academic medical center from 2020 to 2023.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 22, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 05/22/2023 - 13:16 May 22, 2023 — New research finds that the brains of otherwise healthy military personnel who are exposed to explosions show an abnormal brain accumulation of amyloid-beta protein—a protein that plays a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Leiva-Salinas said.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 31, 2024

in 2020, wrote lead author Wesley Armstrong, a medical and doctoral student, and colleagues. The researchers included a total of 178 with salvage RT plans available who had enrolled in the trial between September 2018 and August 2020 at UCLA and the University of California, San Francisco.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Lymphedema is a chronic disease of the lymphatic system caused by the accumulation of proteins in the interstitium, ultimately leading to inflammation, and can be caused by damage to the lymphatic system from surgery or radiation treatment, the authors explained. The disease is a particular concern among cancer patients, they noted.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 8, 2024

Study participants underwent a total of 77 cycles of Y-90-FAPI-46 therapy between June 2020 and December 2023. Lanzafame and colleagues reported that Y-90-FAPI-46 controlled disease progression in nearly half of the patients in the study, signaling a "specific benefit" for the advanced sarcoma patient group. Image courtesy of SNMMI.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Bahl and AJR coauthor Claire Crowley , MB, BCh, BAO, MSc, studied patients who underwent CNB showing radial scar after screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and digital mammography (DM) (January 1, 2013–December 31, 2020). Patients without surgical excision or at least 2 years of imaging follow-up after CNB were excluded.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

more than 6 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating and far-reaching disease that accounts for 60% to 80% of dementia cases, and by 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million, according to Alzheimer’s Disease International. The disease affects memory, thinking, and behavior. In the U.S.,

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The study results may suggest ways women transitioning through menopause can be supported as their risk of cerebrovascular disease rises, wrote a team led by Wei Guo, PhD, of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University in Taian, China. The study also included 63 men (mean age, 52).

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Thadeu de Oliveira Correia and colleagues conducted research that included 716 patients without known prostate cancer who underwent prostate MRI followed by biopsy between January 2016 and May 2020. no biopsy for PI-RADS equal to or less than 2) A risk-based pathway (i.e.,

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 10, 2024

More recently, she and her collaborators developed a PET imaging agent for vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease, recently approved for human studies by the FDA as an Investigational New Drug. Aebersold award (SNMMI) for outstanding achievement for basic science research applied to nuclear medicine in 2020, and the Glenn T.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 9, 2024

Her research also contributed to FDA approval of Lu-177 DOTATATE for treating neuroendocrine tumors; recently, she and collaborators developed a PET imaging agent for vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease, which has been approved for human studies by the FDA as an Investigational New Drug (IND).

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 12, 2024

"[The study supports] the need to update and revise current estimates of cumulative organ-absorbed doses [among radiologic technologists] for more precise assessment of occupational radiation exposure and disease risks," Milder and colleagues noted.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

While neuromelanin was first described in the 19 th century, researchers have elucidated its possible role as a biomarker for neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease in the last two decades. Cassidy, “it allows us to obtain potentially useful adjunctive information about many other diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, and PTSD.”

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Researchers have long held a theory that the network of brain pathways clear metabolic proteins that otherwise could build up and lead to dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease. To do so, Piantino and colleagues conducted a study that included five patients who underwent neurosurgery between 2020 and 2023.

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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). 2020 Nov;163(5):915-922. Epub 2020 Jun 2. 2020, August 18). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 29, 2024

“Given the rising incidence and geographical/ethnic variability of breast cancer in young women, physician awareness is crucial for timely diagnoses and addressing the significant impact of this disease,” Sefidbakht and co-authors wrote. Previous studies indicate that women are being diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The group conducted a receiver operator characteristic (ROC) analysis with the final radiology reports as the reference standard to evaluate the algorithm’s diagnostic accuracy for detecting the disease and Wilcoxon rank sum tests to evaluate the effect of the algorithm’s alert system for flagging suspicious cases on radiologist reporting times.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2024

