ISMRM President Derek Jones, PhD, offers upcoming meeting highlights
The International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) will be hosting its annual meeting May 4 to 9 in Singapore. AuntMinnie.com spoke with the society's president, Derek Jones, PhD, director of Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Center (CUBRIC) in Wales, U.K. about what attendees can expect during the gathering. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: 2024 Source Type: news
ISMRM president Derek Jones, PhD, offers upcoming meeting highlights
The International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) will be hosting its annual meeting May 4 to 9 in Singapore. AuntMinnie.com spoke with the society's president, Derek Jones, PhD, director of Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Center (CUBRIC) in Wales, U.K. about what attendees can expect during the gathering. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI 2024 Source Type: news
AI brings scoliosis monitoring on x-rays into modern era
In this study, the authors aimed to leverage AI to improve these methods by training a convolutional neural network (CNN) model to automatically measure femorotibial length on x-ray images from a racially diverse set of pediatric patients.
The study data included 1,874 examinations from 523 pediatric patients aged 0 to 21 who underwent at least two slot-scanning radiographs in routine clinical care. Forty percent of the patients self-identified as white and not Hispanic or Latino and 60% self-identified as belonging to a different racial or ethnic group, the authors noted.The lower extremity measurement pipeline is illust...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Blackford and MedCognetics enter partnership
AI technology developers Blackford and MedCognetics have established a commercial agreement to integrate MedCognetics’ CogNet AI-MT software into the Blackford Platform.CogNet AI-MT is designed to enhance mammography cancer screening by supporting the detection of early tumors and enabling workflow prioritization, according to the vendors. Notably, the algorithm was trained on a diverse global patient data set to mitigate data biasing, Blackford said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
USPSTF finalizes breast cancer screening recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)’s newly published final recommendations support breast cancer screening beginning in women at age 40, but they don’t go as far as many screening advocates had hoped.
In addition to recommending biennial breast cancer screening for women ages 40 to 74, the task force stuck with its draft recommendations from 2023, reporting that it found insufficient evidence for screening women 75 and older. What’s more, the USPSTF concluded that there was insufficient evidence to recommend supplemental screening with MRI or ultrasound in women, regardless of breast density.In announ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Risk of knee osteoarthritis may depend on muscle mass
This study provides evidence for future tailored physical activity recommendations based on a person’s muscle mass and osteoarthritis risk,” noted lead author Yahong Wu, MD, and colleagues.
During weight-bearing activities such as running, knees are subject to the impact of several times the body's weight. Such pressure can lead to joint overloading and trigger early osteoarthritis, the authors explained. Yet it is unclear whether the effects of physical activity on knee osteoarthritis depends on the muscle surrounding the knee joint, they noted.
To explore these connections, the researchers studied knee x-rays at ba...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
Large language models underperform in breast imaging
Large language models such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini fall short in breast imaging, a study published April 30 in Radiology found.
Researchers led by Andrea Cozzi, MD, PhD, of the Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland in Lugano reported that these models reported that these models show only moderate agreement with radiologists when classifying breast imaging findings by BI-RADS category.
“Simply put, we cannot use large language models as a medical device,” Cozzi told AuntMinnie.com. “Eventually, I am convinced we will get there. But we will need a standard, reliable development process.”
Radiologists ha...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Breast Advanced Visualization Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Interstitial lung abnormalities linked to respiratory disease risk
CT imaging shows that severe acute respiratory disease events can be caused by quantitative interstitial abnormalities (QIA) -- that is, small irregularities that don't necessarily meet diagnostic criteria for advanced pulmonary diseases but show up on CT exams over time, a study published April 30 in Radiology has reported.
A team led by Bina Choi, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found that, although acute respiratory disease events have tended to be associated with airway disease, "progression in QIA is independently associated with these acute respiratory disease events both intercurrent and subsequent ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: CT Source Type: news
DBT + CEM boosts cancer detection in women with history of the disease
The combination of contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) increases early breast cancer detection each year in women with a personal history of the disease – although it also increases the recall rate, researchers have found.
