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Cancer deaths increasing worldwide

Deaths worldwide from cancer rose to 10 million in 2019, with the number of new cases increasing to more than 23 million, according to an article published on 30 December in JAMA Oncology.

January 12, 2022

PET with blood test can assist in Alzheimer's clinical trials

An international group led by Swedish researchers has found that PET imaging combined with a new blood test for Alzheimer's disease may be the best approach to identify people to participate in clinical drug trials.

January 2, 2022

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Hybrid imaging can predict survival outcome in melanoma cases

A new Austrian study has found that PET/CT scans of metastatic melanoma patients who receive immunotherapy drugs can help predict survival outcome. The team from Salzburg published its results on 12 December in the European Journal of Radiology.

December 15, 2021

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Deep-learning methods can help diagnose stroke on MRI

Turkish researchers have developed artificial intelligence algorithms that show considerable clinical promise for the rapid and accurate detection of stroke on MRI scans.

December 13, 2021

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PMI launches latest trial of wire-free revascularization approach

Pie Medical Imaging has launched a new clinical trial to test whether its angiography-based vessel fractional flow reserve (CAAS vFFR) software for guided coronary revascularization is better than conventional FFR-guided revascularization.

December 9, 2021

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PET/MRI proves valuable in difficult epilepsy cases

PET/MRI can identify the brain lesions causing seizures in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy when standard approaches fail, according to research published on 20 November in Epilepsy Research. The findings may offer hope for patients for whom surgery is often the only treatment option.w

November 30, 2021

Comparison between PET+MRI (A) and PET/MRI (B); axial and coronal plane, PET alone and co-registered on MRI. The subject is a 17-year-old female with drug-resistant epilepsy since the age of 2 years; nocturnal frontal seizures (3 times per night), left frontotemporal ictal onset, negative MRI (3 tesla). Her first PET examination co-registered on MRI at 11 years considered negative; PET/MRI six years later, showing a focal hypometabolism involving the posterior part of the left orbitofrontal cortex, relative involvement of the adjacent cortex (gyrus rectus, anterior part of the left inferior frontal gyrus) and the temporal pole. This hypometabolism was retrospectively found on the previous PET but remained inconclusive. Note that the co-registration was imperfect on this examination, whereas it was almost perfect on the PET/MRI, allowing a better confidence for the visual analysis. The patient was operated on without invasive monitoring despite a negative MRI scan. Surgery was based on a PET/MR guided cortical resection, including the hypometabolic orbitofrontal cortex and the adjacent inferior frontal gyrus, in front of Broca area. FCD type 2 A was found in the cortical specimen. The patient has been seizure-free for two years and the use of antiepileptic drugs greatly reduced. Image courtesy of Epilepsy Research.

German team underlines diagnostic potential of dark-field x-ray

Investigators from the Technical University of Munich have presented further evidence that dark-field x-ray can be clinically effective in humans -- in this case, diagnosing emphysema in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

November 8, 2021

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Novel MRI approach helps overcome children's anxiety over MRI

Have you ever thought of bringing parents into the bore of an MRI scanner to calm an uptight child? Researchers have described how they do just this in the November issue of the European Journal of Radiology.

November 2, 2021

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Bydder offers insight and novel strategies for low-field MRI

Is magnetic field strength a limit to MR image quality? Not when new approaches are implemented, according to the influential MRI researcher Dr. Graeme Bydder.

October 24, 2021

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Is magnetic field strength a limit to MRI image resolution? Not when new sequencing approaches are implemented, according to the influential MRI researcher Dr. Graeme Bydder.

October 24, 2021

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Unfilled vacancies and disparities persist in nuclear medicine

Nuclear medicine specialists have high career satisfaction, but unfilled vacancies and career disparities persist, finds a workforce survey by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).

Dual PET imaging in Case Two illustrates a patient with discordant disease. FDG PET (b & d) shows FDG uptake in tail of pancreas primary lesion (yellow arrow), as well as multiple hepatic metastases (yellow boxes), with enlarged liver span. DOTATATE PET on left (a) shows several hepatic metastases that do not demonstrate DOTATATE uptake above background of liver parenchyma. The liver lesions in (c) demonstrate moderate FDG uptake in liver lesions, with no corresponding DOTATATE avidity (white box) or central photopenia (white arrow). This discordance in dual PET imaging corresponds to a NETPET score of 5. This suggests de-differentiated disease and a less favorable prognosis. The patient was not suitable for Lutate treatment and received chemotherapy.

PET develops key clinical role in neuroendocrine tumors

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PET/CT visualizes complications in patients on hemodialysis

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Example of prostate zonal segmentation by the AI software in a patient. Yellow: transition zone; green: peripheral zone; red, anterior fibromuscular stroma; blue, central zone.

Zonal segmentation with AI shows promise in prostate cancer

Hybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

A Dutch team found that a hybrid reading strategy for screening mammography reduced radiologist workload by 38% without changing recall or cancer detection rates.

August 22, 2025

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Cooking robot gets rave reviews in Tübingen

By Steven Patrick Pohl

Hospital food doesn’t have to be drab and dreary. The installation of a new machine in Southwest Germany is winning praise from the medical imaging community.

August 21, 2025

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Ultrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathy

By Kate Madden Yee

The two modalities complement each other for this indication, according to a team of Turkish researchers.

August 20, 2025

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Pressure grows for more rigorous financial disclosure

By Maryam Payne

An investigation published on 17 August in the European Journal of Radiology looks set to focus attention on the payments made to medical doctors by device manufacturers.

August 19, 2025

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MRI, CT findings correlate for assessing epicardial fat volume

By Kate Madden Yee

Increased volume of epicardial adipose tissue may be linked to cardiovascular disorders, Swedish researchers have reported.

August 19, 2025

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ESR survey put focus on radiology subspecialization

An ESR survey has shed light on the current status of radiology subspecialization recognition across Europe.

August 18, 2025

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Algorithms from AI mammography challenge perform well

By Amerigo Allegretto

A multinational team has found that algorithms from the RSNA Breast Cancer Detection AI Challenge maintained high sensitivity while keeping recall rates low.

August 18, 2025

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Swiss expert advocates regulation for AI in radiation safety

By Maryam Payne

The use of AI in radiation protection requires regulation to ensure patient safety and better patient outcomes, according to senior radiologist and AI-transition facilitator Dr. Hugues Brat.

August 18, 2025

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New data cements AI's role in breast screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

AI continues to show significant clinical promise as a second reader for breast cancer screening, a new Dutch study shows. We have a video interview with Dr. Ritse Mann.

August 15, 2025

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PET proves clinical value in mapping movement disorders

Brain F-18 DOPA PET imaging is an increasingly valuable tool to study the dopaminergic pathway to differentiate Parkinson's disease from other parkinsonian syndromes.

August 14, 2025

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PET scans tie fast food to altered blood flow in the heart

Ultraprocessed foods may acutely affect vascular and brain function, a new study has shown.

August 13, 2025

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Why I’m still so suspicious of AI

By Dr. Chris Hammond

AI systems are remarkable achievements, but there is a way to go before I’ll lift my scepticism of their role as anything other than a tool to be deployed judiciously and alongside other, human, solutions, writes clinical radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond.

August 12, 2025

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