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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Large language model (LLM) Mistral outperformed Llama and rivals the performance of GPT-4 Turbo in a real-world application that assessed the completeness of clinical histories accompanying radiology imaging orders from the emergency department, researchers have reported. The study findings were published February 25 in Radiology.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

The healthcare sector continues to face “financial headwinds,” with several “distress drivers” pushing providers toward Chapter 11.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2025

Imaging AI tools and algorithms continue to be rapidly developed and deployed into clinics, but experts say theres an elephant in the room that still needs to be addressed: reimbursement. A lot of people may not know whether or not their breast imaging clinic has an option for an AI-assisted read for their normal mammograms.

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MARCH 10, 2025

The Los Angeles-based imaging center operator recently inked a partnership with a Florida OB-GYN group and plans to "aggressively" pursue similar opportunities.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Diagnostic imaging leads the way in AI product approvals by a mile, accounting for more than 70% of all applications on the list.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This is a testament to how research has shifted from standalone studies on the accuracy of algorithms to how they may actually impact clinical workflows – and thereby perhaps move a step closer to broader clinical implementation. Chest x-ray AI evaluated in clinical routine at a Norwegian hospital Monday, December 2 | 1:30 p.m.-1:40

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Siemens Healthineers has adopted NVidia's MONAI Deploy, a module within its open-source research and development platform MONAI that aims to integrate AI workflows for medical imaging into clinical use. The module is a tool for developing, packaging, testing, deploying, and running medical AI applications in clinical production.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2025

Despite imaging referrals being frequent in a free clinic setting, less than half of referral submissions resulted in completed appointments, suggest findings published March 18 in Clinical Imaging. Underserved populations who may rely on charitable services like free clinics face more barriers than others.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

The pair's hope is that their model, which will first focus on chest X-rays, will provide significant benefits for radiology workflows.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The finding is from a preliminary analysis of 23 patients enrolled in an ongoing clinical trial, noted Giorgio Brembilla, MD, PhD, of the IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy. The combination of PSMA-PET and MRI could improve the detection of clinically significant cancer in clinically high-risk patients, he concluded.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

The LA area duo laundered their profits “by buying millions of dollars’ worth of gold bars and coins,” the DOJ says.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Experts believe the tool has “excellent” potential to help guide decisions during labor and delivery in the future.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Implementing a clinical decision support system (CDSS) had little effect on reducing inappropriate imaging orders by doctors in university hospitals, according to a study published February 10 in JAMA. percentage points, which was not statistically significant, the researchers reported.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

An initial $600,000 award will “further Dr. Grist’s legacy of innovation in clinical care, imaging research and education,” according to Victoria Glazar, managing director of the GE HealthCare Foundation. Grist pushed the boundaries of knowledge in the fields of MRI and CT.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2025

Thus, the researchers aimed to determine prospectively whether 18F-FES PET improves staging for patients with clinical stage II/III or local-regional recurrent, grade 1 or 2, ER-positive breast cancer compared with standard F-18 FDG-PET. The full study is available here.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 7, 2025

Epic reported that more than 2,000 Epic hospitals and more than 50,000 Epic clinics are either live or preparing to go live on the federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) framework for nationwide health data exchange.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Whats more, Philips announced an AI research collaboration with the Mayo Clinic for cardiac MRI. The scanner also includes virtual tools such as the firms CT Collaboration Live service for real-time collaboon and clinical or technical support. In other developments, Philips announced a pilot collaboration with AI firm Annalise.ai.

