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. The primary outcome measure was the proportion of inappropriate imaging requests made per department before and after implementation.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A Swiss research team has developed and tested an AI model that automatically segments anatomic structures on MR images independent of sequence, according to a study published February 18 in Radiology. Images and caption courtesy of the RSNA. The team then assessed the model's performance using Dice scoring.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 27, 2025

Independent imaging centers are experiencing increased competition for CT patients, according to the newly published IMV 2024 CT Market Outlook Report. Hospital-based sites are more likely to be experiencing this shift compared to independent imaging centers. Independent imaging centers 10.9 hours on weekdays and 17.9

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2025

Using a deep-learning model with lung CT imaging shows promise for identifying and segmenting tumors, researchers have reported. To address the problem, Kashyap and colleagues developed and tested a 3D U-Net-based, image-multiresolution ensemble deep-learning model for identifying and segmenting lung tumors on CT scans.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 2, 2024

ChatGPT has been effective in 84% of radiology research studies, yet it is still too soon to confirm its complete proficiency for clinical applications, according to a team at the University of California, Los Angeles. Summary of ChatGPT's topics in five different clinical areas of radiology (n = 44).

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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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AuntMinnie

APRIL 1, 2025

The study highlights how radiomics can help stratify risk in DCIS cases compared with clinical and qualitative imaging information alone, noted lead authors Kalina Slavkova, PhD, of Columbia University in New York City, and Ruya Kang, PhD, of Brown University in Providence, RI. Image courtesy of RSNA.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The global medical imaging community has paid tribute to Willi Kalender, PhD, the renowned medical physicist who died on October 21 at the age of 75. He is the father of contemporary CT imaging -- and thus of clinical radiology as we know it today," Christiane Kuhl, MD, PhD, told AuntMinnie.com on November 4.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik H. Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. His lab team is currently focused on "implementing advanced techniques, such as parallel transmit, to achieve more consistent image quality and fully harness the power of 7T for every patient," Middlebrooks said.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2024

BOSTON -- ChatGPT shows early promise in classifying clinically significant breast pain, according to research presented at the Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CMIMI). ChatGPT also correctly identified most clinically significant breast symptoms. of clinically significant symptoms.

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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. Is adjacent x-ray imaging in the ER justified? Sunday, December 1 | 2:30 p.m.-2:40 2:40 p.m. |

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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. There are several conceivable advantages of F-18 FDG PET/CT over conventional imaging. DEED, Attribution 4.0

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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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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The use of AI in thoracic imaging has begun to demonstrate "cumulative evidence of effectiveness," but more testing and research are needed to determine its feasibility for this application, according to a commentary published February 25 in Radiology. van Beek, MD, of the University of Edinburgh in the U.K. in an accompanying editorial.

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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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AuntMinnie

APRIL 2, 2025

Clinical analytics firm Covera Health has launched an AI-powered platform called Protect Her, which identifies early signs of breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis during routine scans.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 2, 2025

A significant percentage of imaging studies ordered by office-based healthcare providers are self-interpreted rather than referred to radiologists for reading, according to researchers from the Harvey L. million office-based imaging claims for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022 that were ordered by nonradiologists.

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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. Behind him is an image created by one such generative AI model, which illustrates humans working alongside AI.

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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. F-18 FLT-PET imaging was performed on day 28. F-18 FLT-PET imaging of gastrointestinal GVHD.

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Health Imaging

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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MARCH 20, 2024

Etta Pisano, MD , will identify rural hospitals and help them to onboard patients into new clinical studies.

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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. From there, the researchers extracted 1,618 radiomic features and four kinetic features from ultrafast and standard MR images. Ultrafast MRI model (Reader 2) 0.88

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Health Imaging

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

DECEMBER 5, 2024

There's plenty of research and technologies on display at RSNA 2024 when it comes to breast imaging. She also talked about what breast imaging facilities can expect with the U.S. Finally, Patel discussed take-home points that RSNA attendees can take back to the clinic. Just ask Amy Patel, MD, from Liberty Hospital in Missouri.

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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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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

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Whats more, Philips announced an AI research collaboration with the Mayo Clinic for cardiac MRI. Making use of the firms Precise Image reconstruction software, CT 5300 can achieve up to 85% lower noise and 60% better low-contrast detectability at 80% lower dose in comparison with conventional image reconstruction, Philips said.

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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 13, 2025

Conversely, F-18 FES-PET is a noninvasive, whole-body molecular imaging technique approved in 2020 that captures both spatial (differences based on location), and, when ER-positive patients are imaged at multiple time points, temporal heterogeneity (how tumors change over time), the authors noted. A visual abstract of the analysis.

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AuntMinnie

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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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. Image and caption courtesy of the RSNA. The full study is available here.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 22, 2024

ChatGPT-4 demonstrated high accuracy in analyzing and interpreting thyroid and renal ultrasound images in a study published March 19 in Radiology Advances. These functionalities indicate the tool's potential to improve radiological workflows by pre-screening and categorizing ultrasound images,” Sultan told AuntMinnie.com.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Advanced visualization (AV) software developer Ziosoft is showcasing the Atrena, an AV image viewer, at RSNA 2024. Atrena provides significantly enhanced 3D stereoscopic viewing capabilities from vendor-neutral DICOM images, according to the firm. Atrena is currently available for clinical use in Japan.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Agfa HealthCare and enterprise imaging marketplace platform firm Carpl.ai RUBEE for AI into Agfa HealthCare’s enterprise imaging system. Agfa stated that RUBEE can integrate directly into Agfa HealthCare enterprise imaging systems and is designed to work with already trusted tools.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 24, 2024

Cardiac imaging teams should be aware not only of the adverse health effects of climate change but also the downstream environmental ramifications of cardiovascular imaging, suggests expert Kate Hanneman, MD, in an interview with AuntMinnie.com. AuntMinnie.com · Interview with Kate Hanneman, MD, on sustainability and cardiac imaging

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 22, 2024

ChatGPT-4 demonstrated high accuracy in analyzing and interpreting thyroid and renal ultrasound images in a small study published March 19 in Radiology Advances. These functionalities indicate the tool's potential to improve radiological workflows by pre-screening and categorizing ultrasound images,” Sultan told AuntMinnie.com.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2025

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has a diagnostic accuracy comparable to digital mammography for women referred for breast imaging, a study published January 10 in Cancer Treatment and Research Communications found. The retrospective study included data collected from 10,742 total exams from the two modalities. compared to 0.90

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