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Do variations in pediatric imaging coverage affect patient care?

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Pediatric imaging coverage protocols at academic centers vary widely, and few hospitals provide 24-hour, in-house radiology attending coverage, according to a study published May 11 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

May 11, 2021

AI of x-ray predicts prognosis of COVID-19 patients

By Will Morton

Emergency departments may be able to triage high-risk COVID-19 patients on x-ray with the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) model, according to research published May 12 in npj Digital Medicine.

May 11, 2021

Siemens Healthineers launches Somatom X.ceed CT scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers is adding to its CT product line by launching Somatom X.ceed, a new scanner that's a more powerful version of the Somatom X.cite system that the company launched in 2019. The new system is optimized for emergency, cardiac, and interventional use, but it can also perform all-around imaging.

May 11, 2021

fMRI shows white-matter damage leads to worse cognitive outcomes

By Kate Madden Yee

Functional MRI (fMRI) shows that damage to white matter in the brain leads to worse long-term cognitive health outcomes than damage to gray matter does, according to a study published May 11 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

May 10, 2021

Hospital-based doctors order more inappropriate MRI scans

By Kate Madden Yee

The odds of a patient receiving a referral for an inappropriate MRI scan are 26% higher when the patient is referred by a hospital-based primary care physician compared with a doctor in private practice, according to a study published May 3 in Health Affairs.

May 10, 2021

Early heart damage raises risk of death in COVID patients

By Amerigo Allegretto

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who had impaired first-phase ejection fraction on echocardiography were nearly five times more likely to die, compared with patients with healthier measures of this early sign of heart failure, according to new research published May 10 in Hypertension.

May 9, 2021

Heart damage post-COVID-19 proves rare in college athletes

By Kate Madden Yee

Heart damage in college athletes who had COVID-19 is relatively rare, with only 4% of athletes showing heart abnormalities on initial ultrasound screening and none showing heart damage on follow-up MRI scans, according to a study published May 10 in Circulation.

May 9, 2021

DiA to partner with SonoScape

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound artificial intelligence (AI) software developer DiA Image Analysis has inked an agreement to partner with SonoScape Medical.

May 9, 2021

CurveBeam, MedShape to collaborate on clinical study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Conebeam CT technology developer CurveBeam and MedShape plan to collaborate on a clinical study that will evaluate the performance of MedShape's orthopedic dynamic compression device using CurveBeam's weight-bearing CT.

May 9, 2021

PET/CT detects major depression in cancer patients

By Will Morton

FDG-PET/CT scans can help detect major depression in cancer patients, according to research published May 6 in PLOS One. The finding suggests PET/CT images could serve double duty by helping screen for major depression in cancer patients.

May 9, 2021

Ultrasound accurate in diagnosing hand injuries

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound can accurately diagnose hand injuries while also being a fast, inexpensive, and potentially indispensable dynamic tool, according to research published April 29 in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

May 9, 2021

Medo gets FDA clearance for AI thyroid software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medo has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Medo-Thyroid, artificial intelligence (AI) software that simplifies workflow for thyroid ultrasound scanning.

May 6, 2021

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