Thoracic Imaging: Page 29

ESR acts to reassure ECR delegates over coronavirus
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) has issued a statement confirming that ECR 2020 will take place as scheduled, despite concerns over the coronavirus and possible travel restrictions. The society has received no cancellations yet from China.
February 3, 2020
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NELSON results give boost to lung cancer screening
By Abraham Kim
The Dutch-Belgian Randomized Lung Cancer Screening (NELSON) trial has found volume CT lung cancer screening resulted in much lower mortality than no screening among high-risk persons. The findings were published online on 29 January in the New England Journal of Medicine.
January 29, 2020
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Chinese report presents fresh data on coronavirus
By Abraham Kim
Worldwide concern over the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise sharply. Chinese researchers have described the characteristics of the virus and the clinical outcomes of the first set of infected individuals in two studies that were published on 24 January in Lancet.
January 29, 2020
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Oxipit's ChestEye to be sold in Nigeria
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Oxipit has signed an agreement with Swiss medical products distributor Healthcare Konnect for the distribution of its AI software in Nigeria.
January 22, 2020
Checklists can aid interpretation of chest CT scans
By Philip Ward
Using checklists as a guide to interpreting chest CT examinations can help identify diffuse abnormalities in acute disease, according to prizewinning Spanish researchers. If systematically applied, checklists of clinical and radiological data can play a valuable role, they say.
January 20, 2020
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How to do it: Dual-energy CT for pulmonary embolism
By Philip Ward
In the right hands, dual-energy CT for acute pulmonary embolism can help boost sensitivity and detection, especially for endoluminal clots in small segmental or subsegmental lung vessels. That's the view of German researchers, who've given a master class on the topic.
January 13, 2020
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AI-assisted FDG-PET/CT advances lung nodule detection
By Wayne Forrest
Swiss investigators have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that could become a valuable tool for detecting small, FDG-avid pulmonary nodules on oncologic PET/CT scans, according to a study published online on 10 December in European Radiology.
December 15, 2019
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Affidea, Aidence partner on AI lung software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Diagnostic imaging, outpatient, and cancer care services provider Affidea and Netherlands-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm Aidence have joined forces for lung cancer diagnosis and screening.
December 4, 2019
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Look out for 'feather duvet lung,' Scottish team urges
By Philip Ward
Researchers have used CT to diagnose a case of "feather duvet lung," in which lung inflammation is caused by breathing in dust from the feathers in bedding. They've warned everybody to bear in mind the condition when patients present with unexplained breathlessness.
November 21, 2019
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CTPA effectively rules out PE in pregnant women
By Rebekah Moan
A 17-year Swiss study involving pregnant women with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) has shown that CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) rarely indicates the disease and more often detects alternative diagnoses. Also, the radiation dose exposure dropped by one-third during the study period.
November 20, 2019
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Lunit nets CE Mark for AI x-ray software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Artificial intelligence (AI) image analysis software developer Lunit has received Europe's CE Mark for its Insight CXR AI chest x-ray analysis software.
November 19, 2019
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CT highlights risk of lung inflammation from vaping
By Philip Ward
Fresh evidence has emerged of the health dangers of vaping. In a case report published by Archives of Disease in Childhood on 11 November, U.K. authors warn that the fluid in electronic cigarettes may cause life-threatening lung inflammation in those who are susceptible, after treating a teenage boy with respiratory failure.
November 11, 2019
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