Mass General Brigham to build AI products with Australian health tech company
MGB and Annalise.ai plan to build AI radiology imaging tools, which can quickly scan X-rays and CT scans to alert clinicians to any health complications faster. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
What are the benefits of using an AI server downstream of PACS?
CHICAGO -- Among the imaging informatics sessions at RSNA 2023 are innovations designed to reduce the barriers of running AI algorithms in everyday radiology. To that end, research at the University of Pennsylvania suggests starting with an AI server. “For radiologists, we need AI to be fast … unobtrusive … and verifiable. We want AI results ready by the time we open a study,” explained presenter Neil Chatterjee, MD, PhD. “From the IT or enterprise point of view, we want AI that is secure,” he said, emphasizing fast outputs, smooth integration, and adhering to standards such as DICOM and HL7.Neil Chatterjee, MD...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 28, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Enterprise Imaging PACS/VNA RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
Man didn't realise chopsticks were lodged in his brain
A man had chopsticks shoved up his nose and lodged into his brain for five months but had no idea. The man from Vietnam was rushed to the emergency room after suffering with severe headaches, fluid discharge and loss of vision, and medics carried out a CT scan. They discovered broken chopsticks…#vietnam #ct #marks #spanish #telegraph #paellacroquetas #spain #simonhunter #naturalhistorymuseum #profsararussell (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI Interpretation of CCTA: Inflammation as CV Risk Factor AI Interpretation of CCTA: Inflammation as CV Risk Factor
With the help of AI, arterial inflammation measured with coronary computed tomography angiography can predict fatal and nonfatal events in patients with nonobstructive CAD.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
F-18 fluciclovine PET/CT detects metastatic breast cancer
In this study, Mushtaq and colleagues enrolled 20 women with new or suspected recurrent ILC from a previous trial at Emory University. Patients had undergone PET/CT scans after IV administration of F-18 fluciclovine and Ga-68 PSMA on separate days. For comparison, conventional imaging included CT or bone scans in 13 patients and F-18 FDG-PET in seven patients.An image from Mushtaq's presentation showing a comparison between PET radiotracers in a patient with ILC. Image courtesy of Aliza Mushtaq, MD, Emory University.Three experts assessed radiotracer uptake per patient as well as in three regions per patient: ipsilateral a...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Breast Imaging 2023 Source Type: news
FDA clears 4DMedical CT LVAS lung function scanning software
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) clearance to 4DMedical for CT LVAS, its advanced lung function imaging software.
CT LVAS software processes existing CT scans using sophisticated algorithms derived from aerospace technology. The software measures lung ventilation in tens of thousands of locations in the lungs. The Regional Ventilation Visualizations provide region-specific ventilation at deep inspiratory breath hold for a midcoronal slice and three axial slices (upper, middle, and lower).
The regional ventilation data is quantified in lung volume change and regional lung ventilation heterogene...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
AI plus CT calculates cardiothoracic ratio for high risk patients
CHICAGO -- A fully automated AI algorithm designed to opportunistically screen for enlarged heart, or cardiomegaly, on routine chest and abdominal CT exams was highly predictive of future cardiovascular events, according to research presented November 26 at RSNA 2023.Presenter Steven Rothenberg, MD, of the University of Alabama in Birmingham, said calculating the cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) was most useful for opportunistic screening of cardiomegaly on cross-sectional imaging.“We hypothesized that a suite of fully automated algorithms that quantifies the cardiothoracic ratio would predict future cardiovascular events,” ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: CT Cardiovascular Radiology Cardiac Imaging 2023 Source Type: news
AI algorithm helps determine status of small renal lesions
CHICAGO -- A deep-learning AI algorithm designed to determine the malignancy status of renal lesions less than 4 cm could reduce overtreatment and undertreatment of kidney cancer, according to research presented November 26 at RSNA 2023.The AI functions by taking a preoperative CT scan as input, localizes the tumor region by segmenting it, and then predicts the probability of malignancy in a fully automated fashion, according to Aakanksha Rana, PhD, of Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, NJ.“The outcome was good given our small dataset,” Rana said, adding that there is much work to be done. “It’s very surprising to...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 26, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Resources Conference RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
Alara offers free software for MPFS quality measure compliance
Alara Imaging is offering free HIPAA and SOC-II certified software to help physicians and health systems comply with a new radiation dose quality measure included in the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule for 2024.
