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Navidea points to upcoming study on TB probe

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals said that a new research study will assess the potential utility of its gallium-68 (Ga-68) tilmanocept radiopharmaceutical for evaluating patients with tuberculosis (TB).

April 25, 2019

Varian launches adaptive therapy research consortium

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said it has formed the Adaptive Intelligence Consortium, a global consortium of clinicians and scientists that will work together to create evidence-based best practices for adaptive radiotherapy.

April 25, 2019

ASTRO: Prior authorization delays radiation treatment

By Wayne Forrest

Requiring radiation oncologists to obtain prior authorization from third-party entities before starting cancer therapy is causing unnecessary delays and potentially life-threatening outcomes for patients, according to a survey released April 25 from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

April 25, 2019

U.K. physicians overlook lung cancer in nonsmokers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The detection of lung cancer in individuals who have never smoked continues to be a diagnostic challenge for many clinicians in the U.K., according to an article published online April 25 in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

April 25, 2019

AR, 3D printing aid presurgical planning for kidney cancer

By Abraham Kim

Augmented reality (AR) and 3D printing provided better visualization of intricate kidney structures than conventional MRI and CT -- improving physicians' understanding of patient anatomy before performing kidney tumor surgery, according to an article published online April 19 in JAMA Network Open.

April 25, 2019

Cardiac MRI flags signs of early heart disease in women

By Kate Madden Yee

The thickness of the coronary wall is a marker for coronary artery disease (CAD) in women, and it can be visualized using MRI -- giving clinicians a potential tool to recognize heart disease in women earlier, according to a study published online April 25 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

April 25, 2019

Hologic unveils new specimen radiography system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging vendor Hologic has introduced Trident HD, the next generation of its Trident specimen radiography system.

April 24, 2019

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

April 24, 2019

Doctors continue to forgo CT lung screening discussions

By Abraham Kim

The low rate of patient-physician discussions about CT lung cancer screening appears to be sinking lower still. New data show that less than 9% of doctors talked about screening with their patients who currently smoke, according to an article published online April 25 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

April 24, 2019

Can radiomics detect pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma?

By Erik L. Ridley

Radiomics and a machine-learning algorithm can differentiate pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma from a normal pancreas on CT studies, potentially enabling earlier diagnosis of this highly lethal cancer, according to research published online April 23 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

April 24, 2019

DeepPET network smooths out PET image quality

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City have developed a deep-learning network called DeepPET to generate high-quality PET images more than 100 times faster than currently possible, according to a study published in the May issue of Medical Image Analysis.

April 24, 2019

Virtual reality engages patients more than CT, booklets

By Abraham Kim

Patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm were more engaged and had a better understanding of their condition after examining 3D models using virtual reality technology, compared with CT scans or other educational resources, according to an article published online April 19 in the Annals of Vascular Surgery.

April 24, 2019

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