Fri.Sep 20, 2024

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Doc develops lead garment that drastically reduces radiation exposure to vulnerable areas

Health Imaging

The vest offers extended coverage of the breast, axilla and thyroid. It is said to reduce exposure of these areas by nearly 98%.

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How effective is Pluvicto in a ‘real-world’ setting?

AuntMinnie

Pluvicto (lutetium-177 [Lu-177] prostate-specific membrane antigen [PSMA]-617) appears to perform as effectively in prostate cancer patients in “real-world” settings as it did in clinical trials prior to its approval, according to clinicians at the Johns Hopkins Theranostics Center in Baltimore, MD. A group led by Andrei Gafita, MD, also found that an AI algorithm called SelectPSMA may help determine how patients respond to Pluvicto treatment.

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Hospital organization sees impressive returns from POCUS integration

Health Imaging

“Positioned as an extension of traditional examination methods, particularly appealing to the upcoming generation of clinicians, it holds promise in potentially replacing the stethoscope in various medical assessments and procedures.

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AI deployment platform Ferrum Health ups fundraising total to $31M

Radiology Business

The California company's platform allows radiologists and other clinicians to validate the performance of AI on local datasets and deploy such software in existing workflows.

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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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How Does Access to Previous Mammography Exams Impact Current Mammography Interpretation by Radiologists?

Diagnostic Imaging

While researchers noted no significant impact on sensitivity rates, they found that access to a patient’s prior mammograms resulted in a nearly 15 percent increase in sensitivity for current mammography interpretation.

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Contrast-enhanced chest CT boosts diagnosis of malignant lung nodules

AuntMinnie

Contrast-enhanced CT improves the modality's ability to identify malignant lung nodules, researchers have found. "[Our study demonstrated that a] logistic regression model based on plain and contrast-enhanced CT characteristics showed exceptional performance in the evaluation of malignancy for solitary solid lung nodules," wrote a team led by Wenjia Zhang, PhD, of Shanxi Medical University in China.

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Company that handles teleradiology reads for urgent care centers adds AI enhancements

Radiology Business

Private equity-backed Experity completes over 5 million radiology studies annually with an average turnaround time of 10.78 minutes for STAT reads.

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IMV: Cardiology-related imaging to increase across modalities

AuntMinnie

In 2024, the top three diagnostic imaging modalities used for cardiology-related imaging exams are SPECT, CT, and ultrasound, according to IMV's recently published cross-modality report 2024 Cardiology in Diagnostic Imaging Market Outlook Report. Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division. The survey showed that, when it comes to cardiology-related procedure volumes, 71% of sites anticipate CT procedures will increase year-over-year, while 61% anticipate an increase of this kind for ult

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Bracco Collaborates with Arrayus on Microbubble-Assisted Focused Ultrasound Therapy for.

MedImaging Industry News

Bracco Imaging and Arrayus Technologies have entered into a collaboration that will leverage Bracco’s microbubble technology in combination with Arrayus'.

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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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Flat Panel Detector Speeds Up Imaging and Diagnosis

MedImaging General Imaging

An innovative flat panel detector offers improved image quality, comparable or faster reading times, increased diagnostic confidence, quicker time to.

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What Role Should an AI Vendor Play in Clinical AI Governance? 

Aidoc

An enterprise AI strategy is built on four key pillars. While many are internal to the organization, external factors – namely, the AI partner chosen and regulatory landscape – will have significant influence on successful adoption. These two elements must work in harmony to ensure the safe and effective implementation of AI solutions, but what role should an AI partner play in health system AI governance?

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UnitedHealthcare to release new imaging guidelines October 21

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UnitedHealthcare's (UHC) new cardiovascular and radiology imaging guidelines go into effect October 21 for specific radiology programs. The changes address numerous coding issues and will impact Medicaid community plans, UHC commercial plans, exchange plans, Medicare Advantage, and dual special needs plans, according to the organization. UHC noted overutilization in many areas of advanced imaging and other procedures, including high-level testing without consideration of less invasive and lower-

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Comparative Study of 3D-T2WI vs. 3D-T2-FLAIR MRI in Displaying Human Meningeal Lymphatics Vessels

ScienceDirect

Publication date: Available online 19 September 2024 Source: Clinical Radiology Author(s): Yaofeng Fang, Yuyu Sun, Tianmin Lai, Xin Song, Tao Hu, Yihan Zhao, Ying Fu, Yi Lin, Quan Bao

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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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Koelis, DeepHealth align for MRI, ultrasound fusion procedures

AuntMinnie

Koelis has partnered with DeepHealth to use the former's prostate fusion MRI software on the latter's Trinity 3D ultrasound platform. The partnership streamlines the prostate MRI reading process and enables 3D targeted fusion biopsy in prostate cancer, according to Koelis. Urologists and radiologists will be able to collaborate on workflow along the prostate cancer clinical pathway.

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Detection of multiple sclerosis lesions by susceptibility-weighted imaging - A systematic review and meta-analyses

ScienceDirect

Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) is a valuable method in the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

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