AI flags rare humeral bone tumors on chest x-rays
An AI algorithm can help identify rare tumors on upper arm bones in patients undergoing chest x-rays – findings not typically identified in daily reading practice, according to an article published March 6 in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.
The algorithm improved the ability of radiologists to identify the tumors, which are located at the periphery of chest x-ray images, noted lead authors Harim Kim, MD, and Kyungsu Kim, PhD, of the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea.
“Radiologists showed improved performance with assistance of the AI program, particularly in terms of sensitivity and accuracy. We expect...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Nanox highlights study results
Nano-X Imaging (Nanox) and its deep learning medical imaging analytics subsidiary Nanox AI are touting early findings from the AI-enabled Detection of OsteoPorosis for Treatment (ADOPT) study.
The study uses the Nanox.AI software HealthVCF to review routine CT scans and has identified up to six times more patients with vertebral compression fracture than the national average at National Health Services (NHS) hospitals in the U.K., Nanox highlighted.
The company also said that the Nanox.AI algorithm has identified over 2,400 patients with vertebral compression fracture from routine CT scans that were not known to the NHS ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
GE HealthCare, MGB to integrate foundation models into research
GE HealthCare and Boston, MA-based Mass General Brigham (MGB) plan to integrate medical imaging foundation models into AI research work, with a focus on responsible AI practices.
This work builds on a 10-year commitment undertaken by both organizations in 2017, which has seen the two working together on AI platforms and exploring the use of AI across a range of diagnostic and treatment models through sustainable AI development.
One area of exploration for the organizations revolves around foundation models, which they said have the potential to improve workflow efficiency and imaging diagnosis by solving a diverse set of...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
ARRS announces Resident/Fellow in Radiology awardees
The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) is recognizing four radiologists, as well as their institutions and research projects, with its 2024 ARRS Resident/Fellow in Radiology Awards.
The following radiologists and their research projects are recognized as awardees:
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Melina Hosseiny, MD, University of California, San Diego. ARRS President’s Award for “Multi-task Ensemble Deep Learning for Differential Diagnosis of Pneumonia and Pulmonary Edema on Chest Radiograph.”
Ahmed Taher, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. ARRS Executive Council Award for “...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: People in the News Source Type: news
Tracking breast cancer method of detection shows impact of screening
Standardized identification of the initial method of detection of breast cancer is feasible across different practice sites, according to a study published March 11 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
The study results could offer important data about the impact of screening in the U.S., wrote a team led by Sujata Ghate, MD, of Duke University in Durham, NC.
"Prospective collection of method of detection data may help determine how screening mammography and supplemental screening options (ultrasound, MRI) contribute to reduction of mortality and morbidity from breast cancers," the group noted.
The Ameri...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Womens Imaging Breast Source Type: news
Komen applauds House subcommittee passing of SCREENS for Cancer Act
Susan G. Komen is applauding members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee for passing the Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS) for Cancer Act.
Approved by the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in December 2023, the legislation awaits approval by the full U.S. Senate and House, along with President Joe Biden's signature, to become law.
The SCREENS for Cancer Act reauthorizes the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program that provides access to breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic, and treatmen...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Using ultrasound before operational birth improves neonatal outcomes
Using ultrasound prior to operative vaginal birth leads to improved neonatal outcomes, according to research published March 11 in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM.
A team led by Sasha Skinner, MBBS, from Monash Health in Victoria, Australia, found that compared to cases where ultrasound was not used, implementing a safety protocol that included intrapartum ultrasound was tied to fewer infants being delivered in an unexpected position and a reduction in neonatal morbidity.
“Our experience found that clinicians were receptive to upskilling in [ultrasound] to determine fetal head position,” the Skinner t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
Dark-field chest x-ray takes step forward
German developers of dark-field chest x-ray appear to have overcome a technical limitation of the technology – namely, adjusting for photon scattering caused by interferometers used in the experimental system.
This scattering is picked up by the system’s detector (so-called “detector cross talk”) and leads to unwanted artifacts on patient chest x-rays, noted study lead and doctoral candidate Theresa Urban, of the Technical University of Munich, and colleagues. Ultimately, the group described a method to correct the phenomenon to produce better images.
“With the corrections presented here … the obtained dark-f...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Digital X-Ray Chest Radiology Source Type: news
Konica to highlight Exa platform at HIMSS 2024
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas plans to highlight the integration of its Exa platform with Amazon Web Services (AWS) HealthImaging at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2024 meeting in Orlando, FL.
Exa is an enterprise imaging, PACS, RIS, and billing package that includes Konica features such as server-side rendering, Diagnostic Zero Footprint Viewer. It will be offered as a platform as a service (PaaS) through AWS, Konica said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
President Biden signs funding package that includes Medicare relief
President Joseph Biden on March 9 signed into law HR 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, which includes Medicare payment relief.
The legislation increases the conversion factor for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) by 1.68% for the remainder of 2024, the American College of Radiology (ACR) said in a statement. The college noted that, when combined with an already existing 1.25% conversion factor increase Congress passed at the end of 2022, "the result is a 2.93% increase over what the conversion factor would have been without congressional action." (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Social factors affect adherence to incidental lung nodule follow-up
Social factors influence whether patients who are found to have incidental lung nodules on chest CT imaging adhere to follow-up, according to research published March 8 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
And using a deep-learning model that incorporates demographic, socioeconomic, and nodule-related factors could help predict whether patients will comply with follow-up recommendations, wrote a team led by Zhuoyang Wang of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
"Our study demonstrates that clinical context and socioeconomic factors can predict a patient’s incidental pulmonary nodule follow-up...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties CT Chest Radiology Source Type: news
Does breast radiation therapy raise risk of skin cancer?
Radiation therapy for breast cancer treatment leads to an increased risk of skin cancer, according to research published March 8 in JAMA Network Open.
A team led by Shawheen Rezaei from Stanford University found that the risk of non-keratinocyte skin cancer diagnosis such as melanoma and hemangiosarcoma after breast cancer treatment with radiation was more than 50% higher.
“Although occurrences of non-keratinocyte skin cancers are rare, physicians should be aware of this elevated risk to help inform follow-up care,” the Rezaei team wrote.
While breast cancer treatment strategies have improved over the decades, survi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Cannabis may influence bowel motility
Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises.
“Understanding the effects of cannabis and weight loss drugs on gut motility – that is the movement of food throughout the body – is essential for nuclear medicine providers,” said Rutger Gunther, MD, in a March 5 news release from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
Gunther, a radiologist at UT Health San Antonio, and colleagues penned an article published in the March issue of the J...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
Social factors influence adherence to incidental lung nodule follow-up
Social factors influence whether patients who are found to have incidental lung nodules on chest CT imaging adhere to follow-up, according to research published March 8 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
And using a deep-learning model that incorporates demographic, socioeconomic, and nodule-related factors could help predict whether patients will comply with follow-up recommendations, wrote a team led by Zhuoyang Wang of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
"Our study demonstrates that clinical context and socioeconomic factors can predict a patient’s incidental pulmonary nodule follow-up...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties CT Chest Radiology Source Type: news
Lunit secures two East and Southeast Asia contracts
Lunit has secured two East and Southeast Asia supply contracts.
The company will provide its Insight CXR to Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan and its Insight MMG to Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore. Chung Shan Medical University plans to integrate Insight CXR into its national lung cancer screening program, while Gleneagles Hospital plans to use Insight MMG to streamline breast cancer screening workflow, it said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
