AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Photon-counting CT may serve as an alternative to MRI for assessing liver fat in patients with fatty liver disease, according to an article published September 24 in Radiology. The disease affects up to 24% of the population in the U.S. and can lead to cirrhosis and even cancer if left untreated. (A) in the MASLD cohort.

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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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AuntMinnie

JULY 2, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Eli Lilly's drug donanemab (Kisunla) for the treatment of early Alzheimer's disease, including mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. According to clinical trials, amyloid PET scans showed that donanemab reduced amyloid plaques by up to 84% after 18 months of treatment.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research centers saw a 77% drop in participants enrolling in clinical trials due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study conducted by epidemiologists at the University of Pittsburgh. Few recruitment approaches have been directly tested via intervention trials at Alzheimer’s disease centers, they added.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

PET, CT, and MRI use for assessing coronary artery disease increased in Medicare patients from 2018 to 2022, while SPECT and stress echocardiography declined over the same period, researchers have reported. Taken together, these findings call for efforts to address barriers impeding wider uptake of PET,” the group wrote.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Benign breast disease diagnosed through percutaneous biopsy increases the overall risk of developing breast cancer, according to research published December 13 in JAMA Surgery. Benign breast disease makes up about 75% of breast biopsy diagnoses. The study included data from 4,819 women with a median age of 51.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The percentage of lung fibrosis quantified on CT pulmonary angiograms (CTPA) by an AI model is associated with increased risk of mortality -- and boosts clinicians' ability to predict the survival of lung disease patients, researchers have found. The results were published February 6 in Radiology. Images courtesy of the RSNA. "[We

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AuntMinnie

MAY 31, 2024

PET imaging with nitrogen-13 (N-13) ammonia radiotracer can help predict major adverse cardiac events in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), according to a study published May 30 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging. Nonetheless, the findings are promising, they suggested. The full study is available here.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

National Institutes of Health (NIH) has highlighted a study that shows cardiac PET scans can help identify people at risk for Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. Significantly, the research supports a “body first” progression model for the diseases, the researchers suggested. “We

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Imaging Technology

MAY 24, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 05/24/2024 - 07:00 May 24, 2024 — Smokers who have small abnormalities on their CT scans that grow over time have a greater likelihood of experiencing acute respiratory disease events, according to a new study published today in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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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. Sporadic early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (EOAD) is rare and understudied. What Are the Clinical Implications? What Question Were You Investigating?

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its flurpiridaz F-18 radiotracer for PET imaging of coronary artery disease. are PET MPI because of limited access to the currently available PET tracers,” noted Jamshid Maddahi, MD, of the University of California, Los Angeles, who led clinical trials for the imaging agent, in a news release.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 10, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 05/10/2024 - 08:10 May 10, 2024 — According to the Summa Cum Laude Award-Winning Online Poster presented during the 124th ARRS Annual Meeting , fat-enlarged axillary nodes on screening mammograms can predict high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and hypertension (HTN). Rubino et al.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

PET scans have revealed specific brain pathology that may drive sleep disturbances in Alzheimer’s disease patients, according to a study published February 8 in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Of these, 119 (43%) had normal cognition, 132 (24%) had mild cognitive impairment, and three (2%) had Alzheimer’s disease.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a new study published in iScience, Mayo Clinic researchers found that a novel 4D echo imaging method that measures cardiac strain may detect subtle changes in the heart's dysfunction during acute myocarditis, a deadly heart disease.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 12, 2024

Integrating AI with our advanced imaging techniques will allow us to detect subtle changes in brain activity indicative of neurodegenerative diseases at their nascent stage.

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JVIR

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To identify associations between computed tomography (CT)-based lower extremity calcium score (LECS) across different anatomic segments and the presence, severity, and clinical outcomes of peripheral artery disease (PAD).

