AuntMinnie

MARCH 25, 2025

Researchers in Germany have proposed a new approach derived from brain PET imaging for diagnosing and staging Alzheimers disease, according to a study published March 25 in Radiology.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2024

FDG-PET imaging shows promise for use as a diagnostic criterion for neurosarcoidosis, with a recent case series illustrating the approach was effective when gold-standard approaches were not, according to a group of researchers in Berlin. “To

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Professional Radiology

APRIL 17, 2023

Diagnostic Imaging is a great tool for your medical professional to use to detect issues sooner rather than later. There are several types of diagnostic imaging available today; each one used to visualize the internal structures of the body to assist doctors in diagnosis and treating various diseases and medical conditions.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 6, 2024

“Ultrasound contrast agent use can be ubiquitous in interventional practice and can solve many logistical or clinical diagnostic problems,” he said. In ultrasound, contrast use has been shown to improve differentiation of liver lesions and the diagnostic performance of O-RADS in assessing ovarian lesions among other examples.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2024

PET/MRI imaging shows promise in diagnosing fevers or inflammation of unknown origin and may have advantages over PET/CT, according to a study published January 3 in the European Journal of Radiology. Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is defined as a temperature higher than 38.3 °C

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But evidence as to how this type of upgrade impacts various pathways for diagnosing prostate cancer is unclear. To address the knowledge gap, the team evaluated the benefit of using PI-RADS upgrading rules with MRI-directed diagnostic sequences.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 3, 2025

MRI and ultrasound have tradeoffs in diagnosing peripheral neuropathies of the upper extremity, a study published March 4 in Radiology found. High-resolution imaging provides important pathomorphological information in diagnosing peripheral nerve disorders. MRN and HRUS are two imaging techniques that have shown promise in this area.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2024

“Our study showed that the availability of PET/CT prior to the [percutaneous needle lung biopsy] improves the diagnostic biopsy rates,” wrote lead author Konstantinos Stefanidis, MD, of King’s College Hospital in London, and colleagues. Patient with extensive lung and pleural disease. (2a) Image courtesy of the European Journal of Radiology.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 29, 2024

A thyroid ultrasound imaging database could spur the development of more effective diagnostic and treatment models for related diseases, according to research published January 23 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. Ultrasound is a first-line method in the screening and diagnosing of thyroid nodules.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

DL algorithms have been developed over the past five years to reduce these motion artifacts, yet evidence on their diagnostic performance is scarce, the group noted. All seven readers correctly diagnosed the arthroscopy-validated findings. (F) F) An arthroscopic photograph shows the anteroinferior labral tear (arrow).

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Health Imaging

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

are diagnosed with TB, and AI is being deployed to turn the tide. A rising number of patients in the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 13, 2025

Her team studied how an AI-guided POCUS system can help diagnose tuberculosis in patients with respiratory symptoms. Suttels highlighted lung POCUS being connected to a smartphone to make diagnoses and being sputum-free. Image courtesy of Vronique Suttels, PhD.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) headsets show promise for helping clinicians interpret CT exams -- even for conditions such as diverticulitis, which can be tricky to diagnose, researchers have reported. The use of these headsets instead of desktop displays has been explored for both image-guided procedures and diagnostic interpretation.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The three companies are partnering to bring AI tools to Roche’s digital pathology platform to streamline cancer diagnoses.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 2, 2024

A team led by Seyed-Ali Sadegh-Zadeh, PhD, from Staffordshire University in England found that its machine-learning model achieved high performance in diagnosing heart tumors, including a near-perfect area under the curve (AUC) score. The researchers highlighted that machine learning techniques could lead to improved diagnostic performance.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

12, 2025 Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, has published a case study by clinicians in the pulmonary and radiology departments at ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco (Milan, Italy) demonstrating the use of Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR) to help definitively diagnose diaphragm dysfunction. tim.hodson Fri, 02/14/2025 - 15:14 Feb.12,

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In his talk, Niccol Finardi from the University of Milan in Italy presented his teams research, demonstrating CEUS high diagnostic accuracy at different time points after spleen trauma occurs, ranging from within 48 hours to 60 days follow-up. One patient dropped out of the study due to the critical nature of their injury.

