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PET/MRI shows promise for imaging infection, inflammation

By Will Morton

Hybrid PET/MRI shows promise in diagnosing and evaluating infection and inflammation, but most of the evidence came from anecdotal reports or small cohorts, according to a literature review published on November 8 in Seminars in Nuclear Medicine.

November 10, 2022

MRI after PSA testing is more cost-effective than standard protocol

By Kate Madden Yee

Prostate cancer screening that combines prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing followed by an MRI is more cost-effective than the traditional pathway of PSA to standard biopsy, according to a study published November 10 in JAMA Oncology.

November 10, 2022

ED nonphysician practitioners boost imaging use

By Amerigo Allegretto

The use of nonphysician practitioners in emergency department (ED) settings boosts the use of imaging, according to a study that analyzed nearly 17 million emergency visits. The results were published on November 10 in JAMA Network Open.

November 9, 2022

CEUS bests CT in early gastric cancer staging

By Amerigo Allegretto

Oral contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is effective for detecting early gastric cancer and can assist enhanced CT in preoperative gastric cancer staging, according to a study published November 9 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.

November 9, 2022

Dynamic chest radiography a viable way to diagnose lung hypertension

By Jenny Jones

Dynamic chest radiography has similar efficacy as lung ventilation profusion scanning for diagnosing chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, according to a study published November 8 in the journal Radiology.

November 9, 2022

EVT, neuroimaging lead to higher stroke care costs

By Jenny Jones

Stroke treatment costs increased 4.9% between 2012 and 2019, driven by endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) and, to a lesser extent, neuroimaging, according to research published November 7 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

November 8, 2022

Insightec highlights MRgFUS study results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MR-guided ultrasound developer Insightec is highlighting results from a study that investigated the efficacy of MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy for essential tremor using the company's Exablate system.

November 8, 2022

DRGEM America opens U.S. office

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

South Korean digital radiography (DR) manufacturer DRGEM has opened a facility in the U.S. in Dallas, TX.

November 8, 2022

Blue Earth moves toward U.K. prostate radiopharmaceutical licensing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Blue Earth Therapeutics has secured an "innovation passport" from the U.K.'s Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway for its investigational therapeutic radiopharmaceutical lutetium-177 rhPSMA-10.1 for treatment of metastatic prostate cancer.

November 8, 2022

Fujifilm unveils new Scenaria View CT scanner at RSNA

By Kate Madden Yee

Fujifilm Healthcare Americas plans to launch its Scenaria View Focus Edition CT scanner --which now includes a cardiac motion correction feature -- for the first time in the U.S. at the upcoming RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 7, 2022

7 ways AI shows promise for boosting DBT's benefits

By Kate Madden Yee

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has gone mainstream, and its benefits are legion compared with digital mammography. Adding artificial intelligence (AI) to DBT could boost its value even more, a group from NYU Langone Health suggests.

November 7, 2022

AI may help fill TB screening gap in prisons

By Will Morton

Chest x-ray artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms could be effective triage tools for tuberculosis (TB) screening in prisons, according to a study published in the January issue of the Lancet Regional Health -- Americas.

November 7, 2022

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