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ARRS announces Resident/Fellow in Radiology awardees

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Ahmed Taher, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. ARRS Melissa Rosado de Christenson Award for “Alpha-Fetoprotein Response Patterns After Y-90 Radioembolization for Intermediate-to-Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Predicts Disease Progression and Survival.”

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Immune System Ageing Can Be Revealed by CT Scan

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But now it turns out that the appearance of the thymus can actually provide a lot of valuable information that we could benefit from and learn more about,” says Mårten Sandstedt , MD, PhD, at the Department of Radiology in Linköping and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University.

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New Emory Institute and AI Health Initiative to Focus on Improving Health Equity and Patient Outcomes

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christine.book Thu, 11/09/2023 - 13:30 November 10, 2023 — Emory University has announced that it will be launching a new AI-focused initiative which it expects will unite the power of machine learning and big data, to transform the ways in which health care systems prevent, diagnose, treat and cure diseases on a global scale.

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Ultrasound shows ties between uterine fibroid risk, family history

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Researchers led by Christine Langton, PhD, from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, NC, found that this trend was especially prevalent when mothers were diagnosed at a younger age. They also found that maternal history was tied to increased fibroid growth.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. Traditional treatments didn't slow the disease in these patients, noted UT’s Vroman.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. Traditional treatments didn't slow the disease in these patients, noted UT’s Vroman.

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Society for Breast Imaging, SBI, Announces Gold Medalist, Inducts New Fellows during RSNA 2023

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In collaboration with her colleagues, she has written over 230 papers, 40 chapters and 5 books about breast diseases with an emphasis on the use of MRI. Her research focuses on how to use newer techniques, such as MRI, for early breast cancer detection and to improve the workup of breast lesions, noted SBI.

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