AuntMinnie

JULY 8, 2024

Adopting a responsible framework could help overcome challenges in applying AI to medical imaging, according to an article published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. It's like any clinical tool as well. The platform works as an interface between existing clinical PACS and AI models. It's like the training of a team.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Alzheimer’s disease patients with cognitive impairment or dementia who were referred for amyloid PET scans had fewer hospitalizations compared with a matched control group, according to a study published October 9 in JAMA Neurology. The full article can be found here. The percentage of patients impacted was small – just 4.5%

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 30, 2024

New articles will be published each Monday up until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. Our article announcing the winners of our annual Minnies award is always highly popular among our members. Martha Koperwhats, Texas Children's Hospital 2. Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL MOST SIGNIFICANT NEWS EVENT IN RADIOLOGY 1.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 2, 2024

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have developed and validated an abdominal organ segmentation model and made it available as an open-source application for further research and potential clinical deployment in pediatrics, according to an article published in the American Journal of Roentgenology on May 1.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Genicular artery embolization (GAE) is likely a cost-effective treatment for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis compared to radiofrequency ablation or corticosteroid injections, according to an article published September 25 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The full article is available here. versus 18.4%

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 18, 2024

PMID: 35387313 Clinical Question: Do prehospital antibiotics impact 28 day mortality, length of stay in the hospital and ICU length of stay for patients triggering sepsis compared to usual care (No prehospital antibiotics)? Clinical Take Home Point: Cutting corners to speed up time is not always a good thing in medicine.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 29, 2024

Developing and testing a new class of “super phantoms” is needed to optimize new medical imaging techniques before they are used in human studies, according to an article published May 24 in Communications Engineering. The full article is available here. An international group from the U.S.,

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The nomogram incorporating radiomics and clinical features could be a useful clinical tool for the early and accurate assessment of long-term prognosis in patients,” the group wrote. They extracted radiomics features from this data based on their clinical effectiveness in predicting 3- and 5-year progression-free survival.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 29, 2024

The finding suggests that PET imaging of translocator protein (TSPO) in the brain can serve as a biomarker for evaluating patients whose disease progresses despite treatment, noted lead author Tarun Singhal, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and colleagues. Image courtesy of Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

More outpatient scheduling blocks may reduce resident burnout without reducing medical knowledge, according to an article published in JAMA Network Open. Veterans Administration hospital, and a local hospital, all located in Colorado, implemented a new 4 + 4 block scheduling system.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is effective for stroke patients who need to be transferred from hospitals where they are diagnosed to centers capable of performing the procedure, according to a study published February 8 in JAMA Network Open. The full article is available here.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

ChatGPT-4 consistently produces clinical vignettes that stereotype certain races, ethnicities, and genders, according to a study published in the January issue of The Lancet: Digital Health. It is crucial that LLM-based systems undergo rigorous fairness evaluations for each intended clinical use case,” the group concluded.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 25, 2025

In addition to including medical physicists from Duke Health, the Mayo Clinic, and the University of California, Los Angeles, the paper's authors include industry representatives from Canon Medical Systems USA , radiation dose tracking software developer Imalogix, Qaelum , and SiemensHealthineers.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 23, 2024

Instead, the radiologist-generated reports provided a descriptive report and final impression, histologic and molecular characteristics as part of the medical report, treatment history, and current clinical status, according to co-lead authors Kai Laukamp, MD, and Robert Terzis, MD, of the University of Cologne in Germany, and colleagues.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

Faster intervention with endovascular thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke improves patient-reported quality of life outcomes, according to an article published June 3 in JAMA Neurology. Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is a highly effective imaging-guided therapy in acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“We hypothesize that the hypometabolism pattern observed in long COVID patients with brain fog using F-18 FDG-PET might primarily be a signature of astrocyte-related glutamatergic dysregulation,” wrote lead study author Eric Guedj, MD, PhD, of Marseille University Hospital. The full article is available here.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

Researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are among those monitoring the clinical and investigational role of AI in advanced cardiac CT imaging. Charalambos Antoniades, British Heart Foundation chair of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Oxford and lead author of The Lancet article.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a study that included 104 patients, PET/MRI provided high sensitivity and specificity for determining underlying causes, especially in patients with elevated C-reactive protein, a blood biomarker of inflammation, according to lead author Tomas Rohan, MD, of University Hospital Brno in Brno, Czechia. “To

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 5, 2024

In a clinical trial, F-18 FAPI-04 radiotracer performed better than F-18 FDG in identifying primary tumors, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastases in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). In the future, F-18 FAPI-04 PET/CT may play a greater role in the actual clinical management of PDAC,” the group wrote.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 16, 2024