"Adding contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) to digital breast tomosynthesis substantially improved the detection of early breast cancer in women with a personal history of breast cancer, and this benefit appears to persist each year," wrote a team led by Wendie Berg, MD, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania in an article published April 30 in Radi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Philips and Nicklaus Children ’s ink 10-year collaboration
Philips and Nicklaus Children’s Health System in Miami have committed to a 10-year partnership that will see the system equipped with AI-enabled MRI, ultrasound, and patient experience technology.
Nicklaus Children’s will adopt technologies such as Philips’ Ingenia Ambition X MR and EPIQ CVx ultrasound scanners, which include AI-enabled radiology workflow software to reduce exam times and the need for rescans, according to the company. In addition, patient experience technologies such as Philips Ambient Experience, Kitten Scanner, and Scan Buddy App will be deployed to help reduce patient anxiety during MRIs, Philip...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Lunit and Radiobotics enter partnership
South Korean AI software developer Lunit has entered a strategic partnership with Radiobotics, a Denmark-based company specializing in musculoskeletal AI diagnostics.
Under the agreement, Lunit will distribute Radiobotics' RBfracture software, an AI tool for the detection of bone fractures on x-ray images. RBfracture complements Lunit's Insight CXR AI-powered chest x-ray screening application, according to the firm.
In addition, the agreement allows Lunit to expand its diagnostic portfolio to include other x-ray diagnostic tools from Radiobotics, such as tools for detecting knee osteoarthritis and hip dysplasia, Lunit sa...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
GE HealthCare reports slight dip in Q1 revenue
GE HealthCare reported a 1% drop in revenue but also higher net income for the first quarter of 2024 (end-March 31).
The company generated total first-quarter revenues of $4.65 billion, a 1% decline from $4.7 billion in the first quarter of 2023. Cash flow from operating activities was $419 million versus $468 million for the prior year, with the company noting it repaid $150 million of debt in January 2024.
Yet net income rose slightly to $388 million for the quarter over $383 last year, marking a margin increase of 8% versus 7.9% for the prior year, GE HealthCare reported. In addition, the company highlighted its doubl...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
ACR, ACS comment on USPSTF breast cancer screening recs
Organizations are reacting to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)'s new breast cancer screening recommendations, which include biennial screening beginning at the age of 40.
While acknowledging that the new recommendations were an improvement over the task force's 2016 guidelines, the American College of Radiology (ACR) said it does not "go far enough to save more women's lives."
The ACR said it "will continue to urge the USPSTF to recommend all women have a breast cancer risk assessment by age 25 (as called for in ACR’s Breast Cancer Screening guidelines for high-risk women) and that women at average risk...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Philips posts slight sales decrease in Q1
Philips Healthcare posted a slight decrease in sales for the first quarter of 2024, as well as a higher net income loss.For the first quarter (end-March 31), Philips posted revenues of 4.1 billion euros ($4.4 billion U.S.) down from 4.2 billion euros ($4.5 billion) for the same period last year.
The company sustained a net loss of 998 million euros ($1.1 billion), compared with a loss of 665 million euros ($713 million), in the first quarter of 2023.
Its Diagnosis and Treatment segment, however, did see a sales increase of 3%, with growth in Image Guided Therapy and Precision Diagnosis, Philips said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
U.S. federally qualified health centers show cancer screening gaps
U.S. federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) -- intended to provide care to underserved populations across the country -- show prominent cancer screening gaps, researchers have reported.
A team led by Trisha Amboree, PhD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston found that the cancer screening gap manifested at FQHCs -- for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer -- contributes significantly to the percentage of underscreened individuals across the country. The study findings were published April 29 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
"[Our] findings highlight the urgency of scaling up screening use in F...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
