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Natural language processing yields rad-path correlation

By Erik L. Ridley

The combination of open-source natural language processing technology and commonly used radiology structured reporting systems can facilitate correlation between radiologic and pathologic findings, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago.

December 18, 2018

MRI offers view of liver fat loss in obese patients

By Wayne Forrest

Getting an MRI scan won't help you lose weight, but the modality can be useful in determining the success of bariatric surgery in combination with a very low-calorie diet. A specialized MRI sequence helped track the success of bariatric surgery in a study published online December 18 in Radiology.

December 18, 2018

PET/CT facility in India loses isotope license

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A lack of expertise and absence of radiation safety has prompted the closure of a PET/CT imaging facility in northwest India, according to a December 18 article in the Kashmir Reader.

December 17, 2018

African nations ponder nuclear energy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Several countries in Africa are considering an investment in nuclear energy, which could have a positive residual effect on the world's supply of medical isotopes.

December 17, 2018

Merit Medical acquires assets of Vascular Insights

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Disposable products developer Merit Medical Systems has acquired the assets of Vascular Insights, a Massachusetts-based developer of specialty infusion and occlusion catheter systems.

December 17, 2018

Report: Ky. black lung law targets 1 radiologist

By Brian Casey

A law passed in Kentucky earlier this year that stripped radiologists of the right to interpret x-rays of coal miners who may have black lung disease was actually targeted at a single radiologist who has been instrumental in documenting the resurgence of black lung in central Appalachia.

December 17, 2018

Life-size 3D-printed 'human' primed for radiation therapy

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from Louisiana have created a 3D-printed full-body phantom that clinicians can use to test radiation therapy protocols as a way to improve dosing for radiation therapy during cancer treatment.

December 17, 2018

AI could bring ultralow-dose imaging to amyloid PET

By Wayne Forrest

With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have developed a way to generate diagnostic-quality images from PET/MR scans to detect amyloid deposits with considerably less radiotracer dose. Their findings were published online December 11 in Radiology.

December 17, 2018

CCTA reveals statins may lower mortality in low-risk CAD

By Abraham Kim

Statin therapy can help mitigate the risk of death in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), even in those with the lowest levels of calcium and atherosclerosis evident on coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scans, according to an article recently published online in PLOS One.

December 17, 2018

New algorithm overcomes imaging AI challenges

By Erik L. Ridley

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm designed to address two of the biggest challenges in imaging AI: its "black box" nature and the need for large amounts of image data to train the models, according to a study published online December 17 in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

December 17, 2018

Rural facilities have harder time retaining IRs

By Kate Madden Yee

Small hospitals and rural communities have a harder time than their urban counterparts when it comes to recruiting and retaining interventional radiologists (IRs) and meeting interventional service demands, according to a study published online December 11 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

December 16, 2018

FDA clears 3D CBCT positioning software by EhmetDx

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical device firm EhmetDx has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its 3D conebeam CT (CBCT) positioning software.

December 16, 2018

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