Thoracic Imaging: Page 57

Health system's COVID-19 home care program includes x-ray

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Northwell Health has launched a home care program for people with COVID-19 that includes x-ray imaging if needed.

July 23, 2020

AI can assess COVID-19 severity on chest x-rays

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can quantitatively assess the severity of COVID-19 on frontal chest x-rays, offering potential as a clinical triage and workflow optimization tool, according to research published online July 22 in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

July 23, 2020

AI reduces missed lung cancers on chest x-ray

By Kate Madden Yee

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can help reduce the number of missed lung cancers on chest x-ray, according to a study published July 21 in Radiology. The study results point to AI as an effective way to address the challenging task of spotting subtle suspicious lung lesions.

July 22, 2020

Ultrasound has similar accuracy to CT for COVID-19

By Theresa Pablos

Lung ultrasound showed similar accuracy to CT for patients with COVID-19 in a study published on July 13 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. Based on the findings, the authors recommended ultrasound as a first-line resource for patients with confirmed and suspected novel coronavirus infection.

July 22, 2020

CT textures predict interstitial lung disease survival

By Erik L. Ridley

Quantitative analysis of texture patterns on CT exams in interstitial lung disease patients can yield better survival predictions than a radiologist's classification of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) versus non-UIP, according to research presented at last week's virtual ECR.

July 22, 2020

What radiologists need to know about vaping

By Philip Ward

The rapidly growing popularity of vaping -- and the concomitant rise in vaping-associated lung disease -- has made it more important than ever for radiologists to recognize the clinical signs of lung disease associated with the phenomenon, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic.

July 20, 2020

Which smokers seek out CT lung cancer screening?

By Kate Madden Yee

There are a few key factors that predict which individuals who have smoked seek out CT lung cancer screening, such as having quit smoking and having a higher Lung-RADS category on low-dose CT according to a study published July 16 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

July 16, 2020

POCUS findings can predict COVID-19 death risk

By Theresa Pablos

The findings on initial lung scans with point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can predict which patients with COVID-19 are at a greater risk of death, according to a prospective study from Italy published on July 15 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.

July 16, 2020

Caption Health raises $53M

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Caption Health has raised $53 million in funding it plans to use to further develop its AI-guided ultrasound technology.

July 15, 2020

Perspectum expands AI portfolio to cardiac imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image analysis software developer Perspectum Diagnostics is expanding development of its artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to include cardiac and lung imaging.

July 15, 2020

ECR 2020: COVID-19 greatest health threat since Spanish flu

By Kate Madden Yee

COVID-19 is the greatest health threat humanity has faced since the Spanish flu, Dr. Marie-Pierre Revel, PhD, from Paris said in Wednesday's plenary lecture to kick off the virtual edition of ECR.

July 15, 2020

Cardiac CT shows promise for osteoporosis screening

By Kate Madden Yee

Cardiac CT exams used to evaluate patients' heart health could deliver the added benefit of screening for osteoporosis -- an especially valuable use given the prevalence of the modality, according to a study published July 14 in Radiology.

July 13, 2020

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