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Microsoft partners with Mass General Brigham, UW on imaging AI

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

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Patient communication and education may be key for radiologists in the wake of an advisory from the U.S. and for all [radiologists] to take this on and counsel patients in any way we can. We know that alcohol is one of the major causes for advanced liver diseases, including cirrhosis, she said.

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WHO: AI use in low-income countries could be ‘dangerous’

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For instance, if an LMM is asked to summarize a treatment paradigm for a disease to guide a ministry of health in a low-income country, it might reproduce an approach that is appropriate only in a high-income context, the organization suggested.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

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Ultrasound model predicts liver disease progression. Commercially Available Chest Radiograph AI Tools for Detecting Airspace Disease, Pneumothorax, and Pleural Effusion. Image from Nico Sollmann, MD, PhD, of University Hospital Ulm and University Hospital Rechts der Isar, et al. SPECT/CT reveals heart’s response to tafamidis.

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Radiology among least affected services during Ukraine war

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Radiologists in Ukraine have shared stories on their experiences, from living in the basement of their respective clinics to treat patients while evading bombings, to adjusting their workflows to continue delivering care. One radiologist based in Ukraine shared her perspective on the current state of medical imaging in Ukraine.

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AI With Volumetric Thresholds Facilitate Opportunistic Screening for Splenomegaly

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Pickhardt , MD, from the department of radiology at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health. A secondary cohort of 104 patients (62 men, 42 women; mean age, 56 years) with end-stage liver disease underwent pre-liver transplant CT from January 2011 to May 2013. Pickhardt et al.’s

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center Announces New Center for Innovation in Imaging Biomarkers and Integrated Diagnostics

Imaging Technology

CIMBID is a multidisciplinary center that will form collaborations across Columbia, including researchers from biomedical informatics, biomedical engineering, systems biology, the Mailman School of Public Health , and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. “I and figures out a course of action.