AuntMinnie

JUNE 24, 2024

Intelligent imaging systems that learn with each scan and produce medical images with unprecedented speed, detail, and precision represent some of the most seismic advances in radiology since the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to the inventors of computer-assisted tomography in 1979. Kelly Londy of GE HealthCare.

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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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Health Imaging

JANUARY 17, 2024

The AI-guided technology can diagnose the disease via medical images without the need for an invasive procedure.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

APRIL 11, 2024

In biomedicine, segmentation involves annotating pixels from an important structure in a medical image, like an organ or cell. Artificial intelligence models can help clinicians by highlighting pixels that may show signs of a certain disease or anomaly.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 25, 2024

Microsoft is collaborating with Mass General Brigham and the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health along with its partnering health system, UW Health, to support research on AI in medical imaging.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 18, 2023

PET scans typically used for diagnosing prostate cancer may have value in detecting inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a case series published December 8 in Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology. There is no single test available that can accurately detect asymptomatic inflammation in these patients, the researchers wrote.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Middlebrooks' research interest consists of using ultrahigh-field, 7-tesla MRI to plot brain microstructure and develop surgical treatment of brain tumors, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia.

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TRA Medical Imaging

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

At TRA Medical Imaging, we are proud to offer low-dose lung cancer screenings (LDCT) to patients who meet specific criteria, providing a crucial tool in the fight against this disease. Scheduling the Exam : Once you have a referral, you can schedule your screening at TRA Medical Imaging.

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ScienceDaily

JULY 15, 2024

Bioengineering researchers developed ultrasmall, stable gas-filled protein nanostructures that could revolutionize ultrasound imaging and drug delivery for cancers and infectious diseases.

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ScienceDaily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A new hand-held scanner can generate highly detailed 3D photoacoustic images in just seconds, paving the way for their use in a clinical setting for the first time and offering the potential for earlier disease diagnosis.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 1, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 05/01/2023 - 17:39 May 1, 2023 — Nano-X Imaging Ltd. , an innovative medical imaging technology company, today announced that it has received a 510(k) clearance from the U.S. While access to medical imaging is relatively high in the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on October 13 that it has lifted its coverage limit of one beta-amyloid PET scan per lifetime for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. That statement is encouraging, noted the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA).

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

CHICAGO – Black patients receive fewer MRI scans for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and undergo imaging at an older age than other racial groups, according to research presented November 27 at RSNA 2023. Additionally, new treatments have recently become available for Alzheimer’s disease that can potentially slow the rate of decline.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2024

The technology could allow clinicians to detect multiple biomarkers at once and improve the spatial resolution of brain imaging for applications in cancer as well as neurodegenerative disease, according to principal investigator Lars Furenlid, PhD, a professor of medical imaging at the University of Arizona.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 8, 2023

Medicine is no exception, with AI/ML being used for the diagnosis, prognosis, risk assessment, and treatment response assessment of various diseases. In particular, AI/ML models are finding increasing applications in the analysis of medical images. This includes X-ray , computed tomography , and magnetic resonance images.

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Everything Rad

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

If you work in radiology in a community healthcare facility, you may have low demand for pediatric medical imaging. I am passionate about improving the performance and interpretation of pediatric medical imaging. The balance of dose and image quality is even more important in pediatric medical imaging.

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TRA Medical Imaging

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

TRA Medical Imaging is proud to offer PSMA PET, a cutting-edge imaging method that enables us to detect prostate cancer with greater precision than conventional imaging techniques. Race: African American men have a higher incidence of prostate cancer and are more likely to develop aggressive forms of the disease.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Moreover, the approach could help detect disease that other effective prostate cancer PET radiotracers may miss, said Heying Duan, MD, a nuclear medicine research scientist at Stanford University, during a November 26 scientific session. Yet up to 10% of cases do not express PSMA, she noted.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 28, 2024

