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Microsoft partners with Mass General Brigham, UW on imaging AI

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Microsoft is collaborating with Mass General Brigham and the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health along with its partnering health system, UW Health, to support research on AI in medical imaging.

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Amyloid PET scans improve outcomes in AD patients

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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 percentage of patients impacted was small – just 4.5%

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WHO: AI use in low-income countries could be ‘dangerous’

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For instance, if an LMM is asked to summarize a treatment paradigm for a disease to guide a ministry of health in a low-income country, it might reproduce an approach that is appropriate only in a high-income context, the organization suggested.

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GE HealthCare Unveils AI-Enhanced Women’s Health Ultrasound System

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*Versus manual exam i Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic. From Data to Action: CDC's Public Health Surveillance for Women, Infants, and Children. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2020. High-Risk Pregnancy. Last reviewed July 12, 2024. Accessed January 17, 2025.

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Radiology among least affected services during Ukraine war

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Since February 2022 when Russian forces began invading Ukraine, reports have described the impact of the war on health services. One radiologist based in Ukraine shared her perspective on the current state of medical imaging in Ukraine.

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New AI Tool Could Help Identify Dementia Risk

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Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the University of Edinburgh and NeurEYE co-lead, Baljean Dhillon, said, The eye can tell us far more than we thought possible. This resource is commissioned by Public Health Scotland and hosted by the Edinburgh International Data Facility through EPCC at the University of Edinburgh.

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Case Western Reserve Researchers land $1.125 million National Science Foundation Grant to Advance Safer, Faster and Less Expensive Medical-imaging Technology

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With this grant, our multidisciplinary team aims to improve the medical-imaging process for clinical staff and patients,” said project leader Shuo Li, an associate professor at the university’s Case School of Engineering (CSE). Their goal: a safer, quicker and cheaper process using non-contrast images only.