Subspecialties: Page 79

PET predicts 'dry mouth' side effect in radiotherapy patients

By Will Morton

PET/CT scans taken midway through radiotherapy in head and neck cancer patients can reveal whether they develop xerostomia, or dry mouth, a group in Australia has found.

June 22, 2023

Ascelia Pharma highlights liver study data presented at ESGAR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biotech company Ascelia Pharma is highlighting data from the company's Hepatic Impairment Study that was presented at the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) annual meeting in Valencia, Spain.

June 21, 2023

Esaote secures MRI group purchasing contract with Premier

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Esaote has secured a group purchasing contract with Premier to supply MRI ancillary equipment and coils, effective June 1.

June 21, 2023

ChatGPT, Google Bard simplify lung reports, but at high reading level

By Amerigo Allegretto

Large-language models like ChatGPT and Google Bard can simplify baseline AI responses to patient questions on lung cancer screening, but not quite to an optimal reading level, suggest findings published June 21 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

June 21, 2023

LCS rates rebound post-COVID, but uptake remains low

By Kate Madden Yee

Lung cancer screening (LCS) rates returned to higher levels in 2021 when compared with 2019 but remain lower than other population-level cancer screening initiatives, particularly among Black individuals, a June 21 JAMA Network Open research letter reports.

June 21, 2023

CT radiomic features accurately identify COPD

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiomic features on CT such as parenchymal texture and lung and airway shape can help clinicians accurately identify chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a study published June 20 in Radiology has found.

June 20, 2023

PCCT identifies heart disease in high-risk patients

By Kate Madden Yee

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) effectively detects heart disease in high-risk patients, offering "significant benefit for people previously ineligible for noninvasive screening," researchers have reported in a study published June 20 in Radiology.

June 20, 2023

Radiologists want more training for subspecialty exam reads

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiologists read an average of 4.7 subspecialty exams in daily practice, and less than half indicate they are "very confident" in the interpretations, according to a report by practice development firm Medality.

June 19, 2023

FitTrace updates DEXA app

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Software developer FitTrace has released an updated version of its FitTrace Sync mobile app for analyzing dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans.

June 19, 2023

Ransomware affects emergency radiology workflows

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ransomware attacks have a significant effect on emergency radiology workflows, as well as on acute care delivery and the personal well-being of healthcare providers, according to a study published June 15 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

June 19, 2023

AI predicts mortality risk in pneumonia patients

By Will Morton

A deep-learning AI model based on chest x-rays can predict 30-day mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

June 19, 2023

X-ray technique shows promise for differentiating lung nodules

By Will Morton

Doctors may be able to distinguish between calcified and noncalcified lung nodules on patient chest x-rays using a one-shot dual-energy subtraction technique, a group from Niigata University in Japan has found.

June 18, 2023

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