Thoracic Imaging: Page 3

Synthetic CT images as good as real ones for visualizing CF

By Kate Madden Yee

Synthetic CT images show almost perfect concordance with real ones for visualizing cystic fibrosis (CF)-related lung changes -- and have even better image quality than ultrashort echo time lung MRI. That's the key finding of new research from France.

July 10, 2023

Lunit completes installation of AI suite in Middle East hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Lunit has installed its Insight CXR AI suite Seha Virtual Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

July 6, 2023

Controversy breaks out over new U.K. standards for chest x-rays

By Philip Ward

The launch of a U.K. document about standards for reporting practitioners in adult chest x-rays has ignited a fierce debate about differences in the requirements for radiographers and trainee radiologists. It is "an unholy mess" and is purely about training standards for nonradiologists, one expert said.

July 4, 2023

Philips secures xenon MRI contrast deal with Polarean

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips has partnered with MRI contrast agent developer Polarean to facilitate xenon-based lung ventilation imaging for routine clinical applications on the vendor's 7700 3-tesla MR scanner.

June 4, 2023

World record achieved in Nepal for x-ray at highest altitude

By Will Morton

Researchers have earned a new world record by conducting a chest x-ray exam of a patient on Mt. Everest in Nepal at a height of 5,364 meters. The team's leader, Mike Cairnie, has been dubbed "the Indiana Jones of radiology".

May 21, 2023

The rocky road to implementing CT lung cancer screening

By Matthew Watson

What are the major hurdles facing the organizers of large-scale CT lung cancer screening programs? And what are the future market trends in this area? Analyst Matthew Watson provides some answers in a new column.

May 17, 2023

Deep learning plus micro-CT effective for tracking lung disease

By Kate Madden Yee

Combining deep learning with micro-CT is showing promise for not only tracking the progression of lung disease but also evaluating the effectiveness of treatment, Italian researchers have reported.

May 15, 2023

How should radiologists handle incidental lung findings?

By Amerigo Allegretto

Most significant incidental findings discovered on low-dose CT lung cancer screening exams should be reported for further evaluation, suggest study findings published on 8 May in JAMA Internal Medicine.

May 10, 2023

EIBIR launches project to boost lung cancer screening

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR) has launched a three-year project under its EU4Health program to help boost lung cancer screening programs across Europe.

April 18, 2023

CT body composition assessment assists in lung cancer prognosis

By Kate Madden Yee

Assessing lung cancer sufferers' body composition with CT imaging can help clinicians determine whether patients have developed cancer-associated cachexia, and thus assess prognosis, according to a study published on 12 April in Nature Medicine.

April 17, 2023

Annalise.ai receives approval for extra AI CT, x-ray indications

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Australian-based artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Annalise.ai has secured clearances from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that cover additional indications for use of its CT and x-ray triage and notification software.

April 13, 2023

Dutch group shows value of endoscopic ultrasound in NSCLC

By Amerigo Allegretto

Endoscopic ultrasound can avoid the need for confirmatory mediastinoscopy after negative systematic findings in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), researchers from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, have found.

April 13, 2023

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