Clinical News: Page 446

'Early frame' PET may reduce cost and burden in Alzheimer's disease

By Will Morton

PET imaging of patients to detect Alzheimer's disease may be effective in minutes rather than hours after they are injected with a radiotracer, according to research published May 28 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The finding suggests "early frame" PET may reduce imaging costs and burden on patients and their families.

June 1, 2021

Cancer screening may still be valuable for older individuals

By Amerigo Allegretto

Cancer screening may still be valuable for older individuals who are outside the age range of existing guidelines, according to research published June 1 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers believe that relying solely on algorithms to determine who gets screened may result in some older adults stopping screening prematurely.

June 1, 2021

Oncology imaging errors are the most common cause of lawsuits

By Kate Madden Yee

Oncologic imaging represents 44% of radiology malpractice cases with diagnostic allegations, according to a study published May 28 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

May 31, 2021

Kailo adds integration with Medo's AI software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging software developer Kailo Medical has integrated artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Medo.ai's Thyroid software with its SonoReview structured reporting software.

May 31, 2021

Elekta reaches Elekta Unity milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Elekta has installed its 100th Unity MR-Linac system at St. George's Hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand.

May 31, 2021

Esaote debuts new ultrasound scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Italian ultrasound vendor Esaote has introduced its MyLab X75 ultrasound system.

May 31, 2021

AI can help stratify COVID-19 risk on lung ultrasound

By Erik L. Ridley

Deep-learning algorithms can be used to automatically provide risk scores on lung ultrasound exams in COVID-19 patients, researchers from Italy reported in an article published online May 27 in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

May 31, 2021

How to implement POCUS at your hospital

By Amerigo Allegretto

So, you want to integrate point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) into your hospital enterprise image network. But how? Breaking down what goes into a successful POCUS implementation was the subject of a May 26 talk at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine meeting.

May 31, 2021

Beam-X-Vision debuts cesium-based CR system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Israeli digital x-ray technology developer Beam-X-Vision Medical has launched LDX4343, a new computed radiography (CR) system based on cesium-bromide plates.

May 27, 2021

MRI, ultrasound help diagnose severe placental disorder

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging can aid in the prenatal diagnosis of severe placenta accreta spectrum disorder, according to an article published May 26 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

May 27, 2021

Varian nets FDA breakthrough nod for radioablation unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Varian Medical Systems has garnered a breakthrough device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its cardiac radioablation system.

May 27, 2021

AI-based program helps follow up incidental lung nodules on CT

By Kate Madden Yee

Incidental lung nodules on routine CT may develop into cancer. But they can be effectively tracked with a well-designed follow-up program based on artificial intelligence (AI), according to a May 25 talk at the virtual Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine meeting.

May 27, 2021

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