Chest Radiology: Page 16

Use of AI to analyze chest CT shortens turnaround times in Russia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to evaluate chest CT scans during the COVID-19 pandemic cut report turnaround time by about 30%, according to a study conducted in Russia by RadLogics and a Moscow imaging facility.

March 14, 2021

Keep in mind chest imaging patterns to prepare for future crises

By Kate Madden Yee

German researchers have warned that understanding chest imaging patterns prompted by the pandemic -- especially what time of day most exams are ordered -- would be useful for dealing with further waves of COVID-19.

March 11, 2021

Thoracic CT proves value for monitoring obese patients' health

By Kate Madden Yee

Thoracic CT is showing promise as an imaging examination that can help clinicians monitor the health of obese patients, according to research from a leading London facility delivered on 5 March at ECR 2021.

March 7, 2021

How is radiography training in Europe bearing up in the pandemic?

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The COVID-19 crisis has led to the rapid uptake of simulation, remote teaching, and online assessment and learning solutions for radiographers, ECR 2021 registrants learned at a professional challenges session.

March 5, 2021

Lunit partners with Philips on chest AI software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Lunit is making its chest imaging software available on x-ray systems from Philips Healthcare through a new partnership announced at the virtual ECR 2021.

March 4, 2021

Irish unveil key data on pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients

By Philip Ward

A large study of hospitalized COVID-19 cases at three university hospitals in Dublin has found an incidence rate of over 22% of pulmonary embolism in those patients undergoing CT pulmonary angiography. The full results are being presented at ECR 2021.

March 2, 2021

Agfa reaches milestone with Musica Chest+ software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare said that its free Musica Chest+ digital radiography image processing software has now been used by more than 400 hospitals around the world.

March 1, 2021

Radiographers struggle with disruption and stress in pandemic

By Will Morton

Even in a country like Australia that's fared relatively well in the COVID-19 pandemic, radiographers have found it difficult to cope, a new survey has found. "We are the forgotten front line," said one radiographer.

February 28, 2021

Report: U.K. lung screening study is catching cancers early

By Erik L. Ridley

Initial results from a CT lung cancer screening study sponsored by the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) show that low-dose CT exams could detect 70% of lung cancers at stage I or II, according to a report in the Guardian.

February 16, 2021

Brussels team shares experiences of COVID-19 imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The low-to-moderate specificity of the chest CT scan can be partly explained by initial false-negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction tests in COVID-19 patients, according to Belgian radiologists.

February 14, 2021

Third Opinion AI reveals advances in COVID-19 pneumonia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Russian-based Third Opinion AI has trained a neural network to detect the signs of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 with low-dose CT, according to a presentation at the OpenTalks.AI conference, held from 3 to 5 February.

February 8, 2021

Investigation finds diagnostic delay caused patient's death

By Philip Ward

A serious incident report issued by a U.K. hospital group has found that the root cause of a woman's death in May 2020 was a delay in diagnosing her lung cancer following the results of a CT scan, according to two local newspaper articles.

February 8, 2021

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