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Can x-rays help fit soldiers for body armor?

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Researchers in Australia have invented a technique using x-rays and 3D surface body scans that could optimize body armor for soldiers, according to a study published May 18 in Applied Ergonomics. Once each organ model was positioned, a second Matlab script was used to extract data relating to organ size and position.

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Radiology AI firm Gleamer expands into MRI with 2 acquisitions

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The French company offers solutions across X-ray, mammography and CT, adding MRI to its portfolio by buying Pixyl and Caerus Medical.

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AuntMinnie 2019: Details emerge on MRI accident in Sweden

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MRI safety articles have always been popular with our members, so it’s not surprising that our top article in 2019 reported on a safety incident in Sweden. The police investigation into last Wednesday's accident at a mobile MRI unit in Swedish Lapland is underway and likely to take several weeks. "The

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T2-weighted MRI shows promise for body composition analysis

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The findings suggest an alternative to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) or CT imaging, which have been commonly used for this purpose but which carry particular limitations, wrote a team led by Johannes Haubold, MD, of the University Hospital Essen in Germany. The results were published February 19 in Investigative Radiology.

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Philips highlights AI automation, cloud at RSNA 2024

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MRI In MRI, the star of the show was Philips next-generation of its 1.5-tesla tesla MRI scanner. Whats more, Philips announced an AI research collaboration with the Mayo Clinic for cardiac MRI. The goal is to shorten complex MRI exams and improve workflow for radiologists, according to the vendor. BlueSeal 1.5-tesla

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AuntMinnie 2018: NIH releases massive database of chest x-rays

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released to the public a database of more than 100,000 chest x-rays and corresponding data. The NIH database includes more than 100,000 chest x-rays. With the goal of spurring research into medical applications of artificial intelligence, the U.S. Image courtesy of the NIH.

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Point-of-care decision support reduces unnecessary CT, MRI imaging

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The team collected CT and MRI neck data and assessed any relationship between imaging referrals before and after implementation of the point-of-care clinical decision support intervention; it also compared effective radiation dose and estimated carbon emissions. The investigators found the following: An 8.2% with 1 as reference).

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