The researchers leveraged what they described as an untapped opportunity that allowed them to perform SPECT just seconds after triggering seizures, with the imaging visualizing brain regions associated with language difficulties in three patients, noted lead author Sabry Barlatey, MD, PhD, of University Hospital of Bern, and colleagues. “We

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

As of January 2023, hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR) -- a blend of FBP and MBIR -- was the state-of-the-art image reconstruction technique, according to Lennart Koetzier; Martin Willemink, PhD; and colleagues, who wrote about the technical principles and clinical prospects for the RSNA journal Radiology. Tim Leiner, MD, PhD.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The technology figured prominently in five Minnies categories, including Hottest Clinical Procedure. We hope you enjoy our article as well as the opportunity to hear directly from the recipients. And 2023 is no exception. Notably, AI was even more prevalent this year among the Minnies winners than in the past.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 12, 2024

As nuclear medicine therapies gain stature compared to nuclear medicine in diagnostic imaging, hospital administrators may be eyeing the potential of adding theranostics services. Reshaping the hospital's nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceutical strategy toward theranostics involves intensive and inclusive planning, Beyder explained at SNMMI.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

They provided a step-by-step description of how to use it in an article published October 24 in the British Journal of Radiology. As a potential alternative, researchers have begun to explore the use of AI for artificially generating clinical cases. The full article is available here.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

For this third in a series of articles covering the rise of theranostics, AuntMinnie.com asked several of those at the forefront to discuss freestanding theranostics center development, their roles, and some of the obstacles they've encountered with introducing the new model of care. Chang insists that BAMF Health is not a clinical company.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 12, 2024

To address this gap in knowledge, the researchers enrolled 237 women with early breast cancer who were undergoing adjuvant treatment with aromatase inhibitors and denosumab (60 mg every six months) at their hospital in Brescia from September 2014 to June 2018. The full article is available here.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 11, 2024

AI-assisted triage of lung x-rays using commercially available software could help reduce turnaround times in real-world settings by 77%, according to an article published October 10 in the European Journal of Radiology. CXR Triage received clearance from the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 27, 2023

“It is expected that this x-ray shielding material will lead to the development of various radiation protectors used for clinical applications,” wrote corresponding author Hiroaki Hayashi, PhD, of Kanazawa University in Kanazawa, in a study published December 16 in Medical Physics. The full article can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 22, 2023

“F-18 FDG-PET/CT scanning is crucial in identifying tumor lesions, determining staging, and devising treatment strategies for individuals diagnosed with NK/T-cell lymphoma,” wrote lead author Huixia Geng, MD, of the Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University. The full article can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

Radiology resident Kaustav Bera, MD, is a third-year resident at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Kaustav Bera, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Bera, Gregory O'Connor, MD, and other reviewers focused on 51 articles that involved ChatGPT and radiology imaging data.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 9, 2024

In clinical practice, individuals with very high AISmartDensity score may benefit from supplemental screening tests to enhance early detection,” the authors wrote. The researchers noted that their model is currently acting as a postscreening reader in a randomized clinical trial to flag high-risk mammograms for supplemental MRI.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2024

New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. Our top article in 2018 covered an important early development that supported efforts to train AI algorithms. With the goal of spurring research into medical applications of artificial intelligence, the U.S. Image courtesy of the NIH.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A large independent cardiology practice in Salem, Oregon, has filed a $15 million antitrust and defamation lawsuit against local health system Salem Health, according to a September 16 article in the Salem Reporter. The Oregon Heart Center offers a range of cardiac care, including ultrasound, nuclear medicine and x-ray imaging.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2024

The article was published January 25 in Neurological Research and Practice. To assess the concept, the researchers identified three patients between 2020 and 2022 at their hospital who had undergone MRI as well as additional F-18 FDG-PET scans to identify potential hypermetabolism in the central nervous system.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2024

They're also mindful of the multiple dedicated teams required to build a theranostics clinic properly. Hope, vice chair of clinical operations and strategy in the UCSF department of radiology, established the radioligand therapy group at the university. Hope added. But prostate cancer will be different," Hope continued. "A

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 19, 2024

Radiology Advances , the first exclusively open-access journal of the RSNA, published its first articles on March 19. Susanna Lee, MD, PhD, chief of women’s imaging and officer of mentored research at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the editor. The home page of the journal can be found here.

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Aidoc

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

From reducing treatment delays to supporting staff well-being, this article explores key areas where AI could help maximise the NHS’s investment. 2 Expedited treatment not only improves patient outcomes but also increases efficiency by reducing the likelihood of follow-up hospital visits for delayed treatment or to manage complications.

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