AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2024

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.,

Medicare 299

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 9, 2024

Ultrasound is the typical go-to imaging modality for women experiencing chronic pelvic pain or infertility issues. But since so many patients may have disease in the posterior compartment, we wanted to make sure that that area is evaluated with this type of exam with our few additional suggested maneuvers.”

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2025

We know that alcohol is one of the major causes for advanced liver diseases, including cirrhosis, she said. Current guidelines recommend screening patients who have cirrhosis with ultrasound and AFP [alpha fetoprotein] screening every six months and in some instances, alternative imaging modalities such as CT, MRI, and abbreviated MRI.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 8, 2024

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.

Nuclear Medicine 264

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

A team led by Junqi Han, MD, from the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University in China found that its model combining data from mammography images, ultrasound images, and other characteristics performed well in predicting disease-free survival of breast cancer.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

The FAI score is one way to capture inflammatory risk beyond the current clinical risk stratification and CCTA interpretation, particularly among patients without obstructive [coronary artery disease], according to Chan, Antoniades, and colleagues. An AI-calculated FAI score can detect and measure vascular inflammation on CCTA exams.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 14, 2024

The recent FDA approval of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals' Rezdiffra (resmetirom) medication marks a significant milestone in the adoption of medical imaging for identifying and monitoring patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and its more severe progression, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 24, 2023

This technique is significantly cheaper than clinical medical imaging techniques, while providing similar functions.” Traditional imaging techniques are most effective at identifying diseases when a patient exhibits structural changes in their organs. We can add different layers of imaging.

Disease 98

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Imaging more broadly offers significant value to patients, providers, and health care systems when used appropriately through disease prevention, detection, diagnosis, prognosis, and in the delivery and monitoring of precise, minimally invasive treatment," the group explained.

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Associates in Medical Imaging

APRIL 23, 2021

Today, PET/CT is the fastest growing diagnostic imaging modality, and for good reason. PET/CT scans combine two different types of imaging capabilities in a single procedure using one machine. Unlike other imaging modalities such as MRI and CT, PET/CT scans show metabolic changes at the cellular level in an organ or tissue.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Image courtesy of the RSNA, The team included 25 women with a median age of 52 years in the study with a range of 32 to 85 years. On 100 sets of bilateral PEM images, 24 (96%) of 25 cancers were identified. Of the cancers found by PEM, 19 were invasive and five were in situ diseases.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 28, 2023

18F-flurpiridaz PET MPI obtained images at a lower radiation dose than 99Tc-SPECT MPI and performed similarly in both obese and non-obese patients. Patel also noted that 18F-flurpiridaz could significantly increase availability of and access to PET myocardial perfusion imaging across the country, and potentially all over the world.

Disease 98

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 18, 2025

Given the increasing prevalence of steatotic liver disease and its significant impact on public health in Western societies, histopathologic grading is increasingly reserved for specific cases, such as unclear hepatopathy," the investigators noted. The study results were published March 18 in Radiology.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 15, 2023

“Currently, numerous medical imaging-based AI diagnostic models have been developed for breast cancer with many under clinical evaluation and deployment,” explained Wu, director of the university's Intelligent Computing for Clinical Imaging Lab and also the Pittsburgh Center for AI Innovation in Medical Imaging.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 15, 2024

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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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 4, 2024

3D CEFUS is promising for monitoring carotid plaque burden, with lumenography considered as an additional imaging biomarker,” Yeung and co-authors wrote. Atherosclerotic plaque in the carotid artery is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, with imaging used to monitor plaque development.

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European Radiology Experimental

MARCH 25, 2021

The European Radiology Experimental is pleased to announce the launch of its very first thematic series on “ Myocardial tissue characterization in ischemic heart disease ”! It provides an overview of the well-established imaging modalities in ischemic heart disease, alongside recent advances, and ongoing developments in the field.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The model may be deployed locally to preserve data privacy and serve as a framework for other imaging modalities and diseases in children, noted lead author Yufeng Zhang, PhD, and colleagues. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in neonates is a devastating disease, with mortality rates ranging up to 30%.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 9, 2024

"MRI is underutilized in trauma imaging and often falls short of its potential," said presenter Prof. Fritz moderated a session titled "Seeing the Unseen: MRI in Traumatic Musculoskeletal Disease." All images and captions courtesy of Prof. Benjamin Fritz, MD, of Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 15, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 08/15/2023 - 16:28 August 15, 2023 — In elderly patients with suspected prostate cancer, PSMA PET/CT can diagnose advanced disease and aid in therapy selection without the need for a biopsy. Compared with patients who did have a pre-imaging biopsy, these patients were older with worse clinical status and had higher PSA levels.

