article thumbnail

Moore’s Law for radiologists

AuntMinnie

Some of my radiological heroes would report a staggering 30,000 to 40,000 radiographs a year. So as to report more CT and MRI, radiologists stopped doing hands-on ultrasound and fluoroscopy. Some even [startled gasp] gave up reporting plain radiographs. I still don’t know how they did it. The neocortex rarely had to engage.

article thumbnail

Deep learning combines breast imaging data to predict cancer prognosis

AuntMinnie

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.

Imaging 298
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

AuntMinnie

Ultrasound model predicts liver disease progression. Appropriateness and imaging outcomes of ultrasound, CT, and MR in the emergency department: a retrospective analysis from an urban academic center. Commercially Available Chest Radiograph AI Tools for Detecting Airspace Disease, Pneumothorax, and Pleural Effusion.

article thumbnail

Dynamic Digital Radiography Quantitatively Diagnoses Diaphragm Dysfunction

Imaging Technology

Spirometry values were below predicted values and a standard chest radiograph depicted an elevated right hemidiaphragm that was not present on a prior CT examination during his SARS-CoV-2 infection. With the dynamic functional imaging capability of DDR, the authors could visualize thoracic and pulmonary motion and track diaphragm movement.

article thumbnail

ECR: Green protocols can reduce radiology department energy consumption

AuntMinnie

Substituting less energy-consuming ultrasound for x-ray or CT reduced energy use by as much as 8% during diagnostic radiology processes and 31.2% during indirect radiology department activities, according to findings of a pilot study presented March 1 at ECR 2024. kilowatts per patient, Masperi said.

Radiology 202
article thumbnail

MRI helps clinicians assess neural involvement in endometriosis

AuntMinnie

The team's review of MRI's role for this indication was published January 3 in RadioGraphics. MRI findings regarding the state of pelvic nerves involved in endometriosis are key to planning treatment, w rote a group led by Ceylan Colak, MD.

MRI 278
article thumbnail

AI's impact on false-positive mammograms, breast cancer screening performance

AuntMinnie

For the AI study, two views of each breast (four images) are taken to be evaluated independently either by the AI system plus a single reader or by a radiologist/radiographer as a first reader and second reader using the two-reader model. But even in nondense breasts, adding ultrasound improved the screening performance to nearly 78%."

Mammogram 264