AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Ultrasound use has shifted over the past decade, including whether radiologists, surgeons, or nonphysicians practitioners perform the exams, a study published on December 13 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found. It described shifts in ultrasound use across billing provider specialties and places of service in the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 20, 2024

A team of researchers led by Fangyi Liu, MD, from the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, found that their multiparametric ultrasound model can predict metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), regardless of hepatitis B virus infection status.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 12, 2024

Many women with early-stage HR+HER2- breast cancer and a negative presurgical axillary ultrasound can skip sentinel lymph node biopsy, a study presented April 11 at the American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, found.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Allegheny Health Network's (AHN) Allegheny Valley Hospital (AVH) in Natrona Heights, PA has completed a $12 million expansion and renovation of its imaging and radiology department. A new mobile imaging pad outside the hospital also now supports rotating MRI and PET/CT capabilities.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Rural, older, and poorer children face barriers in obtaining an ultrasound exam for acute appendicitis, according to research published October 17 in the Journal of Surgical Research. It also found that they are less likely to undergo ultrasound at hospitals that have ultrasound resources. emergency departments.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 14, 2023

An AI model can accurately predict malignancy on breast ultrasound based on BI-RADS assessment, according to research published December 11 in Academic Radiology. Previous studies have demonstrated how AI can be applied to breast ultrasound. of follow-ups,” the Guldogan team wrote.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 26, 2024

Combining ultrasound features and immune-inflammatory markers could help predict axillary lymph node metastasis (ALNM) in breast cancer patients, according to research published June 24 in Academic Radiology. Previous studies suggest that several ultrasound imaging characteristics of primary breast tumors are tied to ALNM.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) system improves the diagnostic performance of breast ultrasound, according to findings published October 6 in Heliyon. Ultrasound is the go-to modality for diagnostic breast imaging after suspicious mammography findings. However, conventional ultrasound isn’t without its faults.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2023

An AI assistance system can aid novice sonographers in assessing the rotator cuff, a study published December 1 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found. While ultrasound is a go-to method for assessing shoulder joint diseases, it is a user-dependent modality. in the test set. This indicates robustness and accuracy, they noted.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A team led by Hisham Mehanna, PhD, from the University of Birmingham in England, found that strain ultrasound elastography does not reduce the nondiagnostic rate of FNAC, as well as the number of thyroidectomies or unnecessary thyroidectomies performed. months for ultrasound FNAC. months for ultrasound FNAC.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Combining ultrasound with MRI could help better differentiate between benign and malignant breast nonmass-like lesions initially detected on ultrasound, a study published October 12 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found. Ultrasound and MRI have their tradeoffs in supplemental breast imaging. Sensitivity 93.7%

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Publicly insured pregnant women are less likely to get 20-week ultrasounds, a phenomenon that drives disparities in prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects, according to research published September 23 in Prenatal Diagnosis. “To Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2024

An immersive virtual reality (VR)-based test can distinguish between operators with varying levels of thoracic ultrasound skill, a Danish study published January 6 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found. With ultrasound being a user-dependent imaging modality, operator skills are important for diagnostic accuracy.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 7, 2025

Ultrasound-guided thermal ablation techniques are safe and effective in treating patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism, suggest findings published January 7 in Radiology. Treatment with ultrasound-guided MWA and RFA was generally well tolerated. F) Ultrasound-guided RFA of the hyperplastic parathyroid gland. (G)

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Ultrasound contrast agents show promise for detecting and evaluating uterine disorders and prostate cancers, according to research presented at the annual Advances in Contrast Ultrasound meeting in Chicago. He recommended that sonographers be trained to place IVs and administer the ultrasound agent.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

With respect to hospital bed size, 300- to 399-bed hospitals have the highest rating with an average of 5.5/7, 7, while less than 100-bed hospitals have the lowest rating with a rating of 4.4/7. In relation to location type, urban sites have the highest rating at 5.3/7, 7, while rural sites have the lowest at 4.3/7,

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Canon Medical's new midrange ultrasound scanner, Aplio me. VIENNA -- Canon Medical Systems Europe unveiled a new ultrasound scanner and a radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system in its booth at ECR 2024. Image courtesy of Canon Medical.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 3, 2025

