Medical Xpress: Radiology
APRIL 2, 2024
The world's most powerful MRI scanner has delivered its first images of human brains, reaching a new level of precision that is hoped will shed more light on our mysterious minds—and the illnesses that haunt them.
Ben White
APRIL 4, 2024
In Show Your Work , Austin Kleon argues “the best way to get started on the path to sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning it in front of others.” That’s what I’ve been doing since 2009. One downside of Showing Your Work is when the showing of the work is the only work you do.
Diagnostic Imaging
APRIL 3, 2024
An emerging artificial intelligence (AI) model demonstrated more than 12 percent higher specificity and reduced image reading time by nearly six seconds in comparison to unassisted radiologist interpretation of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images.
AuntMinnie
APRIL 4, 2024
A research group based in Saclay, near Paris, has taken the wraps off what it claims are the world's first MRI scans of the human brain in vivo taken at a field strength of 11.7 tesla. President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated the researchers on social media. "The first images surpassed our expectations, giving after just four minutes, mind-blowing brain images without any artifacts, with superb tissue contrast and resolution, which represents a volume equivalent to a few thousand neurons," De
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Radiology Business
APRIL 4, 2024
Findings are based on an analysis of 135 teleradiology malpractice cases and 3,474 more in regular radiology, conducted by Harvard Medical School and published in Radiology.
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Diagnostic Imaging
APRIL 1, 2024
In a new literature review, researchers noted key findings on the use of breast MRI in facilitating breast cancer detection for women with dense breasts and others at high-risk for breast cancer.
AuntMinnie
APRIL 1, 2024
Chest dynamic digital radiography (DDR) may have received a boost toward clinical use in patients with lung disorders, with researchers developing AI to perform time-consuming analysis involved in the technology, according to researchers in New York City. A group at Mount Sinai Hospital developed a “pipeline” of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to analyze lung areas in DDR image sequences from patients.
Radiology Business
APRIL 4, 2024
Leah Davis, DO, and Sharon D'Souza MD, shared their thoughts in a piece published Monday by Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
UCSF Biomedical Imaging
APRIL 3, 2024
A decade ago, Thomas Link, MD, PhD, was senior author on a paper in J Bone Miner Res 1 that suggested that severe deficits in cortical bone quality are responsible for fragility fractures in postmenopausal diabetic women. Building on that work, our Bone Quality Research Lab has developed a technique to visualize intra-cortical vessels and assess the structural changes that can degrade bone strength.
Imaging Technology
APRIL 1, 2024
milla1cf Mon, 04/01/2024 - 11:44 April 1, 2024 — MinXray , a leading manufacturer of imaging systems for medical and veterinary use, recently sent its Impact Wireless X-ray system with a group of researchers and medical personnel to the YUS Conservation Area in Papua New Guinea. During this time, they spent 10 days in a local village to provide healthcare services and health education sessions.
AuntMinnie
APRIL 5, 2024
Bone mineral density (BMD) is only slightly below the normal average among transgender youth undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado in Aurora. A team of pediatricians analyzed results from dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans in a group of transgender youth who participated in a trial at Children's Hospital Colorado between 2016 and 2018 to evaluate insulin sensitivity and body composition.
Health Imaging
APRIL 4, 2024
Caption AI is designed to make cardiac imaging more accessible by offering step-by-step guidance on probe movements and ensuring image quality through a built-in meter.
MRI Network
APRIL 2, 2024
The global healthcare sector is undergoing a period of unprecedented transformation, driven by technological advancements, demographic shifts, and evolving patient needs. Among the chief concerns is the looming shortfall in healthcare workers. This is a trend that MRI Network recruiters who specialize in healthcare have been addressing even before the need became so acute, filling more than a thousand positions over the past two years.
Imaging Technology
APRIL 2, 2024
milla1cf Tue, 04/02/2024 - 18:41 April 2, 2024 — iCAD, Inc. , a global leader in clinically proven AI -powered cancer detection solutions, announced commercial availability of ProFound Cloud. The innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform provides medical providers with a cost-effective, secure, and scalable means to access and deploy the latest ProFound Breast Health Suite of AI solutions.
AuntMinnie
APRIL 4, 2024
Attendees at this year’s UltraCon in Austin, TX, can look forward to the new research and technology to be highlighted -- as well as the solar eclipse that will take place during the conference. UltraCon, formerly the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting, from April 6 to 10 will feature research covering several areas in ultrasound, including point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), elastography, contrast enhancement, and AI, among others.
