Clinical News: Page 418

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

Report: Canon buys CZT detector developer Redlen

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canon Inc., the parent company of Canon Medical Systems, has acquired Redlen Technologies, a developer of detectors based on cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) that can be used for photon-counting CT applications, according to a news report by Nikkei Asia.

September 7, 2021

PET tracer assesses response to new prostate cancer treatment

By Will Morton

PET imaging can identify whether or not patients respond to an investigational treatment for prostate cancer, according to a pilot study published in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

September 7, 2021

Mobile stroke units with onboard CT deliver best early care

By Kate Madden Yee

Acute stroke patients eligible for treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) have better long-term outcomes when they receive treatment via a mobile stroke ambulance with an on-board CT scanner, according to a September 8 study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

September 7, 2021

Use of MRI-directed ultrasound called into question

By Amerigo Allegretto

MRI-directed ultrasound has low success in detecting nonmass enhancement in women undergoing breast imaging, according to research published September 7 in Clinical Imaging.

September 7, 2021

Can AI enable personalized breast cancer screening?

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for screening mammography may be able to facilitate personalized breast cancer screening protocols for women, according to research published online September 7 in Radiology.

September 7, 2021

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