Eric Barnes[email protected]Clinical News3D bone segmentation displays clinical promiseResearchers are closing in on a radiation-free alternative to intraoperative fluoroscopy in orthopedic surgery. A newly validated algorithm delivers clear bone surface images in near real-time from ultrasound images, according to a new study.August 18, 2015Clinical NewsMRI accident leads to loss of thumb for French boyA 13-year-old French boy lost his thumb during a routine MRI examination of the pancreas, according to a report in the Courrier Picard newspaper. Such incidents can occur more frequently in August, when regular staff are on vacation.August 10, 2015Clinical NewsAuntMinnieEurope.com Advanced Visualization InsiderJuly 13, 2015Image ProcessingCT analysis algorithm defines malignant lung nodulesA multitasking algorithm designed to analyze CT lung cancer screening images and pick out likely malignancies, nodule volumes, as well as other characteristics at CT, delivers significant, if modest, performance improvements over that based on size alone.July 13, 2015Image ProcessingTexture analysis sorts out breast cancer typesTexture analysis of MRI breast images can reveal multiple lesion subtypes, potentially enabling different assessment and management strategies depending on lesion type, according to new Scottish-led research published in European Radiology.July 12, 2015Clinical NewsUltrasound-based CAD pinpoints thyroid nodulesUltrasound combined with a novel computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme can help determine whether thyroid nodules are malignant or benign, a new study has found. The research team thinks it's feasible to identify malignant lesions, based primarily on the presence and patterns of thyroid nodule calcifications.July 9, 2015Clinical NewsGroup creates 3D printed heart with CT, echo dataResearchers from the U.S. have created a 3D model of a human heart using data from two cardiac imaging techniques: CT and echocardiography. The study was presented at last week's Catheter Interventions in Congenital, Structural, and Valvular Heart Disease meeting in Frankfurt, Germany.June 28, 2015Clinical NewsAuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging InsiderJune 21, 2015Advanced Visualization7T 3D sodium MRI delivers high-resolution heart imagesGerman and Irish researchers have completed what they are calling the first sodium MR images of the heart at 7 tesla to deliver high-resolution images at acceptable scan times, according to just-published research in NMR in Biomedicine.June 21, 2015Clinical NewsCardiac markers lead to new approach for chest painThe increasing use of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin markers in European hospitals is changing the practice of chest pain management in significant ways -- eliminating the need for coronary CT angiography in some cases, and increasing it in others, according to new research.June 16, 2015Previous PagePage 15 of 59Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingPET scans predict outcomes for patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapyPET scans performed at one or three months after patients with large B-cell lymphoma begin CAR T-cell therapy can indicate whether they are responding to the treatment.MRIMRI-based nomogram provides boost in breast cancerCTCT estimated to cause 5% of new cancer casesUltrasoundAI-guided POCUS assists TB diagnosis in underserved areasCTCT effective for tracking colon cancer lymph node distribution