Ben White

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The gaming company Valve started in 1996, became initially successful with the award-winning game Half-Life, even more famous for the early multiplayer mods/games Team Fortress and Counter-Strike, expanded to change videogame distribution with the Steam store/platform, made the innovative/beloved genre-bending puzzle shooter Portal, and even recently released the powerful handheld gaming device, the Steam Deck.

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Diagnostic Imaging

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Women with an increasing number of unmet social needs were 26 percent less likely to have mammography screening, according to a recent study of over 300 women with breast cancer.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Radiation oncology organizations have come together in an effort to reform Medicare payments for radiation therapy services. The organizations include the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO), the American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The alliance comes in the wake of cuts to Medicare payments for radiation therapy services, which the organizations say threatens patient access to ca

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Mahesh Mahesh, PhD, incoming American Association of Physicists in Medicine president, discusses key developments in the specialty.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Women's unmet social needs should be considered to better promote breast cancer screening utilization and early-stage cancer diagnosis, suggest findings published February 13 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers led by Neha Goel, MD, from the University of Miami in Florida found that access to screening mammography did not translate to mammography use and that increasing unmet social needs were tied to lower rates of screening mammography.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In a study described as a “competition between radiologists,” participants tasked with identifying abnormal findings on chest x-rays performed better with AI assistance than without AI assistance – though not by much and not in all cases, according to a group in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Significantly, however, AI assistance allowed participants to cut reading times by nearly half, noted lead author Lili Guo, MD, of Nanjing Medical University, and colleagues.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 02/14/2024 - 18:28 February 14, 2024 — PanTera , the Belgian joint venture created by IBA and SCK CEN to secure large-scale production of alpha-emitting radioisotopes, today announces the signing of a capacity reservation agreement with Bayer for the supply of actinium-225 (225Ac) starting in the second half of 2024. This first agreement with a major drug developer reflects PanTera’s unique position to be a reliable, EU-based supplier of 225Ac from this year onward.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Patients with such impediments also are more likely to present to practices with late-stage disease, experts detailed in JAMA Network Open.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Real-time functional MRI (fMRI) neurofeedback therapy may be more effective for treating chronic severe tinnitus than cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), researchers have found. The study results are good news for those who suffer from the condition, wrote a group led by Nicolas Gninenko, PhD, of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As recently as three to five years ago, clinicians diagnosing disorders could not afford to dismiss the possible presence of “stumble-across” imaging studies. Don’t confuse the term with incidental findings. These are anatomic abnormalities that pop up in imaging exams looking for something else. By contrast, stumble-across imaging is typically a prior exam that’s relevant to care but hidden from view.

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Diagnostic Imaging

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The adjunctive use of AI software led to 16 percent and 10 percent increases in sensitivity rates for the detection of ARIA-E and ARIA-H, respectively, in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to newly published research.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Korak Sarkar, MD, vividly recalls a clinical case that clearly demonstrated the significant impact that enterprise imaging can have on healthcare delivery.

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Health IT Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Multiple studies indicate that ChatGPT, Google Bard, and BingAI demonstrate limited accuracy when presenting information about orthopedic procedures.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“CT scan” was the third most-searched term among healthcare consumers, and “ultrasound” was No. 4, according to Fair Health.

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Health Imaging

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Researchers from the University of Michigan scanned 52 patients at multiple field strengths to make the comparison.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Los Angeles-based provider and its AI division, DeepHealth, recently assessed the skills of 18 physicians using their custom-built software.

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Atlantis Worldwide

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Mobile C-arms are game changers. That’s because they give you the ability to perform real-time, high-resolution X-ray images without being tethered to a fixed position.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Rep. Larry Bucshon, MD, R-Ind, spoke during the American Medical Association’s National Advocacy Conference, which took place from Feb. 12-14 in Washington.

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ScienceDaily

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Researchers have developed a novel approach to treat liver tumors using magnet-guided microrobots in an MRI device.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Two years ago, Aalborg University Hospital in North Denmark found itself navigating the hazardous seas of backlogged imaging exams. Looking back now, it’s easy to identify the crosswinds that combined to create that perfect storm.

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ScienceDaily

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Researchers have developed a new nanoparticle that can 'hitch a ride' on immune cells, or monocytes. Because of its tiny size, the particle can tag along directly into lymph nodes and help metastasis show up on MRIs where it would otherwise be too hard to detect. The process offers game-changing benefits for the early detection of cancer metastasis in the lymph nodes.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

French AI software developer Avicenna.AI will integrate its CINA-iPE pulmonary embolism detection algorithm on Blackford’s AI platform. The collaboration will offer clinicians new capabilities for detecting incidental blood clots during chest CT angiography scans, Avicenna said. Blackford’s AI platform provides access to more than 115 AI products designed to drive clinical efficiencies and improve patient outcomes, the company noted.

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MRI Network

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This month’s Global Talent Update looks at recent impacts on the Swiss economy; explores the factors behind Malaysia’s prospects for growth and expansion; reveals plans for virtually training Nigerians in data analytics skills; and discusses measures underway to transform Brazil’s industry into a more innovative, green, exporting and productive sector.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Lantheus Medical Imaging will supply its experimental F-18-labeled PET imaging radiotracer MK-6240 for a large U.S. trial to investigate differences in brain pathology in people with varying types of dementia. The National Institute on Aging-led study is named the Consortium for Clarity in ADRD Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI) trial and will involve all 37 Alzheimer’s disease research centers in the U.S.

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Cassling's MRI

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Cancelled appointments are an inevitable part of a radiology department's — and a hospital's — operations, as shown in an MGMA Stat poll. Looking at this through the lens of financial health, this increase in no-shows translates into a big profit hit for radiology. It's more than the loss of revenue from delivered services — it's also a matter of underutilization of resources.

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Aidoc

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Medicine changes. Perhaps not rapidly, but over time, new ideas force the delivery of medicine to change, thereby meeting the needs of a healthier tomorrow. The skeletal structure of the healthcare system, from government agencies and health insurers to hospital administrators and physicians, creates an ecosystem inundated with concrete obstacles when attempting to generate real change.

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MedImaging Imaging IT

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has acquired Radcal Corporation to further strengthen its Medical Imaging Quality Assurance offering as well as its presence in the US market.

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MedImaging MRI

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

An accelerated MRI sequence can help radiologists assess ischemic heart disease without requiring patients to hold their breath.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The incidence of lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose CT (LDCT) among eligible people with disabilities could use improvement, researchers have reported. A team led by Hermine Poghosyan, PhD, from Yale School of Nursing in New Haven, CT, conducted a study that included data from 4,407 adults eligible for lung cancer screening taken from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Lung Cancer Screening Module.

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ScienceDirect

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To establish a machine learning model based on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) to differentiate combined hepatocellular…

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