MRI-Guided TULSA Effective at Five Years for Localized Prostate Cancer
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- For the treatment of localized prostate cancer, in-bore, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) results in favorable outcomes at five years, including durable oncologic control and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Can ChatGPT-4 accurately interpret thyroid, renal ultrasound images?
ChatGPT-4 demonstrated high accuracy in analyzing and interpreting thyroid and renal ultrasound images in a small study published March 19 in Radiology Advances.
Researchers led by Laith Sultan, MD, from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reported that the large language model could accurately perform image segmentation and classify lesions on ultrasound as normal or abnormal.
“These functionalities indicate the tool's potential to improve radiological workflows by pre-screening and categorizing ultrasound images,” Sultan told AuntMinnie.com. “This technology, if implemented in clinical practice, will have great...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Ultrasound Advanced Visualization Genitourinary Radiology Head and Neck Radiology Source Type: news
ChatGPT-4 accurately interprets thyroid, renal ultrasound images
ChatGPT-4 demonstrated high accuracy in analyzing and interpreting thyroid and renal ultrasound images in a study published March 19 in Radiology Advances.
Researchers led by Laith Sultan, MD, from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reported that the large language model could accurately perform image segmentation and classify lesions on ultrasound as normal or abnormal.
“These functionalities indicate the tool's potential to improve radiological workflows by pre-screening and categorizing ultrasound images,” Sultan told AuntMinnie.com. “This technology, if implemented in clinical practice, will have great poten...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Ultrasound Advanced Visualization Genitourinary Radiology Head and Neck Radiology Source Type: news
US Radiology appoints new CEO
Lee Cooper. Image courtesy of US Radiology Specialists.U.S. Radiology Specialists has appointed Lee Cooper as the company's new CEO, while current board member Molly Joseph will become its next board chair, effective April 1.
Cooper and Joseph will succeed John Perkins, the company's founding CEO, who announced in 2023 his intent to move on from his roles as board chair and CEO.
Cooper previously worked for nearly 30 years at GE HealthCare, where he led several business units before ending his tenure as president and CEO of GE HealthCare (GEHC) in the U.S. and Canada. There, he was responsible for the core business...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: People in the News Source Type: news
MRI/ultrasound combination effective for treating prostate cancer
A new, minimally invasive procedure that combines MRI and transurethral ultrasound is effective for treating prostate cancer, according to research presented March 20 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City.
A team led by Steven Raman, MD, of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that the treatment -- dubbed MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) and performed by interventional radiologists -- proved a viable alternative to surgery or radiation, showing a recovered continence rate of 92% at five-year follow-up.
"This image-...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Interventional MRI Ultrasound Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Huge $14M Donation Will Help Bring Much-Need Ultrasound Equipment To Rural Wyoming
A charitable donation to a Community Health Center system will increase access to ultrasound technology in Montana and Wyoming as well as train healthcare workforce on new sonography technology. Discusses workforce shortages and the impact of new technology on health outcomes in rural and frontier areas. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - March 21, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Protocols, resources can reduce CT use in child appendectomy patients
Developing protocols and having resources available are a couple of ways hospitals can limit radiation exposure from CT imaging to children who have undergone appendectomies, suggest findings published March 20 in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
A team led by Peter Juviler, MD, from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York described shared qualities among hospitals with low CT use and strategies for decreasing postoperative CT imaging for children with complicated appendicitis -- strategies that involve interdisciplinary collaboration and the promotion of radiation stewardship.
“In the evaluation and ma...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Subspecialties Administration Genitourinary Radiology Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news
Ultrasound Plus MRI Could Be New Treatment Strategy Against Prostate Cancer
WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2024 -- Precisely delivered ultrasound could be an effective treatment for prostate cancer, with high-frequency sound waves heating and killing off cancer cells, a new study says.
The treatment killed off all prostate cancer... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AI detects COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images
Johns Hopkins University has highlighted research that shows AI can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images.In a study published March 11 in Communications Medicine, researchers describe the development of an AI algorithm that analyzes lung ultrasound images to spot features known as B-lines, which appear as bright, vertical abnormalities and indicate inflammation in patients with pulmonary complications.“The findings culminate an effort that started early in the pandemic when clinicians needed tools to rapidly assess legions of patients in overwhelmed emergency rooms,” the university said, in a news release.Significan...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Chest Radiology Source Type: news
Ultrasound model predicts liver disease progress
A predictive model combining multiple ultrasonic parameters could discriminate between different liver diseases in a study published March 19 in Radiology.
A team of researchers led by Fangyi Liu, MD, from the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, found that their multiparametric ultrasound model can predict metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), regardless of hepatitis B virus infection status.
“These findings are important for noninvasive assessment of the MAFLD disease process,” the Liu team wrote.
Previous studies ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Clinical News Ultrasound Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Samsung and Bracco sign memorandum of understanding
Samsung Electronics subsidiary Samsung Medison and Bracco Imaging have established an agreement to develop and market ultrasound devices and contrast agents.
The companies recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at ECR 2024 in Vienna and are considering collaborative research to develop protocols for high-frequency and super-resolution imaging for diagnostic purposes. Global marketing activities will be focused on healthcare provider education and joint participation in strategic events.
In addition, Bracco's quantitative diagnostic analysis software will be integrated with Samsung Medison's diagnostic ultras...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
GEHC releases ultrasound segmentation AI research model
GE HealthCare (GEHC) has released an ultrasound segmentation AI research model called SonoSam Track that incorporates Nvidia technology.
SonoSam Track allows users to segment anatomy and lesions on ultrasound images, according to GEHC. It requires only two to six clicks for segmentation, a capability made possible by the use of Nvidia TensorRT software.
Foundation and generative AI models "could play a crucial role by enabling swift adaptation to various diseases, facilitating screening, early detection, tracking progression, and identifying non-invasive biomarkers with minimal training requirements, such as zero-shot or...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Many Children With Sickle Cell Anemia Do Not Meet Quality Indicators
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- A number of children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) have low rates of receipt of recommended antibiotic prophylaxis and annual transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound, according to a study published online March 6 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 18, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Why Ethereum ’s circulating supply keeps falling to new lows
None Increased demand for the Ethereum network has led to a surge in burn rate. • None This has brought about a decline in the coin’s circulating supply. Ethereum’s [ETH] circulating supply has fallen to a new post-merge low, according to data from Ultrasound.money. In the last month, 86,219 ETH…#ethereum #ultrasoundmoney #ytd #layer1 #merge #defillama #ethereums #lidofinance #artemis #dexes (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
GE Healthcare, Hartford HealthCare extend Care Alliance agreement
GE HealthCare (GEHC) and Connecticut-based Hartford HealthCare have extended their "Care Alliance" collaboration through 2030.
Under the collaboration, Hartford HealthCare will upgrade its imaging technology using a phased approach for the acquisition, deployment, and redeployment of CT, PET/CT, MRI, x-ray, nuclear medicine, mammography, ultrasound, and OEC 3D surgical imaging C-arm systems, according to GEHC. Many of the new systems in the collaborative effort will include tested AI and machine-learning software, and patient monitoring, anesthesia, maternal infant care, and diagnostic cardiology technologies are also in...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Installations Source Type: news