Health Imaging
APRIL 4, 2024
The deep neural network was trained using over 40,000 patient ultrasound images and computer-generated facsimiles made from real scans.
Radiology Business
APRIL 4, 2024
Meanwhile, Moody's also recently issued a credit upgrade for the Los Angeles-based company, highlighting its "healthy" organic growth and "very good" liquidity.
Imaging Technology
APRIL 2, 2024
milla1cf Tue, 04/02/2024 - 18:51 April 2, 2024 — Less than three months after signing an agreement to acquire MIM Software Inc. , GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. announced the acquisition’s close and addition of MIM Software’s imaging analytics and digital workflow solutions as a part of its leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital portfolio.
AuntMinnie
APRIL 5, 2024
Dell Technologies and Northwestern Medicine are collaborating on a generative multimodal large language model (LLM) for the interpretation of chest x-rays. Working with Dell's AI Innovation Lab, Northwestern Medicine has designed and tested workflow software prior to deploying them into their own IT environment where they achieved the multimodal LLM that produced draft x-ray reports to aid in physician decision-making, Dell said.
Health Imaging
APRIL 1, 2024
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has launched a survey for stakeholders to provide input on the project’s development.
Radiology Business
APRIL 1, 2024
There were no statistical differences in overall complication rates between the traditional and expedited groups, but there were marked savings and shorter hospital stays.
UCSF Biomedical Imaging
APRIL 5, 2024
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) currently recommends that women begin breast cancer screening mammograms at age 40 and receive them biannually thereafter. Bonnie Joe, MD, PhD , Division Chief of Breast Imaging at UCSF’s Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, contends that biannual screenings are not frequent enough and the standard should instead be annual screenings.
AuntMinnie
APRIL 5, 2024
Shimadzu Medical Systems USA has acquired one of its distributors, Vacaville-based California X-ray Imaging Services (CIS). Since 1992, CIS's focus has been throughout northern California and northern Nevada. The acquisition allows Long Beach-based Shimadzu an opportunity to enhance customer relationships in the region and the future growth of Shimadzu, according to the vendor.
CurveBeam AI
APRIL 4, 2024
We are thrilled to announce an esteemed panel of speakers who are at the forefront of orthopedic surgery and biomedical engineering: Dr. Canaan Prater, DO, from OrthoCarolina, a renowned orthopedic surgeon with extensive experience in hip and knee procedures. Dr. Prater brings a wealth of knowledge in cutting-edge surgical techniques and patient-centered care.
Radiology Business
APRIL 4, 2024
UnitedHealth recently announced plans to purchase Steward Medical Group, a multispecialty radiology provider that spans nine states, after private equity owners left it financially hamstrung.
REBEL EM
APRIL 3, 2024
REBEL Cast – EMTALA + Reproductive Health Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast. Dr. Dara Kass is a practicing emergency medicine physician who was most recently as the Regional Director of Region 2 for the US Department of Health and Human Services. She currently works with organizations and institutions to advance and implement policies that affect the care of individuals in this new healthcare landscape, most specially related to all forms of reproductive health care from contra
MedImaging Radiography
APRIL 3, 2024
The world's most powerful MRI scanner has generated its first images of the human brain, demonstrating new precision levels that could shed more light on neurological diseases.
AuntMinnie
APRIL 5, 2024
While MRI-detected biomarkers may serve a beneficial role for people with hip and knee pain, the modality's clinical utility may be limited in patients over the age of 45 in patients with advanced osteoarthritis, according to an article published in the American Journal of Roentgenology ( AJR ). After performing a systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature to assess the clinical utility of MRI in this patient population, NYU Langone Health researchers found several knee structural
Radiology Business
APRIL 4, 2024
At roughly $5,000 per positron emission tomography exam, experts estimate the U.S. healthcare system could save $9 million (or about $1,432 per patient) on imaging.
Imaging Technology
APRIL 4, 2024
milla1cf Thu, 04/04/2024 - 12:28 April 4, 2024 — FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation, a leading provider of diagnostic and enterprise imaging solutions and Brainlab , a leading digital medical technology company, announced today that Brainlab will be the exclusive U.S. distributor of ARIETTA Precision Ultrasound for neurosurgery applications to be utilized with Brainlab’s surgical navigation systems.
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