Chest Radiology: Page 62

Are clinicians ordering CT lung screening too often?

By Kate Madden Yee

Referring providers are ordering CT lung cancer screening exams for individuals who don't meet established clinical guidelines for the tests, according to a study published September 6 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

September 9, 2020

CT shows COVID-19 causes lingering lung damage

By Kate Madden Yee

Six-week follow-up CT exams of patients with COVID-19 show lingering damage to lung tissue in 88% of patients who were hospitalized, according to a presentation delivered September 7 at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

September 8, 2020

United Imaging inks COVID-19 AI research deal with MGH

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

United Imaging has formed a research collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) aimed at developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology for imaging of patients with COVID-19.

September 7, 2020

SNMMI updates ventilation study guidance

By Rebekah Moan

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has updated its statement regarding the use of ventilation/perfusion lung studies during the COVID-19 pandemic to recognize that sometimes these studies are clinically necessary.

September 7, 2020

Can AI diagnose heart failure on chest x-rays?

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can provide a promising level of accuracy for diagnosing heart failure on chest radiographs, according to a presentation from Japanese researchers at the recent European Society of Cardiology virtual congress.

September 7, 2020

AI can spot smokers at high risk of cancer on x-rays

By Erik L. Ridley

By analyzing chest radiographs and a patient's electronic medical record (EMR), a deep-learning algorithm was able to identify more high-risk smokers who could benefit from CT lung cancer screening than current Medicare eligibility criteria, according to research published September 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

September 3, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 has characteristic appearance on x-ray

By Kate Madden Yee

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has a particular appearance on chest x-ray that carries a high specificity and positive predictive value for COVID-19 infection -- a finding that could help clinicians more quickly diagnose the illness, according to a study published September 3 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

September 2, 2020

FDA clears Fujifilm Sonosite POCUS for COVID-19 use

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound developer Fujifilm SonoSite has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the use of its point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for performing lung and cardiac imaging of COVID-19 patients.

September 2, 2020

GE brings Critical Care Suite to Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has received a license from Health Canada for its Critical Care Suite of artificial intelligence algorithms for chest x-rays.

September 1, 2020

Chest CT effective for COVID-19 diagnosis

By Kate Madden Yee

French researchers have found that chest CT is an effective tool for initial diagnosis of COVID-19, according to a study published September 1 in Radiology. The results challenge current guidelines that have discouraged initial use of CT for COVID-19.

September 1, 2020

Virtual imaging trials could optimize COVID-19 imaging

By Erik L. Ridley

Researchers have created computerized models of lung abnormalities on CT scans of patients with COVID-19, according to an August 28 study in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The virtual imaging models can be used like computerized phantoms for research into the use of imaging to detect and monitor the disease.

September 1, 2020

Vaping injuries show particular pattern on CT

By Kate Madden Yee

Lung injuries caused by electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) have a particular pattern on CT -- namely ground-glass opacity, according to a study published August 27 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

August 26, 2020

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