Thoracic Imaging: Page 24

Broader CT lung cancer screening guidelines boost eligibility

By Kate Madden Yee

Updated CT lung cancer screening recommendations issued in 2021 by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force expanded eligibility for screening at the neighborhood level, according to a study published April 19 in Population Health Management.

April 21, 2022

Ibex promotes study of AI software to assess tube and line placement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ibex is highlighting a recent U.K. study published in Acta Radiologica that demonstrates the company's artificial intelligence (AI) software can help assess tube and line placement in mobile chest x-ray imaging while maintaining diagnostic image quality in the lung field.

April 20, 2022

How often does shared decision-making occur for lung screening?

By Kate Madden Yee

How often are individuals undergoing shared decision-making sessions when considering CT lung cancer screening? Perhaps more often than is documented, according to a study published April 16 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

April 18, 2022

Can dark-field chest x-ray diagnose COVID-19 pneumonia?

By Will Morton

German researchers have tested a new prototype dark-field chest x-ray imaging device, and are finding that the system may be valuable for diagnosing COVID-19 pneumonia, according to a preprint article published April 7 on Research Square, an open-access site for sharing manuscripts under peer review.

April 13, 2022

Imaging findings on chest CT help predict lung cancer SBRT outcome

By Kate Madden Yee

Imaging findings on chest CT conducted before a patient undergoes stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for stage I lung cancer appear to help predict treatment outcome, according to a study published April 13 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

April 13, 2022

Vida's software gets market authorization in Japan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Lung imaging software developer Vida Diagnostics has received market authorization in Japan for its Vida Insights software.

April 12, 2022

CT lung cancer screening saved more than 10K lives

By Kate Madden Yee

The start of organized CT lung cancer screening in the U.S. in 2013 has helped avert more than 10,000 deaths from the disease between 2014 and 2018 due to earlier cancer detection, according to a study published March 30 in the BMJ.

April 7, 2022

Calif. hospital touts first use of new lung imaging software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The first commercial use in the U.S. of 4DMedical's XV Technology imaging software for analyzing functional lung impairment on fluoroscopy exams has occurred, at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, CA.

April 6, 2022

MRI offers noninvasive way to assess effects of vaping, smoking

By Kate Madden Yee

MRI shows promise as a noninvasive way to assess the short-term effects of vaping and tobacco smoking -- effects that manifest in different ways on medical images, according to a study published April 5 in Radiology.

April 5, 2022

ALA launches lung cancer screening awareness initiative

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Lung Association (ALA) has launched an initiative to raise lung cancer screening awareness among Black and Brown Americans and women.

April 3, 2022

Benefits of CT lung cancer screening impacted by inequities

By Kate Madden Yee

Are individuals who could most benefit from low-dose CT lung cancer screening getting it? Not necessarily, and the problem appears to be exacerbated by health and racial factors, according to a study published March 31 in JAMA Network Open.

March 31, 2022

Novel AI approach stands out detecting COVID-19 on chest x-rays

By Will Morton

COVID-19 can be detected and classified on chest x-rays by an artificial intelligence (AI) model with a high level of accuracy, outperforming other proposed algorithms, according to a March 27 study published in Radiography.

March 30, 2022

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