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Breast MRI surveillance reduces disease recurrence

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Postoperative MRI surveillance appears to lower the odds of advanced second breast cancer in women with a personal history of the disease, researchers have reported. "In The research included 3,688 women who underwent breast cancer surgery between January 2009 and December 2014.

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PET/CT shows promise detecting early atherosclerosis

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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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ChatGPT tested on cardiac imaging questions

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In this study, the researchers assessed the feasibility of using ChatGPT as a resource to educate patients on various aspects of cardiac imaging, including diagnosis, imaging modalities, indications, interpretation of radiology reports, and management. The group posed 30 questions to ChatGPT-3.5 What tests will be ordered?”)

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SNMMI: FAPI PET/CT predicts progressive pulmonary fibrosis better than FDG

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Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT demonstrated heightened and extensive uptake in interstitial lung disease (ILD) compared to FDG in a cohort of 97 patients with ILD. To evaluate the value of FAPI PET/CT versus FDG in ILD diagnoses, Fang and colleagues conducted both within one week and assessed various PET/CT parameters.

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Wider use of cardiac PET faces challenges

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Strategies to increase the use of cardiac PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in the U.S. Cardiac PET MPI has emerged as a key tool for diagnosing and managing patients with cardiovascular diseases, especially coronary artery disease, yet overall it remains underutilized in the U.S.,

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Interobserver agreement modest on ILD diagnosed with CT imaging

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Interobserver agreement for assessing interstitial lung disease (ILD) using high-resolution CT (HRCT) is moderate, researchers have reported. Our results demonstrate that repeatable assessment of disease severity, extent, and progression is challenging even for expert radiologists," the group noted.

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Road to RSNA 2024: Ultrasound Preview

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Ultrasound proponents will have the opportunity to present and see the modality’s versatility in helping detect and diagnose pathologies such as liver cancer, breast cancer, and thyroid cancer. They can also highlight the resulting benefits that are possible, of course, without the ionizing radiation of some other imaging modalities.