ASTRO updates RT guidelines for treating bone metastases
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has updated 2017 clinical guidelines for treating patients with symptomatic bone metastases with external beam radiation therapy (RT).
The guidelines continue to recommend multiple dose-fractionation schemes to relieve pain and other symptoms of bone and spine lesions, with an emphasis on patient-centered care, ASTRO said. The document was published online May 22 in Practical Radiation Oncology.
Since the last update in 2017, several large trials have demonstrated the benefits of advanced radiation techniques such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and ster...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 28, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Malaysian hospital to deploy AI x-ray software
The largest private hospital system in Malaysia, Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City (SMC), will integrate Annalise.ai’s Enterprise CXR chest x-ray technology into its medical imaging workflow.
Annalise Enterprise CXR equips clinicians with AI that enables rapid triage of cases and prioritization of urgent ones. The software can detect up to 124 findings on chest x-rays within seconds, which can improve diagnostic speed and accuracy, SMC said.
Established in 1999, SMC serves over half a million patients from 170 countries each year, SMC said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 28, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Lunit to showcase latest imaging AI research at ASCO
South Korea-based Lunit plans to highlight scientific findings related to its Lunit Scope Suite for precision oncology at the upcoming American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2024 annual meeting in Chicago.The studies include comprehensive histopathomic prediction models for early breast cancer and hypothetical test-and-control group generation for treatment selection in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In the area of breast cancer, Lunit will present findings of recent HER2 studies, including ultra-low expression in breast cancer using AI-based quantification, and subcellular quantification from HER2 immunohistoc...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
New Tenn. law modifies rules for diagnostic imaging services
A new law in Tennessee marks the beginning of certificate of need (CON) reform and makes two key changes to requirements for PET and MRI services, according to experts at law firm Holland and Knight.
CON laws are state regulatory mechanisms for approving major capital expenditures and projects for certain healthcare facilities, the firm said.
To establish PET services without a CON under the new law, the provider only needs to become accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR) within two years of being licensed.
To initiate MRI services or increase the number of MRI machines, the new law removes the CON requir...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
FDA clears Heuron intracranial hemorrhage AI
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Heuron's ICH stroke triage software and notification system.
The Heuron ICH AI is designed to screen for and identify cases of intracranial hemorrhage on noncontrast CT images. Clinical trials were conducted last year for the software in collaboration with Mass General Brigham in Boston, according to Heuron.
Heuron ICH becomes the fifth software package from Heuron to receive FDA clearance, it said. Others include Veuron-Brain-mN1, Veuron-Brain-pAb, Heuron Beta Amyloid, and Veuron-Brain-pAb3. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
QT Imaging touts acoustic breast ultrasound tomography study
QT Imaging is touting the results of a study suggesting the efficacy of the company's QTI Breast Acoustic CT scanner in differentiating between breast tissue types and map ducts over time.
The study, published May 19 in Tomography and led by QT Imaging researchers, included data from 400 QT breast scans on 24 women, including four postmenopausal subjects, performed six to 10 times over two months. The researchers divided cases into three classes: pre-, post-, and perimenopausal. The ducts and glands were segmented using breast speed of sound, attenuation, and reflectivity images and followed over several menstrual cycles....
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
ASRT Foundation grant supports practice radiation therapist programs
The ASRT Foundation has awarded a research team a $50,000 International Collaborative Research Grant that will support the analysis of advanced practice radiation therapist (APRT) training programs.
Principal investigator Maria Dimopoulos, PhD, and colleagues Samantha Skubish and Yat Tsang, PhD, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, along with Nicole Harnett and Caitlin Gillan, PhD, from the University of Toronto in Canada will use the ASRT Foundation grant to identify an evidence-based, best-practice framework for APRT education in the U.S. and Canada.Recipients of a $50,000 grant from the ASRT Fo...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Women more prone to LV shear stiffness as they age, MRE reveals
MR elastography (MRE) reveals that women more prone to left ventricular (LV) shear stiffness in the heart as they age, researchers have reported.