Nuclear Medicine 98

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Disease Imaging Modalities 98

European Radiology Experimental

MARCH 25, 2021

The European Radiology Experimental is pleased to announce the launch of its very first thematic series on “ Myocardial tissue characterization in ischemic heart disease ”! It provides an overview of the well-established imaging modalities in ischemic heart disease, alongside recent advances, and ongoing developments in the field.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 12, 2024

PET/CT reveals a connection between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cognitive impairment, according to research presented at the recent Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) meeting. The condition is primarily due to atherosclerosis, and it diminishes the delivery of blood and oxygen to organs.

Nuclear Medicine 124

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

CEM is a highly sensitive and relatively low-cost breast imaging modality that combines digital mammography with the administration of a contrast agent to support breast cancer diagnosis and guide treatment decisions.1 2 Breast cancer treatment can be very effective, especially when the disease is identified early.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While neuromelanin was first described in the 19 th century, researchers have elucidated its possible role as a biomarker for neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease in the last two decades. Cassidy, “it allows us to obtain potentially useful adjunctive information about many other diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, and PTSD.”

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 28, 2025

Its interactive, dynamic cutaway views allowed them to analyze never-before-seen dynamics of embryonic mouse heart development using optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. The researchers say that the clipping spline is ready to be widely used by the biomedical imaging community.

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TRA Medical Imaging

JANUARY 17, 2025

Residency Training: Following medical school, radiologists enter a four-year residency in diagnostic radiology, where they learn to interpret medical images, perform imaging-guided procedures, and provide accurate diagnoses. Interventional Radiology (IR): This sub-specialty focuses on minimally invasive procedures guided by imaging.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 6, 2024

"Pulmonary MRI has not been the imaging modality of choice for lung imaging and there is a need for training to make sure our eyes are well trained for the new modality."

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2024

For many, machine learning's potential is more than just talk; the power of well-trained, image-augmented AI has already been demonstrated as a useful tool for quality control, disease tracking, tumor segmentation, and making prognosis predictions.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 12, 2024

PET/CT reveals a connection between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cognitive impairment, according to research presented at the recent Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) meeting. The condition is primarily due to atherosclerosis, and it diminishes the delivery of blood and oxygen to organs.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2024

How many centers have the physical space in their nuclear medicine departments to treat a disease as common as prostate cancer?" asked Michael Morris, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York for an article in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) last year. Morris continued in the JNM.

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JVIR

JANUARY 22, 2023

Imaging evaluation for patients before PAE is mandatory to exclude other possible diseases or malignancies that may also cause LUTSs and help identify the origin of the prostatic artery (PA) (1).

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A 55-year-old woman with a history of end-stage kidney disease on peritoneal dialysis presents due to abdominal pain. Which of the following imaging modalities is indicated at this time? End-stage renal disease. She has had pain and redness at the site of her catheter exit site. Post TW, ed. UpToDate Inc.

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Aidoc

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

imaging scans, EHRs, lab reports), they offer a way to leverage untapped information more effectively. These models learn broad patterns and representations, making them adaptable to a wide range of clinical tasks, from diagnosing diseases to predicting patient outcomes and assisting with treatment planning.

Clinic 52

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Imaging Technology

JULY 2, 2024

To design the salvage radiation therapy, imaging is required to detect and locate the recurrence disease regime.” However, the introduction of 18F-fluciclovine (anti-1-amino-3-18F-fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid) PET/CT has marked a significant advancement in salvage disease management.

Radiation 52

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The technology could also play a crucial role in interpreting uncertain mammogram results, evaluating the response to chemotherapy and ascertaining the extent of disease in newly diagnosed breast cancer, including involvement of the other breast. assistant professor at the University of Toronto. “It

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Future Teleradiology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Early Disease Detection : Radiological imaging detects diseases in their earliest stages, significantly improving the chances of successful treatment and patient outcomes.

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