Return to Play in Athletes With Acute Myocarditis Return to Play in Athletes With Acute Myocarditis
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Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines - December 6, 2023 Category: Radiology Tags: Cardiology Article Source Type: news
TULSA Effective in Controlling Prostate Cancer Long-Term
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Results from a long-term follow-up of the pivotal TACT trial showed that MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) was effective and durable in men with localized prostate cancer.
The median prostate... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
RadNet to launch retail mammography clinic at Delaware Walmart
Imaging services provider RadNet will launch a mammography screening clinic December 8 at the Walmart Supercenter in Milford, Delaware. The launch is the first installation of RadNet’s new “MammogramNow” program, which aims to enhance breast health awareness and accessibility and includes the integration of AI mammography screening software, according to the company.“We believe RadNet currently performs close to five percent of all mammograms in the United States annually, and the pilot with Walmart is designed to provide even greater, convenient access for women,” said RadNet president and chief executive office...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Subspecialties Breast Imaging Source Type: news
ScanLab touts launch of CT simulator
Imaging simulation software company ScanLabMR has launched what it claims is the “world’s first” online quantitative CT simulator.
Called ScanLabCT, the simulator offers virtual reality (VR) components that mimic the clinical environment. Users can adjust and monitor an interactive patient using the simulator’s VR Landmarking, VR Patient Positioning, and VR Scan Room Environment features. Ultimately, ScanLabCT is designed to help students and technologists safely and efficiently improve their knowledge and scanning skills while providing educators and managers with tools for objective clinical assessment, the comp...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
MDView expands service in 12 states
Cooper City, FL-based MDView will expand its platform for second opinion services to patients in states outside of Florida as part of a partnership agreement with Modern Teleradiology.
Under the agreement, users of the MDView platform in 12 U.S. states and Canada now have access to Modern Teleradiology’s board-certified and subspeciality radiologists for second opinion reports and video consultations. In addition, Modern Teleradiology founder and Chief Executive Officer Sunil Kini, MD, was appointed medical director of MDView, the company said.
MDView is a medical technology platform designed to facilitate sharing of m...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
AI model aids in ultrasound rotator cuff exams
An AI assistance system can aid novice sonographers in assessing the rotator cuff, a study published December 1 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found.
Researchers led by Rui Tang from Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, China, found that their AI system can accurately identify standard planes and perform automatic tissue segmentation.
“Remarkably, the system demonstrated superior performance compared with similar studies for both functions,” Tang and colleagues wrote.
While ultrasound is a go-to method for assessing shoulder joint diseases, it is a user-dependent modality. Novice ultrasonographers may s...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Ultrasound Musculoskeletal Radiology Source Type: news
Brain MRI radiomics help predict poor newborn neurodevelopment
Combining radiomic features extracted from brain MRI exams with clinical ones helps predict poor neurodevelopment in preterm newborns, according to a presentation delivered November 27 at the recent RSNA meeting.
Using this combination of features bests using either alone, wrote a team led by Daeun Choi, MD, at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.
"Compared with using only clinical variables, combining region-based radiomics features extracted from term equivalent age brain MRIs enhances predictability on poor neurodevelopmental outcome of very preterm neonates," the group noted.
Choi's group investigated the effica...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI Neuroradiology Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news
Thrombectomy use increasing to treat VTE
The use of arterial and venous thrombectomy to treat blood clots has increased significantly over the past five years, according to research presented November 30 at the RSNA meeting.
Stephanie McNamara, PhD, of Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, presented a study that found procedure rates for venous thromboembolism (VTE) increased by 75% between 2017 and 2022. However, these rates remain low considering the total number of cases per year, McNamara said.
“The incidence of [venous thromboembolism] is expected to grow, creating opportunities to expand the use of these noninvasive procedures,” she noted in a poster p...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Interventional Source Type: news
Can stem cell injections treat knee osteoarthritis?
In this study, the group hypothesized that injecting these cells into knee joints could serve as an intervention to treat patients.
In a preliminary trial, the group treated 30 patients (27 women and three men, mean age 61 years old) with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis. In each patient, clinicians injected a solution of stem cells (70 million allogeneic cells) into the genicular arteries, a network that supplies blood to structures around the knee.
All of the patients were admitted for one day following the procedure. MRIs of patients’ knees were acquired prior to the procedure and at one, six, and nine months ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties MRI Interventional Radiology Source Type: news
AI algorithm flags interval breast cancer cases
AI could help tackle the challenge of identifying interval breast cancers, according to research presented November 30 at the RSNA 2023 annual meeting.
In her talk, Tiffany Yu, MD, from the University of California, Los Angeles presented findings demonstrating how an AI algorithm correctly flagged minimal signs on digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), as well as reading error misses.
“AI can potentially play a role in identifying and reducing the interval breast cancer rate in U.S.-based screening programs,” Yu said.
While recent studies based in Europe highlight how AI can reduce interval brea...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Materialise launches new case management software
3D printing firm Materialise launched new case management software called Mimics Flow Case Management at RSNA in Chicago.
The software is designed for hospital point-of-care 3D printing labs and enables hospitals to enforce quality management within 3D workflows, digitally streamline point-of-care and 3D printing processes, and improve collaboration between 3D labs and clinicians, according to the company.
Mimics Flow integrates with Mimics Innovation Suite 26, an image-based engineering toolbox, and provides a single workspace for 3D lab engineers and leaders and clinicians requesting 3D services. In addition, within th...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Clarius secures purchasing agreement with Premier
Clarius Mobile Health has secured a purchasing agreement with Premier for its wireless ultrasound scanners.Under terms of the deal, the company's scanners will be available at special pricing to Premier's more than 4,000 of enrolled health systems and hospitals and 300,000 other healthcare providers, it said.Scanners include Clarius PAL HD3, Clarius C3 HD3, Clarius EC7 HD3, Clarius L15 HD3, Clarius L7 HD3, Clarius L20 HD3, and Clarius C7 HD3, according to the firm. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 4, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
TeleDaaS debuts as dosimetry provider at RSNA 2023
Dosimetry-as-a-service provider TeleDaaS made its official debut at RSNA 2023.
The Evanston, IL-based company specializes in delivering dosimetry analysis and treatment plans to clinical research organizations and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The company offers scalable dosimetry services that integrate with existing imaging workflows in hospitals and cancer treatment research facilities. TeleDaaS uses proprietary software from Mirada Medical, which integrates with standard imaging technology, to support clinical trial design, execution, and the development of new targeted radiation therapies. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 4, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Merit Medical to make $550M shares available for private sale
Disposable products developer Merit Medical Systems plans to make $550 million of convertible senior notes available for private sale.
The notes will come due in 2029, the company said. It also plans to give purchasers of the notes the option to buy an additional $82.5 million aggregate principal amount of the notes during a 13-day period that will begin when the shares are first offered. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 4, 2023 Category: Radiology Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