The findings are good news for patient care, as MRE is a noninvasive way of measuring the condition, a team led by Arvin Arani, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, reported. Study results were published May 23 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.
"Elevated myocardial stiffness causes poor function and restrictive diastolic filling that can lead to heart failure, even with a normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)," the group noted. However, the invasiveness of e...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI Cardiovascular Radiology Source Type: news
Konica Minolta touts lung x-ray study
Konica Minolta Healthcare is highlighting a recent study that used the company's technology to develop a machine learning-based analysis of x-ray imaging that automatically quantifies lung function data.
The study, published in Chest Pulmonary and led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, suggests that the AI-powered technique can serve as an alternative to pulmonary function tests. It used dynamic digital radiography (DDR) with the AI analysis to provide additional quantitative data that could differentiate pulmonary disorders and serve as a possible marker for treatment escalation.
The res...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Radiology, radiation oncology among highest paid medical specialties
Radiology and radiation oncology are among the top 10 highest average annual compensation medical specialties, according to a May 23 report by Doximity.
The report found that the two specialties range between $500,000 and $600,000 in compensation. The report also highlighted challenges regarding overworking, burnout, and physician shortages among all medical specialties.
“The U.S. health care system continues to face significant challenges that are taking a toll on even the most dedicated medical professionals,” said Nate Gross, MD, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Doximity in a company statement. “Physicia...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
PSMA-PET/CT effective in patients with kidney cancer
PSMA-PET/CT has the potential to be an effective alternative imaging approach for diagnosing patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a type of kidney cancer, according to a study published May 23 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
In a meta-analysis of published studies, a group at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, found that PET/CT using both gallium-68 (Ga-68)-based and F-18-based prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiotracers had high detection rates for staging primary RCC lesions and restaging metastatic or recurrent disease.
“These findings suggest a new opportunity for impr...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Can x-rays help fit soldiers for body armor?
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.
The method involves using using 3D organ models based on planar x-rays and 3D external body surface scans to identify essential organ boundaries. This is fundamental to ensuring that future body armor systems provide adequate protection, noted lead author Celeste Coltman, PhD, of the University of Canberra, and colleagues.
“If this method is refined and evaluated further, it has the potential to be used as a tool for estimatin...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
Aktis inks potential $1B deal with Eli Lilly
Aktis Oncology has entered a potential $1 billion collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly to generate anticancer radiopharmaceuticals using its miniprotein technology platform. The collaboration will draw on Aktis' proprietary radiopharmaceutical platform with Lilly's expertise in oncology drug development and commercialization to develop first-in-class and differentiated therapeutics for a range of solid tumors, the company said.Under the terms of the deal, Aktis will receive a $60 million upfront cash payment for the collaboration in addition to an equity investment in Aktis by Lilly. Aktis also will be eligible to receiv...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
AI functions in x-ray systems may save radiographers time
Intelligent virtual and AI-based collimation features appear to save radiographers time during x-ray image acquisitions – a key function for enabling more patient-focused workflows, according to a recent study.
In research led by scientists at Siemens Healthineers, the use of “auto thorax collimation” for instance reduced x-ray exam lengths by 31% and the number of system interactions by 50% compared to manual collimation, noted lead author Anna Rasche, PhD, and colleagues.
“With the introduction of system and artificial intelligence functionalities in radiology, there has been a debate about their impact on the ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
5 factors to consider when validating radiology AI
Radiology must consider at least five factors when it comes to validating AI algorithms for use in the department, according to a review published May 21 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Why? Because thorough validation of AI models is crucial for effective patient care, and as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to clear more and more algorithms for radiology, "successful and clinically meaningful deployment of AI will be contingent on the rigorous external validation of these models to select the most effective algorithm for a specific target population," wrote a team led by PhD can...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Practice Management Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