CMS published the rule on November 2. It specifies the adoption of a new quality measure into the diagnostic radiology set of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) called Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography (CT) in Adults, with the goal of improving patient safety by optimizing CT radiation dose.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 22, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
AI model identifies high-risk lung cancer in nonsmokers
In this study, the researchers externally validated the model in a separate group of never-smokers who underwent routine outpatient chest x-rays from 2013 to 2014. The primary outcome was six-year incident lung cancer, identified using International Classification of Disease codes. Risk scores were then converted to low, moderate, and high-risk groups based on externally derived risk thresholds.
Of 17,407 patients (mean age 63 years) included in the study, 28% were deemed high risk by the deep learning model, and 2.9% of these patients later had a diagnosis of lung cancer, according to the findings. In addition, the high-...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 22, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: 2023 Source Type: news
Can AI predict treatment response in patients with prostate cancer?
Thursday, November 30 | 1:40 p.m.-1:50 p.m. | R6-SSNMMI08-2 | Room S403AAn AI model based on F-18 DCFPyL PSMA-PET/CT images will be presented here that shows promise for predicting treatment response in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).Despite the widespread adoption of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-PET/CT imaging for prostate cancer, prognostication of patient outcomes remains challenging. The goal of this work was to evaluate the feasibility of a deep-learning model to identify patients at risk for progression based on baseline PSMA-PET, noted Andrew Voter, MD, of Johns H...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 15, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: 2023 Molecular Imaging Preview Source Type: news
Study Confirms Small Blood Cancer Risk From CT Scans Study Confirms Small Blood Cancer Risk From CT Scans
The increased risk of hematological malignancies from CT radiation exposure in children and young adults should be viewed in the context of the substantial benefit these scans offer, experts say.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Synthetic CTA images from deep-learning model close to real thing
A generative adversarial network (GAN)-based noncontrast CT angiography (CTA) system has promise in vascular diagnosis, suggest research findings published November 14 in Radiology.
A team led by Jinhao Lyu, MD, from the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing found that the synthetic images produced by their system were comparable to real CTA images, which could help assess the aorta and carotid arteries while avoiding risks related to contrast media use.
“With further studies and assessment, this model may provide a fast and low-cost auxiliary CTA-like imaging method for patients, especially those with iodine allergy...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 15, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Advanced Visualization Source Type: news
AI could predict heart attack risk up to 10 years in the future, finds Oxford study
Researchers say more accurate analysis of cardiac CT scans could save thousands of lives and improve treatmentsArtificial intelligence could be used to predict if a person is at risk of having a heart attack up to 10 years in the future, a study has found.The technology could save thousands of lives while improving treatment for almost half of patients, researchers at the University of Oxford said.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Tom Ambrose and agency Tags: Heart disease Heart attack Medical research Society Science UK news Source Type: news
RSNA honors AI pancreatic cancer research with Margulis Award
The RSNA is honoring pancreatic cancer detection research with its Alexander R. Margulis Award for Scientific Excellence.The award will be presented at the upcoming RSNA meeting to authors of the study "Pancreatic Cancer Detection on CT Scans with Deep Learning: A Nationwide Population-based Study," which was published September 13, 2022, in Radiology."This year's Margulis Award recognizes impactful results likely to affect millions of patients throughout the world," said Radiology Editor Linda Moy, MD, in a statement released by the society. "The study demonstrates how a deep learning-based tool can result in accurate d...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 13, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
