Tue.Oct 22, 2024

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A Bias for Unfiltered Input

Ben White

Henrik Karlsson, from “ Scraping training data for your mind ,” on the need for the right kind of information to learn new skills: [You] want the input you observe to be as closely connected to a practice as possible. You want to see the process, not just the results. The results are often misleading. If you are a musician looking at successful bands, you might get the impression that you need to make music videos to succeed, whereas, in fact, a video only makes sense after you have

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Rising workloads spur academic radiologists to spend less time training residents

Radiology Business

“This increase in workload could impact the time available to dedicate to teaching the next generation of radiologists and has additional implications regarding burnout,” one expert noted.

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Radiologists divided on which CT quality measures are most important

Health Imaging

The unique preferences of different readers highlight a need for more quantitative measures of quality specific to subspecialties.

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Assessing whether ChatGPT would steer patients to an interventional radiologist

Radiology Business

Icahn School of Medicine researchers recently asked the popular AI chatbot a series of questions related to ailments often treated by IR specialists.

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Testing Innovations in Cancer: How to evaluate and use new technologies

Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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MRIs reveal menopausal hormone therapy's impact on the brain

Health Imaging

It has long been believed that hormone therapy could have neuroprotective effects on the brain. However, new data suggests that this isn't the case for every woman.

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MRI can save rectal cancer patients from surgery, study suggests

ScienceDaily

MRI can predict the risk of rectal cancer reccurring or spreading for patients who have undergone chemotherapy and radiation, new research indicates.

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Whole-body MRI startup Ezra expands service in partnership with Princeton Radiology

Radiology Business

The two will broaden their reach into the Philadelphia area, offering an “end to end” screening platform that monitors for cancer and other conditions.

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CMIMI: ChatGPT classifies clinically significant breast pain

AuntMinnie

BOSTON -- ChatGPT shows early promise in classifying clinically significant breast pain, according to research presented at the Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CMIMI). In a poster presentation at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)-hosted meeting, a team led by Hana Haver, MD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston shared research that showed how the large language model agreed with breast imagers in nearly three out of four breast pain symptom case

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Study: PET/CT Identifies PCa Recurrence in Over 75 Percent of Patients with Low PSA Increases After Radiotherapy

Diagnostic Imaging

Earlier detection of PSMA-avid lesions in post-radiotherapy patients with increases in PSA levels < 2 ng/ml above nadir were reportedly associated with a significantly lower incidence of distant metastases and lower overall mortality rates.

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Maximize Your Radiology Center’s Performance With Specialized Scheduling

Patient-centric scheduling can only be achieved through optimized radiology workflows, effective communications between staff and physicians, and, of course, through specialized schedulers. In this guide, we’ll take you through a step-by-step process to transform your radiology center into a high-performance hub of medical imaging.

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HPI: Resident education work on decrease among attending radiologists

AuntMinnie

The time attending radiologists spend on resident education has decreased, even though overall workloads have increased, according to a study published October 22 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Researchers collaborating under the auspices of the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) found "a 19% drop-in rate of cases read with a trainee among teaching radiologists [between 2008 and 2019], representing a significant and meaningful decrease," said lead author Judah B

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Ezra Launches 3T MRI/CT Combination for Full-Body Scans

Diagnostic Imaging

The Ezra Blueprint scan reportedly includes quantitative brain measurements, coronary calcium scoring (CAC) and a full-body MRI that provides screening for over 500 conditions.

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TeraRecon releases Intuition 4.10

AuntMinnie

TeraRecon has updated its Intuition software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform with the release of version 4.10, which features new cardiac MRI capabilities. The updates include more than 200 feature enhancements, including a dedicated cardiac MR viewer with optimized hanging protocols and tools to measure and report on cardiac MR cases, such as contouring, T1/T2/T2* mapping, 2D flow, strain analysis, and perfusion quantification, the company said.

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New Network for Medical Imaging and Clinical Data

Imaging Technology

tim.hodson Tue, 10/22/2024 - 16:38 Oct. 22, 2024 — Avandra, the largest federated network for medical imaging and clinical data, today launched out of stealth. Avandra’s network aims to organize global medical images and create a data ecosystem for research and innovation. It uses industry-leading de-identification and tokenization solutions to securely deliver aggregated, multimodal data to power the future of health.

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The Employers Guide to Controlling Cancer

About 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and patients are getting younger. At the same time, the cost of treatment continues to rise, with employers spending 8.5% more on cancer care for each employee than they did last year. The best thing employers can do for their employees and business tomorrow is to invest in cancer detection and care today.

