AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Still, PET imaging in breast cancer may be among this year’s hottest topics, with studies suggesting FDG-PET/MRI may be reliable in newly diagnosed patients and another revealing which potential tracer is more effective in women with metastatic lesions, namely F-18 fluciclovine or Ga-68 PSMA. 9:30 a.m. | Monday, November 27 | 8:30 a.m.-8:40

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Phler's team explored whether a technique called free-breathing phase-resolved functional lung (PREFUL) MRI -- which analyzes air movement in and out of the lungs and blood flow through the lungs, and doesn't require radiation or intravenous contrast -- could better image patients with long COVID. The complete study can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Morphological markers culled from diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI) brain scans using an AI algorithm can help diagnose autism in young children with an accuracy rate of 98.5%, according to research to be presented at the upcoming RSNA meeting. This approach could reduce the psychologists' workload by up to 30%."

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

And 2023 is no exception. Workforce shortages were deemed by our Expert Panel to be the biggest threat in 2023. Congratulations to all the winners of the 2023 Minnies awards, and also to the runners-up and the hundreds of candidates who made the semifinalist list across 15 categories.

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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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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

CHICAGO – Black patients receive fewer MRI scans for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and undergo imaging at an older age than other racial groups, according to research presented November 27 at RSNA 2023. A brain MRI in patient with mild cognitive impairment. Image courtesy of Joshua Wibecan, MD. in the Other group. “Our

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2024

Abbreviated breast MRI is not only effective for screening among high-risk women but also useful for evaluating "pure" ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to two presentations delivered March 2 at ECR 2024. Abbreviated breast MRI offers a cost-effective way to use the modality without compromising diagnostic accuracy, Suaris explained.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2024

Efforts to bring quantitative MRI analysis into clinical practice received a boost with the availability of two new Category III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for brain MRI. Effective January 1, 2024, the new codes, 0865T and 0866T, support the use of software to analyze brain MRI exams with comparison to prior studies.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

tesla MRI scanner, and its Care Pathways program in its exhibit area at ECR 2024. MRI In MRI, GEHC is presenting its Signa Champion 1.5-tesla The wide-bore system was initially introduced at RSNA 2023. tesla MRI scanner. tesla scanner for the first time to a European audience. GE HealthCare's Champion 1.5-tesla

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image. tesla brain MRI scans. tesla brain MRI scans.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 1, 2023

CHICAGO -- GE HealthCare (GEHC) brought new CT and MRI scanners and a range of AI software applications to McCormick Place for RSNA 2023. MRI GEHC unveiled Signa Champion, a 1.5-tesla, Interventional In image-guided surgery activities, GEHC showcased two new AI applications previously presented at ECR 2023.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A team led by study senior author William Palmer, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found that radiologists who had access to information on patients' symptoms when they interpreted MRI spine exams achieved "a near statistically perfect agreement with spine specialists." The results were published October 29 in Radiology.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Time-dependent diffusion MRI-based microstructural mapping helps predict breast cancer molecular subtypes and treatment response in women with the disease, researchers have reported. The research included 408 women with breast cancer who underwent a time-dependent diffusion MRI exam between February 2021 and May 2023.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

CHICAGO – Gallium-68 (Ga-68) RM2-PET/MRI is better than MRI alone for detecting relapse in prostate cancer patients, according to research presented November 26 at RSNA 2023. Ga-68 RM2-PET/MRI showed significantly higher detection rates than MRI alone (143 versus 96 lesions).

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

People with higher amounts of visceral abdominal fat in midlife may be at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to research to be presented at the upcoming RSNA meeting. A subset of 32 patients underwent PET imaging to identify any amyloid plaque and tau tangles that would indicate the development of Alzheimer's disease.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2024

Research presented at ECR 2024 suggests that diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) has value in ovarian cancer treatment planning. The study also evaluated surgical outcomes, interobserver agreement, and whether MRI could depict small lesions not detected during the initial surgical inspection. and in the interval group (AUC 0.83).

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AuntMinnie

JULY 23, 2024

OpenAI's GPT-4 AI model can utilize imaging reports to generate summaries of disease course in patients with complex glioblastoma, improving treatment planning and potentially even enhancing radiology workflows, according to research published July 23 in Radiology. No image data were transmitted to GPT-4.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Integrating radiology report features into a deep-learning (DL) algorithm improves the model's ability to identify brain lesions on MRI exams, researchers have reported. In addition, 2,655 brain MRI scans taken between January and December 2022 were used for external testing. The researchers extracted textual features (i.e.,

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Is there a signature biomarker for younger/early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (EOAD)? Sporadic early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (EOAD) is rare and understudied. Still, these studies have included small samples and have not focused on developing an MRI biomarker. What Question Were You Investigating? What Were Your Findings?