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 1, 2024

Chest dynamic digital radiography (DDR) may have received a boost toward clinical use in patients with lung disorders, with researchers developing AI to perform time-consuming analysis involved in the technology, according to researchers in New York City.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 6, 2024

"The results are encouraging as they demonstrate the potential of expanding the role of CT imaging from conventional disease diagnosis to opportunistic proactive screening," study senior author Seungho Ryu, MD, PhD, also of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, said in a statement released by the RSNA.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

JULY 16, 2024

Amyloid PET scans provide in-vivo evidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. However, due to their high cost and limited insurance coverage, they are not widely used in clinical settings outside of the VA Healthcare System.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Ultrahigh-spatial-resolution photon-counting detector CT (PCCT) improves the evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD) -- enabling the reclassification of disease to a lower category in 54% of patients, researchers have found. Curved multiplanar reconstructions with 0.6-mm mm (yellow outline), 0.4-mm mm (blue outline), and 0.2-mm

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 11, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 06/11/2024 - 18:41 June 11, 2024 — A newly developed radiotracer can generate high quality and readily interpretable images of cardiac amyloidosis, a condition referred to as the “Alzheimer’s disease of the heart.” This research was presented at the 2024 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 18, 2024

SimonMed Imaging has inked a research collaboration with Oxford Brain Diagnostics to explore using cortical disarray measurement (CDM) to better diagnose neurodegenerative diseases. The research will investigate CDM in patients with mild cognitive impairment to evaluate for possible Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 18, 2024

Continuing to expand its ultrasound AI capabilities, GE HealthCare has signed an agreement to acquire Wales-based Intelligent Ultrasound Group's clinical AI software business for total consideration of approximately $51 million. GE HealthCare said the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 19, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Fri, 07/19/2024 - 09:25 July 19, 2024 — GE HealthCare announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Intelligent Ultrasound Group PLC’s clinical artificial intelligence (AI) software business for total consideration of approximately $51 million.

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ScienceDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Researchers are collaborating on a novel approach to use neuroimaging and network modeling tools -- previously developed to analyze brains of patients in the clinic -- to investigate Alzheimer's disease progression in preclinical animal models.

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Aidoc

JULY 31, 2024

In this post, we’ll explore the benefits of AI-enhanced AAA patient care at Yale New-Haven Health, its impact on diagnosis and disease awareness and the implementation process within health systems. This enhances clinical outcomes and follow-up adherence and reduces the risk of missed diagnoses.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 6, 2023

A new paper published in Clinical Imaging details the impact of a high-resolution CT reporting template catered specifically to interstitial lung disease.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 26, 2023

christine.book Mon, 06/26/2023 - 12:46 June 26, 2023 — PET imaging with 68Ga-FAPI offers a feasible, reliable, and reproducible method for evaluating disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research presented at the 2023 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 09/25/2023 - 15:57 September 25, 2023 — Viz.ai , a leader in AI -powered disease detection and intelligent care coordination, today announced new clinical data supporting advancements in pulmonary embolism (PE) detection. Pulmonary embolism is a severe medical condition, which affects around 900,000 people in the U.S.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 29, 2024

Schuchter, MD, FASCO , the Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Professor of Clinical Oncology and director of the Tara Miller Melanoma Center at Penn Medicine , is the 2023-2024 ASCO President, and the ASCO Annual Meeting program features more than 200 sessions complementing her Presidential Theme: "The Art and Science of Cancer Care: From Comfort to Cure."

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AuntMinnie

JULY 18, 2024

patients with fibrosing lung disease. This project will focus on the opportunity for AI imaging analysis using Brainomix 360 e-Lung on routine CT scans to speed up diagnosis, improve access to treatment for people living with this disease, and overcome challenges tied to identifying patients who may be eligible for treatment based on imaging.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 26, 2023

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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MedImaging Radiography

MARCH 27, 2024

A new computer-based diagnostic tool combines ultrasound imagery with specific clinical indicators to evaluate the risk of moderate-to-severe renal fibrosis.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 5, 2024

announced that it has entered into a patent license agreement with Mayo Clinic for the rights to the PSMA Alpha-PET DoubLET platform technology for the treatment of PSMA-expressing cancers, with an initial focus on prostate. milla1cf Fri, 01/05/2024 - 11:21 January 5, 2024 — Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 29, 2023

Based on a novel clustering framework using sparse canonical correlation analysis (SCCA), the integrated approach was successful in identifying four subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease and the top genes associated with each, according to the authors of the study, “An SCCA-clustering framework for Alzheimer’s disease subtyping using tau PET and genomics.”

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MedImaging Radiography

JULY 16, 2024

An AI-based tool can successfully predict whether individuals showing early signs of dementia will stabilize or progress to Alzheimer’s disease in 80% of cases.

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