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Deep-Learning Chest Radiograph Model Predicts Mortality for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Imaging Technology

The deep learning (DL) model may guide clinical decision-making in the management of patients with CAP by identifying high-risk patients who warrant hospitalization and intensive treatment,” concluded first author Eui Jin Hwang, MD, PhD, from the department of radiology at Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea. Hwang et al.

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Opportunity for osteoporosis check on lumbar spine plain radiographs

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. | W3-SSMK08-4 | Room E450A A deep learning-based framework for automated screening of osteoporosis on lumbar spine plain radiographs shows potential as another way to opportunistically make use of imaging studies performed for other indications, according to this presentation.

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Can AI help rule out ‘unremarkable’ chest x-rays?

AuntMinnie

The finding by researchers in Copenhagen, Denmark, suggests that AI could eventually help streamline high-volume radiology workflows by handling some of the more “tedious parts of the work,” lead author Louis Plesner, MD, of Herlev and Gentofte Hospital in Denmark told AuntMinnie.com.

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Reducing Retake Rates and Exposures in General Digital Radiology

Everything Rad

Repeating imaging exams increases the workload of your radiographers who are already stretched too thin; increases the exposure of the affected patients; and contributes to patients’ reduced confidence and satisfaction with your imaging department. The Audio Assist makes it easier for radiographers to hear the patients.

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Choose wisely when it comes to neonatal liver imaging

AuntMinnie

Newborns' livers can be affected by a variety of congenital and acquired diseases, and imaging plays an important role in the workup and management of these, according to a study published November 7 in RadioGraphics. Images and caption courtesy of RadioGraphics. Ultrasound. There is mild splenomegaly.

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Surgeons Weigh In: Top Indications for WBCT

CurveBeam AI

Alessio Bernasconi, MD, PhD, FEBOT Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II of Naples Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Naples, Italy I think that every condition for which one would traditionally request a bilateral standing radiographic imaging of both feet is a good indication for WBCT. Even soft tissue issues (i.e.

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Hip x-rays help screen for osteoporosis in THA patients

AuntMinnie

The finding is from a study conducted by a group at the University Hospital Jena in Eisenberg, Germany, that explored whether hip x-rays could be reliable indicators for bone mineral density (BMD) in male and female patients prior to THA procedures. “An

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