AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The use of somatostatin receptor PET imaging and therapy in meningiomas is on the rise, and new guidelines on their use can help pave the way to improved outcomes for patients, experts noted in a recent article. “The application of radiolabeled [somatostatin receptor] ligands is widely considered to have high potential for improved meningioma management,” wrote lead author Nathalie Albert, MD, of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and colleagues.

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Ben White

OCTOBER 18, 2024

It’s an incredible privilege to work at a place and live in a country that is willing to set aside money to answer these existential questions. I heard a phrase the other week, existential humility , and I really liked that. We’re this complex life form that has evolved over billions of years to the point where we can ask these questions — and yet we’re perhaps not the only ones in the universe.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

OCTOBER 14, 2024

At the intersection of AI and medical science, there is growing interest in using machine learning to enhance imaging data captured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. Recent studies show that ultra-high-field MRI at 7 Tesla (7T) could have far greater resolution and clinical advantages over high-field MRI at 3T in delineating anatomical structures that are important for identifying and monitoring pathological tissue, particularly in the brain.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The supply of Mo-99 and Tc-99m—the most commonly utilized medical isotopes in the world—could be cut by as much as 40% until the reactor in the Netherlands is up and running again.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The delayed restart of a nuclear research reactor in the Netherlands is expected to cause supply shortages of the imaging agent technetium-99 m (Tc-99m) into November, according to reports. “We anticipate that shortages of Mo-99 [Molybdenum-99] to Tc-99m generator manufacturers will begin later this week and increase next week,” said industry association Nuclear Medicine Europe (NMEU), in an October 14 letter to stakeholders.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Organoids, which are 3D miniature organs that mimic the structure and function of human organs, play an essential role in disease research and drug development. A Korean research team has overcome the limitations of existing imaging technologies, succeeding in the real-time, high-resolution observation of living organoids.

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REBEL EM

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Take Home Points Orogastric lavage may still play an important role in treatment of the overdose patient. Do not perform lavage if the ingestion has limited toxicity at any dose or the ingested dose is unlikely to cause significant toxicity. Strongly consider orogastric lavage in a patient who has taken an overdose of drugs that are particularly toxic, suspected extreme doses associated with high morbidity/mortality and do not have easily available and effective antidotes.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 14, 2024

ChatGPT-3.5 and ChatGPT-4 can produce differential diagnoses from transcribed radiologic findings of patient cases across a wide range of subspecialties, according to a study published October 15 in Radiology. A team led by Shawn Sun, MD, of the University of California, Irvine, tested the models on 339 cases from the textbook Top 3 Differentials in Radiology.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

East River Medical Imaging PC experienced the data breach sometime between August and September 2023, with over 533,000 individuals potentially impacted.

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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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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The heightened sensitivity of MRI is beneficial in that it allows for earlier detection of cancers, but it also presents challenges for providers tasked with managing patients’ care plans.

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Intermountain Medical Imaging

OCTOBER 18, 2024

When it comes to assessing health and fitness, most people rely on two standard methods: the bathroom scale and BMI (Body Mass Index). While both of these tools are easy to use, they are often misleading and fail to provide an accurate picture of your overall health. A much more effective method of understanding your body’s actual makeup is through a DEXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) scan.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Australia-based Telix Pharmaceuticals has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list its ordinary shares and trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “TLX.” Telix is not proposing to raise capital or issue any new shares, it said. The proposed Nasdaq listing is expected to be established as a Level II American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program, according to Telix.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

"Application of these technologies represents potential areas to combat burnout," researchers wrote recently in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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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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MRI Network

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Hands-on work has been a viable career path for hundreds of years. From blacksmiths to homebuilders, skilled trade workers helped build our modern world. Today, there’s a common misconception that technology has minimized the value of skilled trades. Sure, artificial intelligence, application development, and other jobs in the digital realm are hot today.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 15, 2024

These tools can be leveraged to improve risk assessments without accruing additional expenses for patients or clinicians, potentially filling in gaps where DXA exams fall short.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2024

tim.hodson Tue, 10/15/2024 - 14:11 Oct. 14, 2024 — Hoag, a nonprofit, regional health care delivery system in Orange County, Calif., is now offering a new technology using ultrasound energy to precisely destroy liver tumors in a single outpatient visit. HistoSonics Edison Histotripsy System is a precise, non-invasive cancer treatment option and the only FDA-approved therapy of its kind for treating liver tumors.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Flywheel has appointed a new CEO, Orlando Health has selected a director to oversee its imaging centers, plus more from Vanderbilt, Yale and MemorialCare.

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ScienceDaily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Researchers have analyzed down to the smallest detail the unusual arsenal of weapons that a predatory marine bacterium has at its disposal. Perhaps one day these weapons could also be put to use in medicine.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The heightened sensitivity of MRI is beneficial in that it allows for earlier detection of cancers, but it also presents challenges for providers tasked with managing patients’ care plans.

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Diagnostic Imaging

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Adjunctive use of deep learning reportedly led to a 37 percent reduction of interpretation time for cerebral aneurysm assessment on computed tomography angiography (CTA) and greater than a 90 percent reduction in post-processing time.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Imaging plays an essential role in addressing hepatic steatosis. Yet, radiologists have had almost zero involvement in shaping medical knowledge about the disease.

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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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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT shows excellent diagnostic accuracy for detecting lymph node metastases in lung cancer patients, according to a study published October 14 in Academic Radiology. In a review of studies that included 409 patients, the technique was superior to standard-of-care FDG-PET/CT and could potentially serve as an alternative to invasive tissue sampling procedures, nuclear medicine researchers suggested.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The impending shortage pertains to molybdenum-99, or Mo-99. A structural issue has occurred with a pipe within the high-flux reactor in Petten, Netherlands, which will require an immediate repair.

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Diagnostic Imaging

OCTOBER 14, 2024

For women with breast-enhanced masses, Kaiser scoring (KS) demonstrated a 20 percent higher AUC than B-RADS classification for contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) and was comparable to KS for breast MRI.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Fort Collins, Colorado-based company has purchased all shares of Laitek Inc., a major provider of medical imaging data migration and routing services in the U.S.

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