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Deep learning can spot precancerous colon polyps on CT colonography

By Erik L. Ridley

Researchers from Munich, Germany, have trained a machine-learning model to characterize colon polyps based on radiomics analysis. They published their findings online on 23 February in Radiology.

February 23, 2021

Icometrix launches AI software for ischemic stroke

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Icometrix said that its icobrain cva software for analyzing ischemic stroke has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance and the CE Mark.

February 22, 2021

Inquest hears how young woman died from basilar artery thrombosis

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

An inquest held on 16 February in Preston, U.K., heard how a 35-year-old hospital worker died after two radiologists failed to spot basilar artery thrombosis on a CT scan. The patient's fatal clot was "a difficult call which anyone could miss," a senior radiologist told the tribunal.

February 22, 2021

3D models enable custom treatment of complex acetabular fractures

By Erik L. Ridley

Virtual 3D models created from CT data can be utilized for surgical planning and providing patient-specific treatments for complex acetabular fractures, according to recent research.

February 21, 2021

Telix secures Czech approval for prostate PET radiopharmaceutical

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Telix Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the Czech Republic's Ministry of Health for use of its Illuccix radiopharmaceutical for prostate cancer PET imaging in that country.

February 18, 2021

German study scrutinizes economics of MRI for dense breasts

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A German study has shown that in high-risk breast cancer patients, MR mammography is a cost-effective alternative to mammography in a yearly screening setting.

February 17, 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

Spanish researchers tie midlife heart disease to Alzheimer's

By Brian Casey

Researchers from Spain have used PET to discover that individuals in their 50s with signs of cardiovascular disease also have reduced brain metabolism in areas connected with Alzheimer's disease. The findings provide a link between brain and heart health.

February 16, 2021

Paris research team uses MRI to show COVID-19's impact on eyes

By Kate Madden Yee

A group of investigators from France has used MRI to investigate the impact that COVID-19 can have on the eyes in cases of more severe disease. The findings could indicate the need to screen COVID-19 patients for ophthalmological manifestations.

February 16, 2021

French groups issue new guidelines to promote safe contrast use

By Frances Rylands-Monk

French nephrology societies and the national radiology society have published guidelines on the safe use of contrast media in the wake of guidance from the European Society of Urogenital Radiology.

February 14, 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

U.K. team backs shorter MRI exam for prostate cancer screening

By Kate Madden Yee

A research team from Imperial College London has reported that a short, biparametric MRI protocol without contrast detected twice as many clinically significant prostate cancers compared with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. The authors published their results on 11 February in JAMA Oncology.

February 14, 2021

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