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Video from CMIMI 2024: Advances in large language models and other AI trends

AuntMinnie

BOSTON -- We caught up with Eliot Siegel, MD, of the University of Maryland to discuss highlights so far from the Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CMIMI), including the latest advances in large language models (LLMs). He also shares what he’s looking forward to on Day 2 of CMIMI 2024, held by the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

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AAOS Now Feature: Weight Bearing CT for Orthopaedic Surgery

CurveBeam AI

The August/September 2024 issue of AAOS Now includes the first of of a two-part series of weight bearing CT. Part I delves into design, evolution, and technqiue. The article was written by Naji S. Madi, MD, is an assistant professor of foot and ankle surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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NorthStar launches new CDMO facility

AuntMinnie

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes has launched its new radiopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing (CDMO) facility on its campus in Beloit, WI. The 52,000-sq-ft facility will provide biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical companies with development services and dose manufacturing capacity for key imaging and therapeutic radioisotopes, including actinium-225, lutetium-177, copper-64, copper-67, and indium-111, among others, the company said.

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PET Scan Based on Lizard Saliva Reliably Detects Benign Tumors in Pancreas

MedImaging Nuclear Medicine

A new PET scan has shown promise in reliably detecting benign tumors in the pancreas that cannot be detected by various imaging techniques such as CT, MRI, and PET scans.

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Improving Access To & Utilization Of Cancer Screening With Color

Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

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Telix to spin off Rhine Pharma

AuntMinnie

Telix Pharmaceuticals plans to spin off its wholly-owned subsidiary Rhine Pharma and structure it as an independent company. Rhine Pharma’s mission will be to expand global access to radiopharmaceuticals for cancer imaging and treatment using two generator-produced isotopes, technetium-99m (Tc-99m) and rhenium-188 (Re-188), the company said. Rhine Pharma was formed through a collaboration between Telix and Heidelberg University Hospital that aimed to develop a ligand that targets prostate cancer

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How to Increase the Gains of Remote Work Without Sacrificing Team Connection w/ Sophie Bailey

MRI Network

For businesses everywhere, covid completely disrupted how we show up to work and whether we have to show up to an office at all. The world of work today is incredibly complex – we are far from the traditional 9 to 5 Dolly Parton sang about. Remote and distributed work has unlocked both personal benefits for employees and financial wins for employers.

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Ezra launches new MRI cancer screening protocol

AuntMinnie

Cancer screening and AI startup Ezra has launched a new full-body MRI protocol called Ezra Blueprint. The protocol screens for cancer and 500 other conditions in 13 organs, and includes an MR angiogram for aneurysm detection, body composition and quantitative fatty liver assessment, detailed imaging of hips and knees, quantitative brain measurements (brain volume, dementia, and multiple sclerosis), as well as a low dose chest CT for lung cancer screening and heart disease assessment using a coro

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Mostbet Tr, Türkiye’nin En Kaliteli Spor Bahisl Sitesidi

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From Prevention to Survivorship: How HR Can Support Employees Facing Cancer Diagnoses

Explore the latest insights from the American Cancer Society's “Cancer Statistics 2024” report, which unveils multiple alarming trends in cancer data. Cancer is on the rise among young adults, and diagnoses for 6 of the 10 most common cancers are escalating. With over 2 million new cancer cases projected in the U.S. this year, employers face increased challenges when it comes to supporting employees.

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What Is DR Panel Pixel Pitch?

Maven Imaging

You may have encountered the term pixel pitch when shopping for a new TV or computer monitor. However, in radiological imaging techniques, it’s also used in DR (Direct Radiography) panels, which are digital X-ray machines.

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NLPs show age bias when annotating chest x-rays

AuntMinnie

Four commercially available natural language processing (NLP) tools for chest x-ray report annotation show high overall accuracy but exhibit significant age-related bias, according to a study published October 22 in Radiology. The models – CheXpert, RadReportAnnotator, ChatGPT-4, and cTAKES – were between 82.9% and 94.3% accurate labeling x-ray reports for thoracic diseases, but performed poorly in patients over 80 years old, noted lead author Samantha Santomartino, a medical student at Drexel U

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CMIMI: LLMs can monitor AI software after deployment

AuntMinnie

BOSTON -- Large language models (LLMs) can monitor and validate commercial AI algorithms after deployment, according to a Tuesday presentation at the Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CMIMI). The results show the potential for an automated method for postdeployment monitoring of AI models, said Theo Dapamede, MD, PhD, of Emory University.

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CMIMI: CT-based AI framework improves splenomegaly diagnosis

AuntMinnie

A CT imaging-based AI framework can boost opportunistic screening for splenomegaly, suggest findings presented October 21 at the Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CMIMI). In his talk, delivered at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)-hosted meeting, MD/PhD candidate David Zhang of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia discussed the success of his team’s framework, which he highlighted was validated with physician-determined large spleens in a clini

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?