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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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

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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AuntMinnie

JULY 15, 2024

Deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI) can reveal impaired brain glucose metabolism in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published July 16 in Radiology. tesla have shown promise, yet performing DMI with a 3-tesla MRI system could facilitate its use in clinical settings, as these scanners are more widely available, they noted.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 09/26/2023 - 15:32 September 26, 2023 — In a study of more than 2,000 chest X-rays , radiologists outperformed AI in accurately identifying the presence and absence of three common lung diseases, according to a study published in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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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

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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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

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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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

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

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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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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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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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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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

DECEMBER 16, 2024

F-18 fluorothymidine (FLT) PET can identify early acute gastrointestinal graft versus host disease (GVHD) after patients undergo bone marrow transplants, according to a study published December 13 in Radiology: Imaging Cancer. Blood cancers start in the cells of the immune system or in blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow.

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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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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

a global leader in clinically proven AI -powered solutions that enable medical providers to accurately and reliably detect cancer earlier and improve patient outcomes, will highlight scientific presentations, including an award-winning poster at the European Congress of Radiology ( ECR ) annual meeting in Vienna, Austria, Feb 28 – March 3, 2024.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 21, 2024

a leading clinical augmented reality med-tech company, announced the successful first installation and clinical cases using the OmnifyXR Interventional Suite [1] at North Star Vascular and Interventional in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Disclaimer: OmnifyXR is intended to be used adjunctively to standard of care imaging.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A new hand-held scanner developed by UCL researchers can generate highly detailed 3D photoacoustic images in just seconds, paving the way for their use in a clinical setting for the first time and offering the potential for earlier disease diagnosis.

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Radiology Business

APRIL 20, 2024

Is portable MRI suitable for finding abnormalities in the brains of patients receiving new amyloid-targeting therapy for Alzheimer’s disease? Clinical researchers are about to find out.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 29, 2024

PET brain scans show persistent brain inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), despite being treated with high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies, according to a recent study by researchers in Boston. Image courtesy of Clinical Nuclear Medicine. The full article is available here.

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Radiology Business

JUNE 15, 2023

SimonOne utilizes AI, advanced clinical protocols and the “best available” equipment to detect diseases before symptoms arise, the PE-backed group said Thursday.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 18, 2024

Shiv Patil, a student and researcher from the University of Pennsylvania, presented an F-18 NaF-PET/CT study that found the approach visualized biologically active vascular microcalcification in patients at early stages of the disease versus healthy volunteers.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 02/09/2024 - 09:17 February 9, 2024 — A novel PET imaging technique can noninvasively detect active inflammation in the body before clinical symptoms arise, according to research published in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. It is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 18, 2023

PET scans typically used for diagnosing prostate cancer may have value in detecting inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a case series published December 8 in Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology. Image courtesy of Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology. The full study is available here.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Although studies have shown that PSMA-PET is highly effective for detecting prostate cancer, the long-term consequences of widely implementing the technique in patients with recurrent disease are unknown, the authors explained. population and was informed by data from real-world settings.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 3, 2024

SINGAPORE – MR elastography is a leading noninvasive approach for imaging liver fibrosis, yet a new technique known as “3D MRE” promises to open new opportunities for diagnosing chronic liver disease, according to a leading expert in the field. and the world.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2024

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that primarily involves synovial joints. Early use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) is essential to the good control of synovitis and prevention of joint injury, the authors explained.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Adding MRI features to clinical ones in a machine learning model can help predict the progression of Alzheimer's disease among those with early disease, according to a study published on December 13 in Alzheimer's & Dementia. The complete study can be found here.

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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.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 15, 2024

Detecting breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms could identify women at a higher risk of future cardiovascular disease (CVD), a study published March 13 in Clinical Imaging found. Breast arterial calcifications are incidental findings on mammograms. 0.0002 N/A N/A Presence of diabetes 2.77 Parity 4 0.006 3.31

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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. According to the findings, there were significant differences in GPT-4's modeling of disease prevalence by race and gender compared with true U.S.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Estimating the prevalence and severity of coronary artery calcium (CAC) using data gleaned from nongated chest CT imaging improves risk assessment of postsurgical major clinical events before a patient undergoes noncardiac surgery, according to research published in the October 10 issue of Circulation. compared with 2.9%. 1 to 2 3.7%

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

“The significantly higher lesion-based sensitivity in unsuspected metastases implies a future role of F-18 FAPI PET/CT in evaluation of metastatic disease burden,” the team wrote. The retrospective analysis included data collected in 2022 and 2023 from 38 women with initial clinical stage IIB-IIIC breast cancer. compared to 34.2%

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REBEL EM

JULY 1, 2024

PMID: 34462252 Clinical Question: Does AVAPS NIPPV in patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure improve PaCO2 and pH values better than traditional BiPAP NIPPV? Comparison of BPAP S/T and Average Volume-Assured Pressure Support Modes for Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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