Chest Radiology: Page 46

Lower lung cancer mortality drives down cancer deaths
By Kate Madden Yee
Declines in mortality due to lung cancer have contributed to decreased overall cancer death rates in the U.S. among both men and women and across all racial and ethnic groups, according to an annual report published July 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
July 8, 2021
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Radiomics enables 'one-stop' test for lung cancer and heart disease
By Erik L. Ridley
Radiomics analysis of low-dose CT lung screening exams can be used to stratify cardiovascular risk, creating a "one-stop" test for both lung cancer and heart disease, according to research published online June 30 in Academic Radiology.
July 6, 2021
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Through COVID-19 pandemic, CT has shown high diagnostic accuracy
By Kate Madden Yee
A study that includes a cohort of more than 10,000 patients has found that throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, chest CT demonstrated 80% accuracy in diagnosing COVID-19, according to research published June 29 in Radiology.
June 29, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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