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Radiology Business

APRIL 2, 2025

ACR is teaming with Belgium-based Icometrix, which is providing its brain MRI software to facilities participating in the Alzheimers Network for Treatment and Diagnostics.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

ChatGPT-4 has greater diagnostic accuracy than ChatGPT-3.5 However, the researchers pointed out that it remains to be seen how upgrades in ChatGPT improve performance in providing diagnoses in radiology cases. The team investigated the respective diagnostic accuracy of ChatGPT-3.5 Finally, diagnostic accuracy increased by 17.3%

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Radiology Business

JANUARY 5, 2024

Such a "safety net" team also can help to reduce diagnostic errors due to missed and delayed diagnoses, Brigham and Women's experts detailed in JACR.

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TRA Medical Imaging

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

When it comes to your health, selecting the right diagnostic imaging center is an important decision. State-of-the-Art Technology Not all imaging centers offer the same equipment, and newer technology often leads to more precise imaging and quicker diagnoses. Here are some key factors to keep in mind when making your choice.

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REBEL EM

APRIL 17, 2023

Background: The increased utility and accessibility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has allowed clinicians the freedom to rethink their diagnostic approach for many common diseases, including peritonsillar abscess (PTA). Question: How well does the US perform in diagnosing PTA compared to CT, needle aspiration, or Incision and Drainage?

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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 companies aim to demonstrate the accuracy and efficacy of CDM compared with other diagnostic methods including standard MRI and PET.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Chest x-ray is used to diagnose RDS, but LUS has emerged as a reliable bedside tool for monitoring respiratory conditions in preterm infants. Specificity 50% 91% Diagnostic accuracy 80.1%

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 11, 2023

Axillary scanning in women undergoing a diagnostic breast ultrasound has minima. New breast elastography algorithm avoids false-negative cases Ultrasound, AI method diagnoses breast lumps without experts Initial results for SOLUS trial presented at ECR

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

diagnostic support technology uses AI to analyze CT scans, x-rays, and pathology slides, supporting clinicians in diagnosing medical conditions earlier and with better accuracy, improving clinical decision-making and patient outcomes. operations and growing its customer base. Harrison.ai

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

They also spearheaded the development of guidelines for the American College of Radiology (ACR), recognizing the role that imaging had in diagnosing COVID-19 in patients. The guidelines included best practices for imaging with CT versus chest x-ray in diagnosing COVID, as well as whether imaging is necessary at all in some cases.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 23, 2024

A team led by Mark Slidell, MD, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, found that CT remains the most used imaging method for diagnostic pediatric appendicitis in hospitals that don’t participate in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - Pediatrics (NSQIP-P). NSQIP-P hospital 71.7% Non-NSQIP-P hospital 18.8%

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AuntMinnie

JULY 18, 2023

Experts have drafted new diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease to reflec.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 19, 2024

Boussoussou and colleagues conducted a study that assessed the diagnostic efficacy of PCCT for this indication, using ICA as a reference. Photon counting coronary CT (PCCT) angiography represents a groundbreaking approach to evaluating coronary stenosis," the group concluded.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new reimbursement plan July 10 for diagnostic PET scans that would provide separate payments for radiopharmaceuticals, as well as an extra payment for hospitals when they use domestically produced technetium-99m (Tc-99m).

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AuntMinnie

JULY 9, 2024

Using direct radiologic image inputs can improve the diagnostic accuracy of large language models, according to research published July 9 in Radiology. Suh and co-authors studied the performance of these two models in generating differential diagnoses at different temperatures.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Remy-Jardin and colleagues conducted a study that compared performance of traditional CT to PCCT for diagnosing acute PE. Performance comparison of traditional CT to PCCT for diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism Measure Group 1 (dual-energy protocol) Group 2 (multienergy protocol) Percent reduction Acquisition time 4 seconds 0.9

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Chinese clinicians have provided evidence in a “real-world study” that shows amyloid PET imaging is effective for diagnosing and managing patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published February 8 in Alzheimer’s and Dementia. of patients, noted lead author Ke-Liang Chen, MD, a neurologist at Fudan University.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Under the new policy, CMS will unpackage and pay separately for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals with per-day costs exceeding $630, removing financial barriers that have long hindered patient access to essential nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures.

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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.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 10, 2024

Conebeam breast CT (CBBCT) has superior diagnostic performance than that of mammography in small studies, according to research published January 8 in the European Journal of Radiology. CBBCT in recent years has garnered interest among radiologists as another way to diagnose breast cancer.

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