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FAPI-PET visualizes myocardial fibrosis on molecular level

By Will Morton

PET imaging with a fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) radiotracer can visualize myocardial fibrosis on the molecular level and could be a new diagnostic option for monitoring patients, according to a German group.

December 21, 2022

AI could boost x-ray's performance for diagnosing aortic dissection

By Will Morton

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm could boost the performance of x-ray for screening suspected thoracic aortic dissection in emergency department patients, a study published online December 19 in Scientific Reports indicates.

December 21, 2022

Does the keto diet cloud brain PET imaging?

By Will Morton

Patients on ketogenic diets appear to have circulating metabolites that reduce the uptake of F-18 FDG radiotracer in brain PET imaging, according to an Australian group of researchers.

December 20, 2022

How effective is CT for diagnosing interstitial lung disease?

By Kate Madden Yee

There are particular CT findings that correlate with histologic data and identify early interstitial lung abnormalities, but sometimes findings that appear normal on CT are abnormal on histopathology, European researchers have found.

December 20, 2022

Immersive VR training helps novice ultrasound users

By Amerigo Allegretto

Virtual reality training systems, whether they use gaming elements or not, enhance learning for trainees using focused lung ultrasound, research published December 17 in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology found.

December 19, 2022

Dark-field chest x-ray picks up lung inflation signals

By Will Morton

Dark-field chest x-ray could be useful for determining optimum mechanical ventilation pressure to use in hospitalized patients, according to researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

December 19, 2022

Ascelia touts MRI contrast agent study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ascelia Pharma is highlighting results from a study presented at the RSNA meeting in Chicago that shows the effect of food intake on the absorption and signal intensity of its manganese-based MRI contrast agent for liver indications, Orviglance.

December 18, 2022

Butterfly Network completes deployment of 500 Butterfly iQ+ devices in Kenya

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Point-of-care ultrasound developer Butterfly Network has deployed 500 of its handheld, whole-body Butterfly iQ+ devices in Kenya.

December 18, 2022

PET reveals risk of cardiovascular events in pneumonia patient

By Will Morton

FDG-PET/CT scans have shown that vascular inflammation may be a trigger for high rates of heart attack and other adverse events in patients with pneumonia, according to a study published online December 14 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

December 18, 2022

Ultrasound reveals vascular indications of multiple sclerosis

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound imaging reveals vascular factors associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), which may help clinicians better understand the disease, suggests research published December 15 in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences.

December 18, 2022

Fast acquisition techniques cut SPECT/CT bone scan times by half

By Will Morton

Whole-body SPECT/CT bone scan times to detect metastatic tumors in prostate cancer patients could be cut by half with the use of faster acquisition techniques, according to a study published December 12 in EJNMMI Physics.

December 18, 2022

PCCT reduces abdominal imaging radiation dose by almost 20%

By Kate Madden Yee

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) not only improves image quality for arterial phase abdominal scans compared to conventional CT, but it also reduces radiation dose by almost 20%, according to research presented at the 2022 RSNA meeting.

December 15, 2022

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