Subspecialties: Page 292

Use cases expand, solidify for AI across subspecialties

By Erik L. Ridley

Our journey on the Road to RSNA continues with a look at artificial intelligence (AI) topics and issues in subspecialty areas such as breast imaging, emergency radiology, neuroradiology, pediatric radiology, interventional radiology, and physics.

November 8, 2020

POCUS goes airborne at Canadian helicopter service

By Louise Gagnon

Putting a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) scanner aboard an emergency helicopter can help medical personnel triage trauma cases for patients in rural areas that are distant from tertiary care hospitals, according to a study by Canadian researchers presented at the recent meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

November 5, 2020

CT lung screening scans also work for bone density

By Emily Hayes

CT scans acquired for lung cancer screening can serve double-duty by providing the data needed to also perform bone density analysis, according to a new study from China published online November 4 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

November 5, 2020

Lantheus reports mixed Q3 results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Lantheus Holdings, parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, has released mixed results for its third quarter.

November 4, 2020

POCUS beats chest x-ray for COVID-19-related pneumonia

By Louise Gagnon

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) performed better than chest x-ray in diagnosing atypical pneumonia that's presumed to be COVID-19, according to a study presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting in late October.

November 4, 2020

Abbreviated MRI shows potential for HCC surveillance

By Kate Madden Yee

Abbreviated MRI with a short scanning protocol shows potential as a way to screen for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in adults who have cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis B infection, according to a study published November 2 in RadioGraphics.

November 4, 2020

Digirad to sell mobile imaging division

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine equipment and services firm Digirad has entered into an agreement to sell its mobile imaging division DMS Health Technologies to Knob Creek Acquisition of Tennessee for $18.8 million.

November 3, 2020

Novarad debuts free AI software for COVID-19

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Enterprise imaging vendor Novarad has launched a free artificial intelligence (AI)-based software tool to aid in the diagnosis of COVID-19 on CT scans.

November 2, 2020

CT lung screening program falls short in China

By Emily Hayes

A large study from a real-world CT lung cancer screening program in China failed to find a benefit to screening high-risk individuals, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open online November 3. But the results may have been affected by compliance and how the screening protocol was set up.

November 2, 2020

AI model's sensitivity for aneurysms comes at a price

By Emily Hayes

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm helped improve the detection of cerebral aneurysms on CT angiography scans, but at the cost of a high false-positive rate in a study conducted in China and reported online November 3 in Radiology.

November 2, 2020

Free app helps radiologists recognize COVID-19 cases

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A free app designed to train medical imaging professionals in COVID-19 case recognition is making progress. While other apps exist, users of the BerlinCaseViewer app have access to all the CT slices they would have on their workstations in normal clinical practice, the developers say.

November 2, 2020

Echocardiography shows range of COVID-19 heart injuries

By Theresa Pablos

Echocardiography revealed a wide range of serious heart abnormalities in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. The findings come from the first part of one of the largest studies on COVID-19 heart complications to date and were published on October 26 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

November 1, 2020

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