Thoracic Imaging: Page 47

PET/CT guidance offers valuable approach to lung biopsies
By Wayne Forrest
One optimum way to reduce inconclusive lung biopsy results and better detect malignancies is to use FDG-PET/CT for the image-guided procedure. Researchers from Brazil found that PET/CT had advantages over conventional CT guidance.
January 12, 2021
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Lung involvement portends COVID-19 mortality risk
By Erik L. Ridley
Volumetric analysis of lung consolidation on chest CT scans can be used to predict the risk of COVID-19 patients dying in the hospital and aid in management decisions, researchers from Michigan reported in a study published online January 6 in European Journal of Radiology Open.
January 7, 2021
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CTPA shows promise as a PE predictor in COPD patients
By Kate Madden Yee
Ten percent of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who presented at the hospital with worsening respiratory symptoms and suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) proved to have the condition on CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA), according to a study published January 5 in JAMA.
January 4, 2021
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AI helps predict lung cancer screening eligibility
By Kate Madden Yee
An artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning-based risk prediction model trained on chest x-rays and medical record data improves assessment of patients' eligibility for CT lung cancer screening, according to a review published December 15 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 3, 2021
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CT radiomics predicts COVID-19 severity, outcome
By Kate Madden Yee
A machine-learning algorithm based on CT radiomics can help clinicians predict the severity of COVID-19 disease and patient outcomes, according to research presented at the recent virtual RSNA 2020 meeting.
December 21, 2020
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Radiologist describes getting COVID-19 vaccine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiologist from Alabama who was one of the first healthcare professionals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine last week described her experience in a December 18 article in the Business Insider.
December 20, 2020
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1st COVID-19 annotated dataset is published
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The first annotated dataset of anonymized COVID-19 medical images from the RSNA International COVID-19 Open Radiology Database has been published by the Cancer Imaging Archive.
December 17, 2020
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CT lung screening rates plunge during COVID-19 pandemic
By Kate Madden Yee
During the COVID-19 pandemic surge in the spring, lung cancer screening rates dropped by almost 75%, while rates of patients with lung cancer malignancies increased by more than 200% compared to before COVID-19 restrictions went into place, according to a December 15 study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
December 17, 2020
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CT helps clinicians predict emphysema progression
By Kate Madden Yee
The pattern of parenchymal emphysema on baseline CT scans forecasts progression of the disease in patients who are current or former smokers both with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a study published online December 15 in Radiology.
December 17, 2020
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How high are complication rates from CT lung screening?
By Kate Madden Yee
A new study on the rate of complications from CT lung cancer screening exams seems to generate more questions than answers. Researchers found a complication rate of almost 17%, which lands toward the high end of previous studies, according to a research letter published December 16 in JAMA Network Open.
December 15, 2020
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MinIP reconstructions boost CT's COVID-19 performance
By Kate Madden Yee
Minimum intensity projection (MinIP) reconstructions improve the accuracy of chest CT exams when it comes to identifying ground-glass opacity in patients with suspected COVID-19 disease, according to a study published December 14 in the European Journal of Radiology.
December 14, 2020
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3D printing, AR can enhance thoracoscopic surgery
By Erik L. Ridley
The combination of 3D printing and augmented reality (AR) technologies can yield better outcomes for planning and guiding thoracoscopic surgeries than relying on virtual 3D lung models displayed on a monitor in the operating room, according to research published online December 1 in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
December 13, 2020
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