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Revised lung cancer recs boosted eligibility, but disparities remain
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's 2021 recommendation on low-dose CT lung cancer screening expanded the pool of eligible individuals, but it didn't necessarily eliminate disparities linked to race, researchers have found.
September 1, 2022
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Can CT radiomics predict NSCLC immunotherapy response?
By Erik L. Ridley
CT radiomics, pathology, and genomics data can enable an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to predict if a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient will respond to immunotherapy, according to research published August 29 in Nature Cancer.
September 1, 2022
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4DMedical tests AI algorithm in U.S. veterans with lung disease
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
4DMedical's lung ventilation analysis algorithm has been tested successfully in a pilot study led by Vanderbilt University researchers to detect constrictive bronchiolitis in U.S. military veterans exposed to burn pits overseas.
August 31, 2022
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How good is Fleischner criteria for incidental lung nodules?
By Kate Madden Yee
Are guidelines from the Fleischner Society for lung nodule follow-up effective for nodules found incidentally on CT rather than on screening? It's not completely clear, according to research published August 29 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
August 30, 2022
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CT plus histopathology boosts the accuracy of ILD diagnosis
By Kate Madden Yee
The combination of high-resolution CT and histopathological data boosts radiologists' ability to diagnose interstitial lung disease (ILD), a study published August 23 in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery has found.
August 28, 2022
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Radiologists are key to diagnosing EVALI in adolescents
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists play an important role in identifying electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) in adolescents -- often acting as first-line diagnosticians in a clinical situation that can be unclear, according to a commentary published August 19 in Pediatric Radiology.
August 25, 2022
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Use of CT booms in the emergency department
By Kate Madden Yee
The use of chest and abdominopelvic CT in the emergency department increased dramatically between 2011 and 2018, raising concerns about overuse, according to a study published August 23 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 23, 2022
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Dark-field chest x-ray differentiates lung disease
By Will Morton
Investigators from Germany say that their prototype dark-field chest x-ray system may be able to help differentiate between emphysema and fibrosis, as discussed in a case published August 18 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.
August 21, 2022
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Texture analysis of CTPA may improve PE assessment
By Kate Madden Yee
A technique called texture analysis used with CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) imaging could help clinicians assess the prognosis of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a study published August 16 in Angiology has found.
August 17, 2022
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More than a third of U.S. veterans decline CT lung cancer screening
By Kate Madden Yee
More than a third of U.S. veterans decline low-dose CT lung cancer screening, and shared decision-making conversations between veterans and their physicians may be a contributing factor, indicates research published August 16 in JAMA Network Open.
August 16, 2022
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AI can predict patient demographics from chest x-rays
By Erik L. Ridley
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can identify a patient's demographic information with a high level of accuracy on chest x-rays, according to research published August 11 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
August 11, 2022
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Smoking-associated cancer deaths exact heavy toll
By Erik L. Ridley
Cancer deaths caused by smoking result in more than 2 million person-years of lost life and nearly $21 billion in annual lost earnings, according to research from the American Cancer Society published August 10 in the International Journal of Cancer.
August 9, 2022
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