MRI and ultrasound have tradeoffs in diagnosing peripheral neuropathies of the upper extremity, a study published March 4 in Radiology found.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 3, 2024

Ultrasound data shows that family history of uterine fibroids is a risk factor for incident fibroids in Black and African American women, a study published April 3 in JAMA Network Open found. The team included data from Black and African American women from the Detroit, MI area, with ultrasound exams performed between 2010 and 2018.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 26, 2024

An ultrasound-based deep learning radiomics nomogram (DLRN) model performed well in a study about predicting tumor status and lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients post chemotherapy. They added to the literature, exploring the feasibility of an ultrasound-based fusion model combining the aforementioned features.

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Health Imaging

MARCH 7, 2024

Sacramento, California-based Sutter Health and tech Henry Nweke deny the allegations.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) may be useful in the emergency department for assessing and predicting severity for pediatric bronchiolitis, suggest findings published October 21 in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. The researchers included data from 82 infants aged 12 months or younger. for discharged infants, 4.34 24 hours 2.11

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 23, 2024

An algorithm combining the Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4) and an ultrasound deep-learning model could improve diagnostic accuracy and referral management for all-cause advanced liver fibrosis, a study published April 23 in Radiology found. Chen and colleagues constructed sequential clinical algorithms that include an ultrasound deep-learning model.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A deep-learning method using endoscopic ultrasound images could detect pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, according to research published October 17 in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. While endoscopic ultrasound is sensitive in detecting pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, the modality is operator-dependent and time-consuming.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 13, 2025

Butterfly Network and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) are highlighting results from a study that investigated the impact of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) on hospital care. The findings were presented in December at the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging's EchoEuro-Imaging Conference in Berlin, Germany.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 14, 2024

Paris-based AI developer for ultrasound Sonio has appointed Yinka Oyelese, MD, as a new scientific advisory board member. George's Hospital in London, U.K. George's Hospital in London, U.K. He has previously worked at St.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Image from Molly Charney, MD, of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, et al. tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

for ultrasound Radiologists performed a lower percentage of cardiac exams compared to noncardiac ones. But the investigators also noted that radiologists interpreted nearly all outpatient hospital, inpatient, and emergency department exams compared to those conducted in an office setting. Ultrasound 0.4% for digital x-ray 0.9%

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

A team led by Junqi Han, MD, from the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University in China found that its model combining data from mammography images, ultrasound images, and other characteristics performed well in predicting disease-free survival of breast cancer. This means the combined model could predict prognosis after surgery.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Tampa-area hospitals are facing the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, with some imaging services being temporarily suspended as healthcare systems reallocate resources toward emergency care. The hospital performs more than 400,000 imaging exams per year, according to Tampa General’s website. in late September.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 9, 2024

AUSTIN, TX -- Microflow imaging performs just as well as contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for guiding tumor ablation and may be an economical alternative, according to research presented April 8 at UltraCon. This, in turn, allows for sensitive monitoring of residual lesions.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A deep-learning method could improve clinical strategies for addressing ultrasound BI-RADS 4A lesions, a study published February 20 in Clinical Breast Cancer found. Biopsy is typically recommended for ultrasound BI-RADS 4A lesions. The team included data from 1,616 women from two hospitals.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 1, 2024

Careful consideration of results from coronal reconstruction on automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) can help clinicians avoid false negatives, according to study results shared February 29 at ECR 2024. Compared with handheld ultrasound, ABUS reduces operator dependence and has a higher reproducibility.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Gastrointestinal imagers should use high-quality MR enterography for complex inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cases that can't be dealt with using intestinal ultrasound, even though both tests contribute to overall assessment, said an expert leading an advanced course on imaging Crohn's disease at ECR 2025. "MR

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 23, 2023

AI models developed from diverse thyroid ultrasound datasets in terms of hospitals.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) with remote reading may improve access to breast cancer screening and early detection in low-resource settings, suggest findings published October 23 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The patient underwent biopsy at a local hospital and subsequent surgical excision.

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MedImaging Ultrasound

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

New research indicates that if ER doctors are skilled in ultrasound techniques, they can significantly reduce the time patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis spend in emergency departments.

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