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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 Images in a 40-year-old woman who underwent breast-conserving surgery for left breast cancer and a surveillance breast MRI examination 25 months after surgery. (A)

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Gleamer acquires Pixyl, Caerus Medical

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AI medical imaging firm Gleamer has acquired two developers of AI-powered MRI applications, Pixyl and Caerus Medical. The acquisitions of the two firms add MRI to Gleamers portfolio of radiology applications covering x-ray, mammography, and CT, giving the firm a suite of AI-based tools for all core imaging modalities, the company said.

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Italian research team shows the way on sustainability

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Although the most common site of MBC is bone, there is currently no standardized imaging modality that offers accurate assessment of bone treatment response, Masperi and Girlando explained. Whole-body MRI is emerging as a superior tool for assessing bone marrow and monitoring therapy response in advanced breast cancer.

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Dual-tracer PET/CT shows promise in liver cancer patients

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A group led by researchers at the University of Hong Kong in China found the approach detected 12% more disease in patients undergoing staging than CT or MRI and resulted in a change in treatment in a significant number of cases. Patients underwent conventional imaging for a median of 26 days prior to dual-tracer PET/CT.

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ECR: 3 tips for developing a successful cardiac imaging practice

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Gutberlet described how he came to cardiac imaging early in his medical career. At the time, there was little training for, say, cardiac MRI. Imaging was so important [for cardiac indications], that I decided to become a radiologist," he said. years of follow-up compared with CT imaging (2.1% But he persevered.

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Surgeon General's alcohol advisory puts patient counseling at the fore

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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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ISMRM: Is low-field MRI coming of age for lung imaging?

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Low-field MRI can now detect many pathologies in the lungs that previous generations of MRI scanners failed to do, but there is still significant room for improvement once radiologists become more proficient at interpreting pulmonary 0.55-tesla 0.55T lung MRI protocol.

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