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PET tracer predicts response to immunotherapy

By Will Morton

An experimental PET radiotracer can predict whether patients will respond early to new immunotherapy treatments for metastatic skin cancer, according to a study published September 9 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

September 13, 2021

POCUS can help with intussusception in pediatric patients

By Amerigo Allegretto

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is helpful in pediatric emergencies for differentiating ileocolic intussusception from small bowel-small bowel intussusception, according to a study published September 11 in the Journal of Emergency Medicine.

September 13, 2021

CT lung screening reduces lung cancer mortality 16% in U.K. study

By Philip Ward

Performing CT lung cancer screening of current and former smokers reduced lung cancer mortality by as much as 16%, a number in line with other studies, according to research published on September 11 in the Lancet Regional Health -- Europe.

September 13, 2021

Use AI with CT to better assess stroke patients' collateral flow

By Kate Madden Yee

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can be used with CT perfusion imaging to assess stroke patients' collateral flow, according to a study published September 8 in World Neurosurgery.

September 12, 2021

OSIC launches repository for interstitial lung diseases

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Open Source Imaging Consortium (OSIC) is launching the OSIC Data Repository, a global data repository for interstitial lung diseases.

September 9, 2021

Lantheus touts Pylarify PET agent results at AUA meeting

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Lantheus Medical Imaging is directing attention to research presented at the recent 2021 American Urological Association (AUA) virtual annual meeting involving its Pylarify PET radiopharmaceutical (piflufolastat F-18).

September 9, 2021

Lung abnormalities persist in 91% of COVID-19 patients

By Kate Madden Yee

More than 90% of patients who developed COVID-19 showed lung parenchymal abnormalities on chest CT and x-ray three months after recovery in a study published in the September issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

September 9, 2021

PET identifies early responders to liver cancer treatment

By Will Morton

PET imaging can predict how liver cancer patients are going to respond early after transarterial radioembolization, according to a study published online September 8 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 9, 2021

Median highlights AI lung cancer research

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Median Technologies has released trial results showing that its artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm performed well in characterizing malignant and benign lung nodules in patients receiving low-dose chest CT lung cancer screening.

September 8, 2021

CT helps identify CSF leak caused by COVID-19 nasal swab

By Leah Sherwood

CT scans helped identify a leak of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that occurred in a man who sustained an injury to the base of his skull following a COVID-19 test with a nasal swab, according to a September 9 case study in JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.

September 8, 2021

PET tracer assesses response to new prostate cancer treatment

By Will Morton

PET imaging can identify whether or not patients respond to an investigational treatment for prostate cancer, according to a pilot study published in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

September 7, 2021

Mobile stroke units with onboard CT deliver best early care

By Kate Madden Yee

Acute stroke patients eligible for treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) have better long-term outcomes when they receive treatment via a mobile stroke ambulance with an on-board CT scanner, according to a September 8 study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

September 7, 2021

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