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Is scanning the axilla during diagnostic breast ultrasound necessary?

Health Imaging

Experts recently questioned the necessity of scanning the axilla region during diagnostic breast ultrasound, as new data indicate that it is minimally beneficial for cancer detection.

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ACR CEO outlines top trends in breast imaging

Health Imaging

American College of Radiology CEO Dana Smetherman, MD, is a diagnostic radiologist who specializes in breast imaging. She spoke to Health Imaging about some key issues that have her attention in 2024 and beyond.

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Hyperfine, Inc. Announces Collaboration with Athletic Heart to Provide Vital Brain Health Imaging for Former Professional Athletes

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Downstream costs of noninvasive cardiac diagnostics revealed in data study

Health Imaging

At what looks to be an 18% cost savings downstream, stress echocardiograms looks to be the least expensive diagnostic procedure for patients with chest pain

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FDA awards breakthrough designation to AI-powered tuberculosis diagnostic tool

Health Imaging

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

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Low-field MRI systems improve accessibility, but what kind of diagnostic quality do they offer?

Health Imaging

system to determine whether the results rendered were within an acceptable diagnostic range. Experts recently compared the use of a 0.55T low-field MRI system to a 1.5T

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Low field 0.55T MRI images as diagnostically useful as 1.5T for abdominal scans

Health Imaging

Researchers from the University of Michigan scanned 52 patients at multiple field strengths to make the comparison.