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

S3A-SPBR-7 | Learning Center Compared with ultrasound or MRI used alone to diagnose breast diseases, a combined model of both modalities based on radiomics more accurately identifies breast conditions, according to a poster to be displayed Sunday morning. Sunday, December 1 | 11:45 a.m.-12:15 12:15 p.m. |

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The authors of a practical guide designed to help radiologists avoid malpractice claims have received one of 17 magna cum laude awards handed out by the RSNA 2023 judges. RSNA 2023 registrants can read the malpractice poster here. Another prizewinner is about imaging of syphilis.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Clinically significant extracardiac findings are common on CT and MRI imaging and are especially associated with exam indication and patient age, researchers have reported. Their assessment included information from 208,506 cardiac CT exams and 228,462 cardiac MRI exams entered into the registry between January 2011 and November 2023.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The condition can be treated in a variety of ways, including hysterectomy and myomectomy (which can be open surgery or laparoscopic), and less invasive alternatives such as UAE, percutaneous radiofrequency ablation, and MRI-guided focused ultrasound. The final study sample consisted of 579,153 procedures.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While care must be individualized, for patients with unknown or unestablished coronary artery disease, the transition to a 'CT first' strategy should be a high priority for cardiovascular care providers," he said. Most study participants were male and white.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 16, 2025

New reporting requirements In March 2023, the FDA issued a Final Rule that went into effect on September 10, 2024, imposing certain specific reporting requirements for mammography results, along with some other quality control measures. 3086) was introduced in May 2023 and currently has 73 co-sponsors.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 8, 2024

Food and Drug Administration has approved this technology for the treatment of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease, and its indications are expanding to include various intracranial diseases. High-intensity FUS is a safe and effective treatment for various intracranial diseases.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 02/12/2024 - 15:03 February 12, 2024 — According to the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) , free-breathing cine-deep learning (DL) may yield reliable left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) measurements in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) unable to repeatedly breath-hold. David et al.’s

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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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Imaging Technology

JUNE 20, 2023

christine.book Tue, 06/20/2023 - 14:03 June 20, 2023 — Ascelia Pharma presented data from its Orviglance Hepatic Impairment study during the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) 2023 annual meeting held June 14-16 in Valencia, Spain.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Whole-body MRI is emerging as a superior tool for assessing bone marrow and monitoring therapy response in advanced breast cancer. It can detect progressive disease in cases missed by other modalities, demonstrating its potential to guide treatment decisions effectively," they noted.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 9, 2024

The hospital's three CT scanners, one MRI system, and one linac (linear accelerator) device appear to be unaffected, but several mobile x-ray and ultrasound units were struck, and a full assessment of imaging equipment located in two different buildings is now underway, he explained. Most of the offices were destroyed or damaged.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

MRI radiomics show a high diagnostic accuracy for predicting Ki-67 expression in breast cancer, researchers have found. They found the following: Predictive value of MRI-based radiomics for Ki-67 antigen in patients with breast cancer Measure Result Model training cohort AUC (with 1 as reference) 0.88

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 5, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 12/05/2023 - 16:43 December 5, 2023 — Pixyl has announced FDA 510(k) clearance for Pixyl.Neuro, the next-generation AI software for brain MRI analysis that recently demonstrated enhanced detection rates up to 28% [1]. The solution uses minimal MRI protocols and provides results in a matter of minutes.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 10/17/2023 - 12:49 October 17, 2023 — Halo Precision Diagnostics , a leader in early disease detection using precision diagnostics, today announced a collaboration with Bayer , a global leader in radiology, to join QUANTI, Bayer’s Phase III clinical development program for gadoquatrane.

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JUNE 2, 2023

milla1cf Fri, 06/02/2023 - 20:28 June 2, 2023 — Philips has entered into a collaboration with medical imaging company Polarean to advance the field of hyperpolarized Xenon MRI for patients with respiratory illness.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

His research interests include using structural and functional MRI -- particularly ultrahigh-field, 7-tesla MRI -- to map brain microstructure and develop neurosurgical treatment of brain tumors, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2023

milla1cf Fri, 10/20/2023 - 18:30 October 20, 2023 — Meilleur Technologies, Inc. Amyloid plaques are a hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The collaboration is focused on using [F-18]NAV-4694 as an imaging biomarker in ADNI4’s neurodegenerative disease research.

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