“The big question now that’s going to come up is when can you use which one and how would you choose which one of these to use first,” said Katherine Zukotynski, MD, a medical imaging expert at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. There is no cure for the disease, with treatments designed to prolong the lives of patients.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 4, 2024

milla1cf Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:47 January 4, 2024 — Diagnosing cancer today involves using chemical “contrast agents” to improve the accuracy of medical imaging processes such as X-rays as well as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

JUNE 19, 2023

Medical imaging plays an essential role in diagnosis and treatment for an array of conditions. From X-rays to see a broken bone or a tooth cavity to SPECT scans for spotting heart defects, doctors use medical imaging to look inside the body, find disease and treat it appropriately.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Care Innovation Hub leverages the strengths of academia and industry to create, evaluate and translate novel technology into a clinical setting with the goals of advancing diagnosis and treatment of disease, improving hospital operations and driving more equitable access to care. tim.hodson Mon, 01/27/2025 - 10:11 Jan.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 12, 2023

To that end, Voter and colleagues tested the feasibility of a multimodal fusion 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) to identify patients at risk for progression based on baseline PSMA-PET/CT imaging. years; average PSA levels, 19.4) with mCRPC. In these, a total of 1,781 radiotracer-avid foci were labeled as suspicious for malignancy.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 13, 2025

The rapid maturation of AI-powered medical imaging technology leaves me bullish that 2025 will be remembered as a watershed year in the global fight against cancer as we see more radiologists and oncologists equip themselves with the high-tech tools of tomorrow to deliver higher-quality care today. Roland Rott of GE HealthCare.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

Medical imaging researchers in recent years have looked to cryoablation as a minimally invasive treatment option for treating various tumors. This means that women with potentially treatable disease or have unfavorable patient or tumor characteristics are typically excluded from such studies.

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TRA Medical Imaging

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Comprehensive health care starts with preventionand thats where medical imaging and screenings play a pivotal role. At TRA Medical Imaging, were here to help you make 2025 your healthiest year yet by ensuring you have access to the right screenings at the right time. Ready to start the year strong?

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 24, 2023

This new research , “Hybrid Photoacoustic and Fast Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging”, was recently published in Nature Communications. Zhao highlights that this new imaging tool features “more accessibility, portability, and cost-effectiveness.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

His research interests include using structural and functional MRI -- particularly ultrahigh-field, 7-tesla MRI -- to map brain microstructure and develop neurosurgical treatment of brain tumors, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Of course, AI also continues to advance in breast imaging, and we’ll provide coverage of key sessions in our upcoming Women’s Imaging section of the Road to RSNA. AI methods improve detection of Parkinson’s disease Sunday, November 26 | 1:50 p.m.-2:00 9:40 a.m. | 2:00 p.m. | 3:10 p.m. | 9:00 a.m. |

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Joint arthroplasty registries are organized and coordinated data storage systems that provide an efficient means for investigating the course of a disease and the performance of different implants and arthroplasty techniques, the researchers explained. The full study can be found here.

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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

MAY 2, 2024

If successful, the deep-learning algorithm could ease the burdens of time-consuming manual and semi-automated methods for medical image segmentation that are difficult to accommodate into routine clinical workflows, the authors noted.

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Open Medscience

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

AI imaging revolutionises clinical diagnostics by enabling rapid, accurate disease detection, monitoring, and personalised treatment planning. The post Transforming Healthcare: AI-Powered Medical Imaging Classification appeared first on Open MedScience.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 16, 2024

Medical imaging device firm Positrigo of Zurich, Switzerland, has secured clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its dedicated brain PET imaging system, NeuroLF. The device helps diagnose and monitor brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, tumors, epilepsy, and Parkinson's disease.

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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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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Children with Down syndrome often undergo extensive medical tests, including imaging, that may use ionizing radiation. Until recently, little research had been done to measure typical imaging radiation exposure rates for children with Down syndrome.

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