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Microflow imaging useful in diagnosing breast lesions

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Microflow imaging can differentiate between benign and malignant breast lesions, suggest findings published October 28 in Clinical Radiology. Microflow imaging and high-definition microflow imaging can detect more blood flow in breast lesions than color Doppler flow imaging…,” Luo and co-authors wrote. Grade 1 25.4% 8% Grade 2 23.9%

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LI-RADS shows low NPV in per-patient liver tumor assessment

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However, the researchers noted that the emphasis on specificity can lead to disease under-staging. Using this, tumors were categorized into the following: viable (LI-RADS 4, 5, or treatment response), equivocal (LI-RADS 3 or treatment response), and no viable disease (only LI-RADS treatment response).

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Can PET help diagnose neurosarcoidosis?

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To date, F-18 FDG PET findings are currently not taken into account when making a diagnosis for possible, probable, or definite neurosarcoidosis,” noted lead author Jessy Chen, MD, of Charité - Berlin University Medicine, and colleagues. In our outpatient clinic follow-up (2 to 2.5

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ECR: 3 tips for developing a successful cardiac imaging practice

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VIENNA -- It's definitely possible to develop a successful cardiac imaging practice, according to a professional development presentation delivered February 28 at the ECR in Vienna. years of follow-up compared with CT imaging (2.1% vs. 3%) and major procedure-related complications during initial management (0.5%

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CT, MRI enterography show promise for assessing Crohn's disease

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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. Maximal associated small bowel dilation 0.74 Maximal stricture wall thickness 0.58

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ASTRO and ESTRO Issue Clinical Guideline on Local Therapy for Oligometastatic Lung Cancer

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The guideline emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary team approach to guide treatment decisions for oligometastatic disease, a description for cancer that reaches a state in which the patient has a small number of metastases in addition to a primary tumor. The guideline is published in Practical Radiation Oncology.

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Researchers offer hypothesis for long COVID brain fog

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Furthermore, fatigue has previously been linked to cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease via a similar brain network as that involved in long COVID, they wrote. Ultimately, further research is needed to establish a definitive link between reactive astrocytes and long COVID.

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