Clinical News: Page 447

Deep learning plus CT helps predict abdominal surgery outcomes

By Kate Madden Yee

A deep-learning model used with preoperative CT helps predict the complexity and outcomes of abdominal surgery more accurately than surgeons' judgment, according to research published July 7 in JAMA Surgery.

July 6, 2021

Radiomics enables 'one-stop' test for lung cancer and heart disease

By Erik L. Ridley

Radiomics analysis of low-dose CT lung screening exams can be used to stratify cardiovascular risk, creating a "one-stop" test for both lung cancer and heart disease, according to research published online June 30 in Academic Radiology.

July 6, 2021

Siemens lands FDA clearance for Magnetom Free.Max

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers has garnered U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Magnetom Free.Max, a 0.55-tesla, wide-bore MRI scanner that features artificial intelligence and new image-processing techniques.

July 5, 2021

RaySearch brings RayStation 9 to China

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch Laboratories has received regulatory clearance in China for its RayStation 9 software.

July 5, 2021

Ultrasound finds brain differences in infants exposed to Zika virus

By Amerigo Allegretto

Cranial ultrasound showed lenticulostriate vasculopathy to be more common in infants exposed to the mosquito-borne Zika virus in research from Brazil published June 29 in Radiology.

July 5, 2021

Varex launches Lumen 4336W DR panel

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Varex Imaging has launched a new digital radiography (DR) flat-panel detector, Lumen 4336W.

July 1, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic caused decline in preventive services

By Amerigo Allegretto

The COVID-19 pandemic led to large declines in preventive services such as breast and cervical cancer screenings, and may have increased racial and socioeconomic disparities, according to research published July 2 in JAMA Health Forum.

July 1, 2021

PET brain scans find links to PTSD severity in 9/11 responders

By Will Morton

PET imaging has revealed a link between unusual brain activity and the severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 9/11 responders due to their experiences at the World Trade Center in New York in 2001, according to a study published June 30 in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity -- Health.

July 1, 2021

Ga-68 PSMA-11 improves outcomes in prostate cancer patients

By Will Morton

PET with a gallium-68 (Ga-68) prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-11 radiotracer should be the standard imaging modality for guiding stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in oligometastatic prostate cancer patients, according to a June 29 study in Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology.

July 1, 2021

Deep-learning algorithm spots carotid calcium on CT exams

By Kate Madden Yee

A deep-learning algorithm performs comparably to human readers when it comes to identifying intracranial carotid artery calcification (ICAC) on noncontrast CT images, according to a study published June 30 in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

July 1, 2021

Mortality gap in breast cancer narrows, but disparities persist

By Amerigo Allegretto

Although the gap in breast cancer mortality rates between Black and white women has narrowed over the last three decades, disparities are still prevalent, according to research published July 1 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

June 30, 2021

With Hitachi deal done, Fujifilm sets sights on healthcare growth

By Brian Casey

Fresh off its acquisition of Hitachi's medical imaging business, Japanese industrial giant Fujifilm on July 1 rebranded its healthcare subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe to reflect the newly integrated company. The deal exemplifies Fujifilm's plan to make healthcare its primary business.

June 30, 2021

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