Chest Radiology: Page 110

ASTRO publishes new guideline for SBRT in lung cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has released a new clinical guideline on the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in early-stage lung cancer.
June 12, 2017
Japanese group refines digital chest x-ray algorithm
By Brian Casey
Researchers in Japan have refined an algorithm that someday could be used to reduce patient recognition and identification errors in digital x-ray studies. They tested their enhanced algorithm and found that it scored 100% for recognizing the correct orientation of digital x-ray images.
May 28, 2017
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Study links ACA with earlier cancer diagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is being credited for a slight shift to earlier diagnosis for patients with three major cancers, according to a study being presented next month at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago.
May 18, 2017
FDA OK's Body Vision's LungVision software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Augmented reality company Body Vision Medical has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market LungVision, an imaging software that enables real-time navigation and lesion localization during bronchoscopic procedures.
May 15, 2017
Deep learning for lung cancer advances goals
By Eric Barnes
SAN JOSE, CA - Deep-learning algorithms based on convolutional neural networks are advancing a number of cherished goals in lung cancer analysis that will soon help patients live longer -- and even predict how long they might expect to live, according to a May 10 talk at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference.
May 10, 2017
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Chinese team wins machine-learning competition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Two researchers from China with no formal medical background were the winners of this year's Data Science Bowl, a competition held by consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and data science community Kaggle to facilitate the development of machine-learning algorithms through crowdsourcing.
May 10, 2017
Ottawa Hospital slashes lung cancer treatment time
By Louise Gagnon
What's the best way to reduce time to treatment for patients with abnormal CT scans who are referred for suspected lung cancer? The radiology department at a Canadian hospital was able to cut the time to treatment in half for referred patients, according to a presentation at last month's Canadian Association of Radiologists meeting in Montreal.
May 7, 2017
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ARRS: Do NLST results translate to the real world?
By Kate Madden Yee
NEW ORLEANS - When the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) in 2011 reported a 20% lung cancer mortality reduction for high-risk smokers who were screened annually with low-dose CT, professional organizations lined up behind CT lung screening. But does the patient population studied in the NLST reflect the real world?
May 3, 2017
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SNMMI publishes criteria for V/Q studies of PE
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria for ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) imaging for pulmonary embolism (PE).
May 1, 2017
Can AI accurately diagnose tuberculosis from chest x-rays?
By Erik L. Ridley
Artificial intelligence (AI) software can accurately identify tuberculosis on chest radiographs, offering the potential to serve as an inexpensive or even free method to screen for the often deadly disease in underserved countries, according to a study published online April 25 in Radiology.
April 25, 2017
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Lung-RADS category 4X helps diagnose lung cancer
By Eric Barnes
The addition of category 4X lesions in the Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) imaging scheme adds value and increases malignancy yields among experienced radiologists, according to a study in Radiology. The 4X nodules turn out to be malignant in half of cases.
April 19, 2017
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6 tips for joining a CT lung cancer screening registry
By Judy Burleson
Imaging facilities across the U.S. are beginning to provide CT lung cancer screening -- and they are getting Medicare payment for it as well. But to get paid, you have to participate in a CT lung cancer registry. In this article, Judy Burleson of the American College of Radiology offers six tips for getting started.
April 16, 2017
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