Thoracic Imaging: Page 39

4DMedical reports NIH funding for preclinical scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical image analysis software developer 4DMedical said that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has provided funding for the University of Michigan to acquire the company's Permetium preclinical scanner.

June 28, 2021

Researchers report on PET/CT's COVID-19 pandemic performance

By Will Morton

When it comes to imaging diseases like COVID-19, FDG-PET/CT may not be the first modality that springs to mind. But its performance over the past year for identifying infection and inflammation in COVID-19 patients offers strong evidence of its value.

June 27, 2021

Rural areas lack access to CT lung cancer screening

By Kate Madden Yee

A hospital's geographic location can influence what kinds of services it offers, and low-dose CT for lung cancer screening may not be available to many living in rural areas, according to a study published June 15 in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

June 24, 2021

Imaging aids removal of aspirated dental crown

By Melissa Busch

A chest x-ray helped identify a 9.5-mm dental crown discovered in the lung of an 81-year-old man admitted to the hospital for meningitis. The international team of authors behind the case published their report in the August issue of Radiology Case Reports.

June 22, 2021

Chest x-ray misses more than half of blunt trauma injuries CT finds

By Will Morton

Chest x-ray is essential for identifying blunt thoracic injuries in emergency departments, but it misses more than half of minor injuries identified on CT, according to a study published June 19 in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

June 22, 2021

Animal study suggests Ga-68 PET FAPI can detect lung fibrosis

By Kate Madden Yee

PET imaging with a gallium-68 (Ga-68)-labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) shows promise as an effective way to identify and monitor pulmonary fibrosis, according to animal study findings presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging meeting.

June 13, 2021

Are ventilation scans needed in pulmonary embolism assessments?

By Erik L. Ridley

Are ventilation nuclear medicine lung scans really needed in cases of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE)? Perhaps not, according to two student talks on June 11 at the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).

June 11, 2021

Low-field MRI offers a no-radiation option for lung disease imaging

By Kate Madden Yee

Low-field-strength MRI at 0.55 tesla appears to offer an effective alternative to CT for imaging lung disease, a group of researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health has found. The team's results were published June 10 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

June 11, 2021

VinBrain highlights TB screening role for AI in Vietnam

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer VinBrain is highlighting the potential of its AI software to aid in screening for tuberculosis (TB) on chest x-rays in Vietnam.

June 9, 2021

CT shows that acute kidney injury common among COVID-19 patients

By Kate Madden Yee

CT shows that COVID-19 patients are at increased risk of acute kidney injury, and thus at higher risk of tragic outcomes such as multiple organ failure and death, according to a study published June 2 in Kidney Research and Clinical Practice.

June 3, 2021

Avicenna gets clearances for Cina Chest AI software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The French artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Avicenna.AI has received clearance in the U.S. and the European Union for its Cina Chest AI software.

June 1, 2021

AI can help stratify COVID-19 risk on lung ultrasound

By Erik L. Ridley

Deep-learning algorithms can be used to automatically provide risk scores on lung ultrasound exams in COVID-19 patients, researchers from Italy reported in an article published online May 27 in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

May 31, 2021

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