AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Researchers led by Runlan Luo, MD, from the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing found that this method along with high-definition microflow imaging outperforms color Doppler flow imaging in diagnosing breast lesions. The study can be found in its entirety here.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Safety net hospitals provide equitable care in breast cancer screening in terms of race and ethnicity, a study published December 12 in Academic Radiology found. The Boyko team identified predictors tied to lower mortality in women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer at a safety net hospital. for age (p = 0.001) and 6.37

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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. He was admitted to the hospital. The full study is available here.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2023

This makes disease severity classification important, but current scoring tools are limited, the researchers noted. It also explored any associations between POCUS findings and respiratory support at 12 and 24 hours, maximum respiratory support during hospitalization, disposition, and hospital length of stay.

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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

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

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Technology resulting from this jointly funded program will help healthcare professionals at all skill levels rapidly diagnose and provide timely treatment for patients with lung pathologies and traumatic injuries to the abdomen, chest and head.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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% of patients with dementia, the authors noted.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Researchers led by Rui Tang from Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, China, found that their AI system can accurately identify standard planes and perform automatic tissue segmentation. While ultrasound is a go-to method for assessing shoulder joint diseases, it is a user-dependent modality.

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REBEL EM

JUNE 1, 2023

Background: Achieving ROSC in out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is no easy feat but, care doesn’t end with ROSC. Excluded: Obvious cause for OHCA prior to SDCT or on hospital arrival. Known obstructive coronary artery disease or known coronary stent. Secondary: Time to adjudicated diagnosis. Known cardiac defibrillator.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2024

10, 2024 — NYU Langone Health recently launched a digital pathology program, transforming disease diagnosis from microscopes to high-definition images, shareable in real time across the hospital network. Its impact is already being felt across the hospital.” tim.hodson Wed, 10/16/2024 - 13:57 Oct. As one of the first U.S.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 19, 2024

MR elastography (MRE) is an effective technique for noninvasive monitoring of liver stiffness -- a surrogate for fibrosis -- in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease, researchers have reported. years) who underwent an abdominal 1.5-tesla tesla MRI that included liver MRE as well as a liver biopsy within six months.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 15, 2024

In an analysis of women diagnosed with ILC who underwent both imaging approaches, Ga-68 FAPI showed higher activity in tumors than F-18 FDG and identified more metastatic lesions, noted nuclear medicine physician and lead author Ertan Sahin, MD, of Gaziantep University in Gaziantep, Turkey.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 2, 2024

CHICAGO -- CT imaging shows that engineered stone countertop workers are at risk of developing the lung disease silicosis, according to research presented December 2 at the RSNA meeting. The patients, all of whom were Hispanic, were diagnosed with silicosis with available CT and pulmonary function tests.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

A contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)-based radiomics model could help accurately diagnose breast cancer, suggest findings published November 26 in Clinical Breast Cancer. The full study can be found here.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

CEUS often overcomes limitations of MR and CT in diagnosing many tumors and detecting their recurrence,” said Dr. Wilson, who spoke today at the International Bubble Conference in Chicago. In addition, “CEUS scans are significantly less expensive than MR and CT,” she said.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

CHICAGO – Black patients receive fewer MRI scans for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and undergo imaging at an older age than other racial groups, according to research presented November 27 at RSNA 2023. Additionally, new treatments have recently become available for Alzheimer’s disease that can potentially slow the rate of decline.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This approach can reduce treatment time from 3−5 weeks to 1 week, shorten linear accelerator (linac) operation times, and decrease hospital visits. However, in non-academic hospitals in China, 50 Gy in 25 fractions remains the most common regimen after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). The median planning target volume (PTV) was 456.4

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 20, 2024

That is, it is diagnosed after a test whose result was negative and before the next evaluation. For obvious reasons, it is a very reliable indicator of the effectiveness of early detection programs for this disease: if the number of cancers that appear after a screening is high, it is a sign that the program is not working.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 29, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 01/29/2024 - 14:21 January 29, 2024 — Diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades, with steeper increases in more recent years, according to a study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. The study is published Jan.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A large study, needed for FDA clearance, demonstrated that the use of icobrain aria significantly increases the accuracy of ARIA assessments by radiologists and hence allows for safer use of new amyloid-beta targeting therapies for Alzheimer’s disease patients. Slow Adoption of Alzheimer’s Treatments Amid Safety Concerns Figure 1.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Molecular imaging enables doctors and clinicians to see inside the body with a non-invasive process, helping to diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease , and neurological diseases. It uses biomarkers to highlight molecular changes, which can sometimes alert doctors to possible disease.

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MAY 1, 2023

Approximately two-thirds of the world’s population does not have access to medical imaging systems, according to the World Health Organization ( WHO ),1 while many people with access face substantial wait times for scanning, potentially delaying diagnoses. While access to medical imaging is relatively high in the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 16, 2024

SPECT/CT imaging can show over time how patients taking tafamidis for heart disease respond to the treatment, a group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston reported. Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) is a life-threatening disease that occurs when amyloid fibrils accumulate in the heart. years between scans.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 1, 2024

Accurate measurement of the volume and distribution of different tissue types in the brain is important for diagnosing brain disease. By quantitatively measuring myelin, clinicians can better understand the extent and impact of TBI and differentiate TBI from other neurological diseases.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 16, 2024

MNH at MUHAS is a public hospital serving Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, and did not have a working mammography machine. For women in Tanzania, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality,1 with more than 80% of diagnoses happening at stage III or IV when the odds of long-term survivability are much lower.2

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The finding is from a phase III trial that compared the two treatments in 450 patients and could help patients make decisions about their treatment, noted presenter Jason Efstathiou, MD, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital. each year – are diagnosed as localized disease. each year – are diagnosed as localized disease.

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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. No image data were transmitted to GPT-4.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 12, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Fri, 07/12/2024 - 11:00 July 12, 2024 — Diagnosing cancer and providing the personalized therapy it often requires, is a collaborative effort more than in any other area of medicine. This seamless integration helps pathologists deliver accurate diagnoses, ultimately improving patient outcomes.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are rapidly being integrated into clinical practice, with several LLM-based pilot programs underway in hospitals and clinicians beginning to use ChatGPT to communicate with patients and draft clinical notes, according to the authors. prevalence estimates. prevalence estimates.

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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)

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

It's compatible with various X-ray machines, including hospital-based, mobile, portable, hand-held, and ultra-portable units making it versatile and powerful. Over 500 hospitals and imaging centers are using DeepTek's AI solutions, impacting the lives of 100,000 people monthly. In a world with 3.5 billion annual X-rays, 1.5

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

The findings boost AI-driven medical diagnostics and bring health care professionals closer to being able to quickly diagnose patients with COVID-19 and other pulmonary diseases with algorithms that comb through ultrasound images to identify signs of disease.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 22, 2023

“F-18 FDG-PET/CT scanning is crucial in identifying tumor lesions, determining staging, and devising treatment strategies for individuals diagnosed with NK/T-cell lymphoma,” wrote lead author Huixia Geng, MD, of the Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We needed to move screening outside of institutions and hospitals and offer it in the neighborhood where people will get used to seeing it.” People exposed to dust and respiratory hazards in mines, has been a significant issue with many miners developing mine dust lung diseases. Miners now get much more than just a CT chest scan.

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