A farewell to the x-ray –generating particle accelerator that was my father’s baby
Last week technicians at Argonne National Laboratory began to disassemble a particle accelerator known as the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a ring 1.1 kilometers around that since 1995 has shone as one of the world’s brightest sources of x-rays. It’s hardly the end for the facility, which annually serves nearly 6000 scientists from myriad fields. Within a year, workers will
replace the electron accelerator
with a new one that will boost the intensity of the APS’s output x-ray beams by a factor of 500. A major scientific facility will be rejuvenated. That’s not unusual.
For me personally, however, th...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 4, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
AI could save radiologists chest x-ray interpretation time
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 4, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Tuberculosis Risk Factors Exacerbated by Climate Change
A doctor talks to a TB survivor at a clinic in Manilla,
Philippines. Credit: Getty Images for TB Alliance
By Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, May 2 2023 (IPS) While there is no established causal relationship between climate change and tuberculosis (TB), studies have begun to highlight the potential impact its effects could have on the spread of the disease.
Undernutrition, HIV/AIDS, overcrowding, poverty, and diabetes have all been identified as TB risk factors that are worsened by climate change. Worryingly, many countries with high burdens of TB, including, for instance, drought-hit Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, and Peru, have suffered...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ed Holt Tags: Climate Change Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Migration & Refugees TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report tuberculosis (TB) Source Type: news
Portable chest x-ray images validated in TB patients
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 2, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Mathematical model provides bolt of understanding for lightning-produced X-rays
In the early 2000s, scientists observed lightning discharge producing X-rays comprising high-energy photons — the same type used for medical imaging. Researchers could recreate this phenomenon in the lab, but they could not fully explain how and why… (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - May 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Pneumonia patterns on chest x-rays may underlie viral infection
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
RTX Stock Trades In Buy Zone After Cruising Past Earnings Forecasts, Reaffirming Outlook
RTX stock slipped slightly in its buy zone Tuesday after defense giant Raytheon (RTX) topped Q1 earnings forecasts and reaffirmed its full year outlook. X Raytheon Earnings Results: Raytheon adjusted earnings rose 6% to $1.22 per share on a 10% jump in revenue, to $17.2 billion. Expectations:…#rtx #raytheonrtx #xraytheonearnings #raytheon #prattwhitney #missilesdefense #outlook #rtxstockrtx #lmtearnings #lockheedmartin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI algorithm saves time when imaging hip dysplasia
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 25, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AI Promising in Detecting TB From Chest X-rays AI Promising in Detecting TB From Chest X-rays
The performance of software is comparable to that of radiologists, new research indicates, and the technology may help diagnose more people in low-resource areas.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 20, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
AI May Equal Trained Staff in Spotting TB on Chest X-Rays
TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 -- Artificial intelligence (AI) may help clinicians diagnose tuberculosis in parts of the world where radiologists are scarce, a new study suggests.
AI software successfully identified tuberculosis (TB) from cellphone photos... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 12, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
A man got sent 580 letters on one day demanding tax payments after Chinese companies used his address, report says
Dylan Davies received 580 letters in one day in November. Getty Images 11,000 companies used a man's address to register for sales tax, BBC News reported. Dylan Davies, from Cardiff, Wales, was sent 580 letters in one day in connection with sales tax. The UK tax authority said it's taken action to…#dylandavies #bbcnews #wales #davies #hmrevenuecustoms #vat #bbcwales #xray #hmrc #jimharra (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI model appears accurate for detecting hip disorders
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 6, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Why Some Scientists Believe the Future of Medicine Lies in Creating Digital Twins
Within the walls of a 19th-century chapel on the outskirts of Barcelona, a heart starts to slowly contract. This is not a real heart but a virtual copy of one that still pounds inside a patient’s chest. With its 100 million patches of simulated cells, the digital twin—a fully functional simulation of human anatomy— pumps at a leisurely pace as it tests treatments, from drugs to implants.
This digital twin pulses within MareNostrum, a supercomputer used by scientists to simulate features of the real world. These simulations can look just like the real thing, but they are vastly more sophisticated than Holl...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
AI model developed for endotracheal tube placements in children
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 4, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