MRI is the imaging gold standard for diagnosis, yet identifying the disease using this method remains challenging, the researchers wrote. years depending on the patient case), all three patients remained stable without new disease relapses,” they noted. In all three cases, gadolinium-enhanced MRI scans did not show abnormalities.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 14, 2024

The retrospective study included women who underwent core-needle biopsy showing a radial scar after screening DBT and digital mammography between 2013 and 2020. The researchers found that seven radial scars were upstaged to ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) while another was upstaged to invasive disease.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

About Breast Cancer and Contrast-Enhanced Mammography In 2020, there were 2.3 2 Breast cancer treatment can be very effective, especially when the disease is identified early. Epub 2020 Oct 29. million women diagnosed with breast cancer and 685,000 deaths globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).2

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JULY 12, 2024

Philips’ open-platform approach and ability to securely share data also facilitates medical research with the potential to develop new diagnostic algorithms, disease biomarkers and treatment options based on large-scale digital pathology data sets. 2020 Oct;33(10):2058-2066. Epub 2020 May 11. Mod Pathol.

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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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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 6, 2024

Both CT and MRI enterography show promise for assessing the severity of Crohn's disease, researchers have reported. Fibrostenotic strictures increase the risk of disease complications and surgery in patients with Crohn's disease. to be reliable. Rieder and colleagues also assessed this exam's reliability using intraclass ICC.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 29, 2024

adults eligible for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening taken from the 2020 FQHC Uniform Data System. population, 2020 Type of screening exam FQHCs General U.S. Amboree's group investigated FQHC screening rates and compared them to general U.S. screening rates. The team used information from 16.7 million U.S.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The team conducted a study that included 2,554 adults aged 45 and older who underwent in-hospital, major noncardiac surgery between 2016 to 2020; all patients had nongated chest CT imaging (either with contrast, 58.1%, or without contrast 41.9%) within one year before surgery.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 12, 2024

Methods of detection included screening mammography in asymptomatic patients, patient or provider disease identification through self or clinical examination, and an alternative identification of disease (for example, incidental finding on CT imaging). geographical areas (Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest, Pacific Northwest).

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 14, 2024

This relieves the pressure of blood flowing through the diseased liver and can help stop bleeding and fluid backup. The study included data collected between 2015 and 2020 from 6,658 patients who underwent TIPS procedures. TIPS is an interventional radiological procedure used to bypass the portal vein system.

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CurveBeam AI

AUGUST 1, 2023

Postoperative Assessment 52 yo with post-traumatic degenerative joint disease of the ankle. His clinical interests include ankle arthritis, neuropathic disease, forefoot reconstruction, and deformity. (1) Epub 2020 Oct 17. 2020 Jan;41(1):1-9. NWB CT after staged hardware removal did not reveal source of ankle pain.

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CurveBeam AI

AUGUST 22, 2023

The most common etiology is posttraumatic degeneration, but primary degeneration and inflammatory diseases can also result in osteoarthritis of the midfoot joints.​ 2020 Oct;41(10):1277-1282. Epub 2020 Aug 27. Epub 2020 Nov 21. It has the potential to cause significant pain, disability, and decreased quality of life.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 16, 2024

Radiologists at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), part of the Muhimbili University of Health and Sciences and the largest public hospital in Tanzania, will receive mammography technology and advanced imaging training to help clinicians improve detection, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.

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Ben White

JUNE 20, 2023

I wrote about it back in 2020 in this post about the transfer problem. And having models for different patterns of disease allows you to pick up on subtle constellations of findings. That means reviewing the chart for things like operative notes, making sure to review the previous exams, and looking up new diseases and their features.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 26, 2024

Conversely, FAPI radiotracers such as gallium-68 (Ga-68) FAPI have been developed that bind to fibroblast cells in the supportive tissue of tumors, and these PET tracers have shown significant promise for detecting disease in previous studies.

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APRIL 1, 2024

will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime and 1 in 39 women (3%) will die from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. For the study, the researchers compared 210,067 mammograms from 81,824 patients in the EMory BrEast imaging Dataset (EMBED) from January 2013 to December 2020 using both Mirai and AsymMirai models.

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