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MRI shows how anxiety speeds Alzheimer's progression

By Kate Madden Yee

Brain MRI scans show that patients with anxiety progress more quickly from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease, according to research to be presented at the upcoming virtual RSNA 2020 conference.

November 23, 2020

Weight-loss surgery weakens teenagers' bones

By Kate Madden Yee

MRI and CT exams illuminate the negative effect a common weight-loss surgery called sleeve gastrectomy has on teenagers' bones, according to research to be presented at the upcoming virtual RSNA 2020 conference.

November 23, 2020

Vida gets order from UnityPoint Health

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Lung imaging software developer Vida Health has received a contract for its artificial intelligence (AI)-based lung imaging software from UnityPoint Health, an integrated delivery network with operations in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

November 23, 2020

Avicenna wins NTAP award for stroke

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence software developer Avicenna said that its Cina Head software now qualifies for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services new technology add-on payment (NTAP) available for computer-assisted triage and notification software in detecting stroke on CT exams.

November 23, 2020

Consensus doc reviews CCTA for atherosclerotic plaque

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new expert consensus document reviews the available evidence on coronary CT angiography (CCTA) of atherosclerotic plaque.

November 22, 2020

Boston Scientific debuts hydrogel for prostate CT imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Boston Scientific has announced the U.S. launch of its SpaceOAR Vue hydrogel perirectal spacer for prostate imaging.

November 22, 2020

Kids get fewer CTs, but adults' rates continue to rise

By Kate Madden Yee

Efforts to reduce children's exposure to radiation when they present in the emergency room with abdominal pain have been effective -- mostly by using ultrasound to diagnose the cause of the pain rather than CT, according to a study published November 19 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

November 22, 2020

Deep learning gives a boost to CT image reconstruction

By Erik L. Ridley

Deep learning-based image reconstruction algorithms can yield higher pediatric CT image quality and lower radiation dose than other conventional reconstruction techniques such as statistical-based iterative reconstruction (SBIR), according to research published online November 17 in Radiology.

November 22, 2020

ALA report finds low CT lung cancer screening rates

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new report released November 17 by the American Lung Association (ALA) found that less than 6% of people eligible for lung cancer screening in 2019 underwent the exam.

November 19, 2020

PET ties coronary blood flow to future adverse events

By Wayne Forrest

Using PET perfusion to gauge cardiac blood flow capacity, researchers have found that severely reduced coronary flow reserve is a key contributor to a greater risk of a major adverse cardiac event and death, according to a study published online November 18 in Cardiovascular Imaging.

November 19, 2020

Varian to start 1st human trial of Flash rad therapy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati Medical Center Proton Therapy Center announced the start of the first human clinical trial of Flash therapy.

November 19, 2020

Spectrum Dynamics upgrades SPECT software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Molecular imaging technology developer Spectrum Dynamics Medical has released new software for its SPECT scanners and D-SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging systems for mitigating attenuation artifacts and scatter and improving quantification accuracy.

November 18, 2020

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