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Which modality performs best for diagnosing prostate cancer relapse?

PET/CT and PET/MRI have gone head-to-head for detecting prostate cancer relapse in a new analysis that included 37 clinical studies and 8,709 patients -- with PET/MRI taking a slight lead.

September 3, 2023

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Bone scan rates low among breast cancer patients

Less than half of women receiving breast cancer treatment with aromatase inhibitors undergo recommended imaging to assess their bone health, a study published on 25 August in the Journal of Bone Oncology has found.

August 31, 2023

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Case report: Button battery lodged in esophagus for a year

The case of a two-year-old girl with a button battery lodged in her esophagus for 12 months highlights the urgent need for imaging examinations in patients with a history of difficulty in swallowing, doctors from Tanzania have reported.

August 27, 2023

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Medical, Legal, and Practice

Novel research focuses on why GPs fulfill patient imaging requests

General practitioners (GPs) are struggling to balance their responsibilities as gatekeepers of imaging when anxious patients request examinations, a new survey has highlighted.

August 23, 2023

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PET shows promise in diagnosing atypical parkinsonism

PET imaging is displaying significant clinical promise in the difficult task of differentiating between subtypes of atypical parkinsonism, a research group from Copenhagen University Hospital has reported.

August 22, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence

AI outperforms clinical scores in high-risk lymphoma patients

Researchers from Amsterdam University Medical Center have developed an AI algorithm for reading FDG-PET/CT scans that performs better than standard clinical scores used to identify high-risk lymphoma patients.

August 17, 2023

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Galway team reveals true scale of looming osteoporosis crisis

Researchers from Ireland have used data from dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scans to estimate the country's prevalence of osteoporosis. Their findings have highlighted an urgent need to establish a national program to reduce the illness burden.

August 16, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence

German study shows how AI can evaluate brain tumors on PET

Investigators from Aachen University Hospital have developed an AI model for PET imaging that could help clinicians determine whether patients are responding to brain tumor treatments. Their results went live on 10 August in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 15, 2023

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Which imaging modalities work best for memory clinic patients?

Tau-PET scans appear to be more effective than all other neuroimaging approaches for predicting cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a research group from the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

August 14, 2023

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Research group unveils AI x-ray dataset for bone fracture diagnosis

A multidisciplinary team has launched a dataset of x-ray images called FracAtlas that may be valuable for developing AI algorithms to diagnose bone fractures. The tool is available for free public download.

August 13, 2023

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Mammogram Patient

Music lowers anxiety, pain for women undergoing mammography

Music being played during mammography exams may ease anxiety and pain for women, improving their overall satisfaction.

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Merger of radiology and pathology: What’s the next step?

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PI-RADS v2.1 is 'highly sensitive' for prostate cancer detection on MRI

By Kate Madden Yee

PI-RADS v2.1 shows high sensitivity for categorizing clinically significant prostate cancer on MRI at both the patient and lesion levels, German researchers have found.

October 16, 2025

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Breast CT gains clinical momentum in Europe

Dedicated contrast-enhanced breast CT is advancing as a clinical tool, but variations persist in acquisition protocols, particularly the timing of contrast administration. Dutch researchers have tried to resolve this issue.

October 16, 2025

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Belgian study shows AI's promise in coronary ischemia

By Maryam Payne

A deep-learning model for assessing vessel-specific coronary ischemia performed well compared to invasive fractional flow reserve in a multicenter study published by European Radiology on 11 October.

October 15, 2025

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AI on the Aegean: EuSoMII congress comes to Crete

AI not only holds clinical potential but also can transform a bad dancer into a magnificent mover, delegates learned at the European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (EuSoMII) annual congress in Heraklion. We bring you some of the highlights.

October 14, 2025

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AI fracture detection tools tested head-to-head

All models showed moderate to high performance for straightforward fracture detection but limited accuracy in complex scenarios.

October 13, 2025

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PSMA-PET/CT may replace NaF-PET/CT in advanced prostate cancer

Replacing F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) PET/CT with F-18 PSMA PET/CT can improve treatment for men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer.

October 13, 2025

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What's the link between assisted reproduction and breast cancer?

By Maryam Payne

There's an urgent need to assess the link between assisted reproductive technologies and breast cancer risk, researchers said at the European Society of Breast Imaging annual congress.

October 10, 2025

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Will AI lead to merger of radiology and pathology?

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

A strategic merger of radiology and pathology into a unified specialty is vital, two experts have warned in an 8 October commentary in European Journal of Radiology AI.

October 9, 2025

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U.K. newspaper exposes scandal of European radiologist

A radiologist was able to work for a teleradiology company, despite having had his licenses revoked in Sweden and Norway, an investigation by The Times has revealed. The firm has now issued a detailed statement.

October 9, 2025

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Missed previous mammography screening linked to worse disease outcomes

By Amerigo Allegretto

Researchers in Sweden have found that women who did not attend their previous screening had larger tumors and poorer disease-specific survival.

October 8, 2025

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Coroner investigates patient death after ID check failure

A U.K. coroner has specified that a dying woman had her cancer diagnosis delayed after the wrong patient underwent a CT scan due to staff's failure to check the person's name.

October 7, 2025

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Momentum builds for MRI staging of cervical cancer

By Maryam Payne

When it comes to preoperative staging of cervical cancer, now's the time to shift from cystoscopy to MRI, Italian researchers have asserted.

October 7, 2025

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