Clinical News: Page 359

CT lung cancer screening reduces mortality rates

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT reduces mortality rates by finding cancer earlier, according to a study published December 17 in JAMA Network Open.

December 20, 2021

GE completes BK acquisition, expands ultrasound business

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare recently completed the acquisition of BK Medical from Altaris Capital Partners for a cash purchase price of $1.45 billion.

December 20, 2021

Telix secures FDA clearance for prostate cancer PET imaging agent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Telix Pharmaceuticals has secured clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Illuccix gallium-68 gozetotide prostate cancer PET imaging agent.

December 19, 2021

PET with blood test promising in Alzheimer's disease clinical trials

By Will Morton

PET imaging combined with a new blood test for Alzheimer's disease may be the best approach to identify people to participate in clinical drug trials, according to a study published December 20 in JAMA Neurology.

December 19, 2021

Uterine artery embolization underused for postpartum bleeding

By Will Morton

Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is underused despite being a better option than hysterectomy for women experiencing postpartum bleeding, according to research published December 13 in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

December 19, 2021

POCUS a good tool for detecting coins swallowed by kids

By Amerigo Allegretto

Parents may be horrified when their young child swallows a coin that isn't the chocolate kind. But a recent case report described how point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was used to detect a metal coin that a 3-year-old boy had swallowed.

December 19, 2021

Koios ultrasound AI software gets FDA clearance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Koios Medical's Koios DS, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based software platform used to diagnose thyroid and breast cancer.

December 16, 2021

Ultrasound useful for workup of DBT recalls

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound should be the first line for diagnostic workup of noncalcified masses recalled from digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) exams, according to research published December 15 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

December 16, 2021

Should interval chest CT findings affect timing of lung screening?

By Kate Madden Yee

Should clinical information gleaned from interval diagnostic low-dose chest CT scans for lung cancer affect the timing of later rounds of lung screening? Perhaps, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2021 meeting.

December 16, 2021

AI, whole-body DEXA scans reveal patient age, mortality risk

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm called DXA-Age yielded valuable insight into a patient's future health risks based on analysis of whole-body dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans, according to research presented at the RSNA 2021 meeting in Chicago.

December 16, 2021

Bot Image releases software to improve prostate MRI detection

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI medical device firm Bot Image has released artificial intelligence software that improves the accuracy and speed of prostate cancer detection.

December 15, 2021

RaySearch launches new RayStation treatment planning software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch Laboratories has released an upgraded version of its treatment planning software, RayStation 11B.

December 15, 2021

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