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Health Imaging

JANUARY 12, 2025

Radiology products lead the way for AI approvals by a long shot, accounting for more than 70% of all applications on the list.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

. | S1-SSCH01-5 | E451A This scientific paper may increase overall confidence in the potential of using multimodal AI for tuberculosis (TB) detection, and potentially autonomous reporting, on chest radiographs in certain clinical settings. Stop by the session with your questions.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2025

These patients had undergone contrast-enhanced abdominal CT for the evaluation of adrenal disease or other clinical indications, and their complete clinical and imaging data were available. An adrenal nodule was defined as having the longest diameter of greater than 1 cm, based on clinical guidelines.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

VIENNA Generative AI may have novel applications in the clinic, but using the technology comes with its share of challenges and future directions, according to a presentation given February 26 at ECR 2025.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Researchers led by ShivendraRai, MD, from King Georges Medical University in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, found that LUS scoring predicts surfactant administration better than chest x-ray in preterm neonates of 34 weeks' gestation admitted within 12 hours of birth with clinical suspicion of RDS. 1Each lung has been split into three parts.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 7, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance providing recommendations to drug companies on the design of clinical trials for optical imaging drugs used with imaging devices during medical procedures.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The finding is from a clinical trial in patients with blood cancers and suggests the method can locate specific areas of the disease that are difficult to biopsy, noted lead authors Jennifer Holter-Chakrabarty, MD, and Lacey McNally, PhD, of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 5, 2025

Moseley's exceptional ability to combine clinical expertise with innovative teaching methods, while championing mentorship, quality, and inclusivity, makes her the ideal recipient of this honor, ARRS said, in a news release.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The research enrolled women across 10 clinical practices, ranging from a few sites up to 64 sites at the largest practice. For those enrolled, the clinical practices applied a U.S. The finding comes from a study of nearly 750,000 women who chose to enroll in a self-pay, AI-enhanced breast cancer screening program.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 13, 2025

They estimated the likely benefit from endocrine therapy after positive and negative F-18 FES PET scans, as well as the risk ratio of clinical benefit compared between the two. A visual abstract of the analysis. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

To explore the additional value of the technique, the group studied clinical reports on 47 patients admitted to ICUs between 2017 and 2024 who underwent F-18 FDG-PET/CT scans ten days or more after admission. Ultimately, PET/CT scans are considered complex procedures for critically ill patients, the authors noted.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 28, 2025

To better assess the current landscape and challenges of AI applications in cardiac CT and MRI specifically, the paper aims to bridge the gap between burgeoning research developments and limited clinical applications, according to lead author Domenico Mastrodicasa, MD, from the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues.

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Health Imaging

MARCH 17, 2025

The incident cost the clinic tens of thousands of dollars in repairs.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Most Influential Radiology Researcher Erik Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik Middlebrooks, MD. One of this year's nominations for Most Influential Radiology Researcher is Erik Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The survey also found CT enterography and barium follow-throughs are still used in clinical practice; however, barium follow-through has a relatively diminishing role in IBD, and radiation exposure limits CT. Educate your patient in every clinical contact, he advised. A survey of patients in the U.K. That's a lot of MRI," he said. "If

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 19, 2025

To realize the benefit of LCS in clinical practice, healthcare systems must establish programs capable of not only identifying and screening eligible adults but also ensuring that screened individuals continue to receive annual LCS," it wrote. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for people between the ages of 50 and 80.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 28, 2025

Our study underscores the potential clinical utility of ultrafast MRI radiomics in breast cancer classification, irrespective of readers' experience levels, the team wrote. Ultrafast MRI offers faster temporal resolution than standard MRI, allowing for shorter scan times and better assessment of tumor kinetics.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 18, 2025

Furthermore, the bill aims to align financial incentives with clinical guidelines and unify payment across care delivery settings. ASTRO has said that this will make way for long-term rate stability while practitioners can continue to deliver care to patients, including to those who are underserved.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The new technique could allow clinicians to quantify the degree of improvement in ventilation when patients have a treatment via an inhaler, and "could be valuable in clinical trials of new treatments of lung disease," the group noted.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Researchers led by Ronnie Sebro, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, found that patients experience a loss in bone mineral density (BMD) after transplant, which puts them at higher risk for osteoporosis and fractures.

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