ScienceDaily
JULY 22, 2024
Large language models may pass medical exams with flying colors but using them for diagnoses would currently be grossly negligent. Medical chatbots make hasty diagnoses, do not adhere to guidelines, and would put patients' lives at risk. A team has systematically investigated whether this form of artificial intelligence (AI) would be suitable for everyday clinical practice.
Health Imaging
JULY 22, 2024
Cosmetic facial fillers made from hyaluronic acid might not dissolve as quickly as previously believed, warns a California plastic surgeon.
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Radiology Business
JULY 22, 2024
Physician and blogger James V. O'leary, MD, started the conversation after using the online transparency tool Radiology Assist to shop for a CT scan.
Health Imaging
JULY 22, 2024
“Before these CPT codes there was no real acknowledgment of the additional burden borne by the providers who accepted these patients.
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MedImaging General Imaging
JULY 22, 2024
A first-of-its-kind plaque analysis tool to be fully integrated with FFRCT provides impactful insights that enhance clinical decision-making and enable.
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Radiology Business
JULY 22, 2024
Atlanta-based Piedmont Health System's ability to generate reports was decreased by about 80% as of Friday, according to local media.
Diagnostic Imaging
JULY 22, 2024
In comparison to systematic biopsy, researchers found that mpMRI-targeted biopsy had a nine percent higher detection rate for cribriform and intraductal prostate cancer subtypes that are associated with adverse outcomes.
Radiology Business
JULY 22, 2024
UNC Health undertook this exercise with a focus on pediatric diagnostics, according to a study published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
Health Imaging
JULY 22, 2024
The AI tool could help train providers in identifying and diagnosing a wide array of fetal conditions.
UCSF Biomedical Imaging
JULY 22, 2024
“UCSF takes MRI Safety very seriously. It is a priority,” says MRI Safety Officer and MRI Supervisor Christina L. Calvin. This MRI Safety Week, July 21-27, Calvin spotlights the three most important things patients need to know.
Diagnostic Imaging
JULY 22, 2024
While a variety of factors can influence key decisions such as career moves, conservative projections of absolutes can help reduce the risk of unwelcome surprises.
AuntMinnie
JULY 22, 2024
Photon-counting CT (PCCT) technology has the potential to revolutionize cardiac imaging, according to a presentation delivered July 20 at the Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) annual meeting in Washington, DC. "The main use of coronary CT will be in preventive cardiology -- in addition to acting as a gatekeeper to interventional cardiology," said presenter U.
MRI Network
JULY 22, 2024
This month’s Global Talent Update reports on the rise in the average starting pay for British jobs; efforts by the government to ensure that Malaysians have healthy working conditions; the pause in a controversial annual levy for expats in Nigeria; and the move to replace the peso with the American dollar as the currency of Argentina. EUROPE Average starting pay for British jobs rose in May at the fastest pace in four months despite a 20% annual fall in the number of jobs on offer, figures
AuntMinnie
JULY 22, 2024
Editor's note: As part of the celebration of AuntMinnie.com's upcoming 25th anniversary, we're presenting 25 for 25 -- a series featuring our most popular content for each of the last 25 years. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. In 2005, our top article reported on the fierce turf war in the U.S. between radiologists and cardiologists.
Aidoc
JULY 22, 2024
In the fast-paced world of stroke care, the successful implementation of AI can make a profound difference in patient outcomes. Aidoc’s Stroke Care Coordination (CareCo) App has demonstrated remarkable success in several partner facilities, revolutionizing stroke care delivery. By closely examining these successful implementations, three key characteristics emerge as critical to their success: highly engaged project champions, the establishment of clear success metrics and thorough live training
AuntMinnie
JULY 22, 2024
Qure.ai has received a Class III medical device license from Health Canada for all its medical imaging AI products. The license allows the company to expand its presence into the Canadian healthcare market, according to the vendor. The Class III license covers all of Qure.ai's flagship software, including qXR for chest x-ray images, cER for triaging neurocritical CT images, and qCT for lung nodule management on chest CT images.
Maven Imaging
JULY 22, 2024
It’s normal to be concerned about radiation exposure because, in large doses, it can damage healthy living tissues and increase the risk of cancer. However, the doses used in medical imaging procedures such as X-rays and CT scans are low, and the benefits of the lives we save using these methods in emergencies and early detection of cancer and disease far outweigh the risks involved.
AuntMinnie
JULY 22, 2024
Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for new functionality on its Ethos therapy system. The latest iteration of Ethos features a streamlined workflow for daily treatment adaptation across more areas of the body and provides greater connectivity to patient data, according to the vendor.
Imaging Technology
JULY 22, 2024
mtaschetta-millane Mon, 07/22/2024 - 08:56 July 22, 2024 — RefleXion Medical , an external-beam theranostic oncology company, today announced that researchers from multiple clinical programs will present pioneering scientific evidence in 37 oral and poster presentations confirming the efficacy and feasibility of the RefleXion X1 machine with SCINTIX® biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) at the 2024 American Association of Physicists in Medicine ( AAPM ) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, July 21-25.
AuntMinnie
JULY 22, 2024
AI firm Lunit is implementing its AI-powered breast cancer detection software, Lunit Insight MMG, in Qatar's national breast cancer screening program. Qatar's Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has integrated Lunit Insight MMG into its "Screen for Life" program, the country's national breast and bowel cancer screening initiative. The deployment aims to improve early detection of breast cancer, potentially reducing missed diagnoses and improving survival rates in Qatar's triennial screening p
AuntMinnie
JULY 22, 2024
Kelly Huang, PhD Business Wire Cardiovascular imaging AI firm Elucid has named Kelly Huang, PhD, as the company's president and CEO. Huang joins Elucid after serving as chief operating officer (COO) for Cardea Bio, a mass producer of biocompatible semiconductors that was acquired by Paragraf in 2023. Prior to that, he held the positions of COO and head of Nutra-Theraputic at L-Nutra.
AuntMinnie
JULY 22, 2024
Dubai-based Zscale Labs is launching Neuromorphic AI, an AI software application for multilabel classification of chest radiographs. Neuromorphic AI leverages the firm's hyperdimensional computing and deep-learning technologies to assist radiologists and healthcare providers in diagnosing multiple chest conditions from x-ray images. Key features include an advanced spatial transformer network designed to improve the precision of image analysis and hyperdimensional computing encoding for pattern
AuntMinnie
JULY 22, 2024
Adding dynamic CT perfusion (DynCTP) to cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) shortens time to diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), according to research presented at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting in Washington, DC. A team led by David Vilades Medel, PhD, of Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain, found that the combination cut time to diagnosis by 42% and decreased the need for further functional tests by 48%.
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