Clinical News: Page 408

B dot Medical unveils scanning magnet for proton therapy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

B dot Medical has manufactured a scanning magnet for a compact proton therapy system currently under development.

September 9, 2021

Individualizing risk estimates increase mammography use

By Amerigo Allegretto

Providing individualized breast cancer risk estimates increased mammography use by almost 15% among women of racial and ethnic minority groups who are at high risk, according to a study published September 10 in JAMA Network Open.

September 9, 2021

Immediately reading mammograms helps with workflow, disparities

By Amerigo Allegretto

Immediately reading screening mammograms during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced healthcare disparities while speeding up workflow, according to research published September 8 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 9, 2021

Lung abnormalities persist in 91% of COVID-19 patients

By Kate Madden Yee

More than 90% of patients who developed COVID-19 showed lung parenchymal abnormalities on chest CT and x-ray three months after recovery in a study published in the September issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

September 9, 2021

PET identifies early responders to liver cancer treatment

By Will Morton

PET imaging can predict how liver cancer patients are going to respond early after transarterial radioembolization, according to a study published online September 8 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 9, 2021

Median highlights AI lung cancer research

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Median Technologies has released trial results showing that its artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm performed well in characterizing malignant and benign lung nodules in patients receiving low-dose chest CT lung cancer screening.

September 8, 2021

ASTRO calls proposed CMS cuts 'draconian'

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) told the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that its proposed changes to the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule could lead to draconian cuts in cancer care.

September 8, 2021

SIR objects to CMS rule change

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) filed a letter with the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to object to a proposed rule in the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that could result in reimbursement cuts for interventional radiologists.

September 8, 2021

CT helps identify CSF leak caused by COVID-19 nasal swab

By Leah Sherwood

CT scans helped identify a leak of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that occurred in a man who sustained an injury to the base of his skull following a COVID-19 test with a nasal swab, according to a September 9 case study in JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.

September 8, 2021

Electronic protocols save time in breast localization procedures

By Amerigo Allegretto

Switching to an electronic protocol process can improve start times for breast localization procedures by almost 10 minutes, according to research published September 7 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

September 8, 2021

NorthStar, Point Biopharma ink Ac-225 supply deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and Point Biopharma Global have signed a supply agreement covering the development and commercialization of the medical radioisotope actinium-225 (Ac-225).

September 7, 2021

Telix, Kettering to research PSMA radiotracer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Kettering Health and Telix Pharmaceuticals have signed a deal to study Telix's investigational prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeting radiopharmaceutical, illuccix.

September 7, 2021

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