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AI yields body composition analysis on routine CT

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can be used to provide automated body composition analysis on routine abdominal CT exams, enabling these valuable biomarkers to be accessed as part of routine clinical imaging, according to research published online on 18 September in European Radiology.

September 30, 2020

Muscle measurements foretell liver resection morbidity

By Erik L. Ridley

Measurements of muscle mass on preoperative CT scans can be used in liver cancer patients to help identify the presence of sarcopenia, a risk factor that's associated with worse short-term outcomes after liver resection, Italian researchers reported in a study published online on 23 September in JAMA Surgery.

September 30, 2020

Missed mammograms may lead to 8.6K cancer cases in U.K.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

About 1 million women in the U.K. missed breast screenings due to COVID-19, which means 8,600 women may have undetected breast cancer, according to an article published on 30 September by BBC News.

September 29, 2020

PET helps diagnose treatable form of dementia

By Kate Madden Yee

PET imaging could be a useful tool for diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, a form of dementia that can be treated surgically, according to a literature review published on 7 September in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

September 29, 2020

Screening service referrals drop sharply in Scotland

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

As a result of the pausing of national cancer screening programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, referrals from breast screening services dropped by 55.8% in Scotland during 1 April to 30 June, according to a quarterly report on cancer waiting times published on 29 September from Public Health Scotland.

September 28, 2020

Ultromics, Mayo Clinic partner again in echo AI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

U.K. software developer Ultromics will be collaborating with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, to apply artificial intelligence (AI) software to diagnose heart failure on echocardiography studies.

September 28, 2020

Does reporting speed matter when it comes to errors?

By Philip Ward

Reporting speed appears to play less of a role in causing radiological errors than other human and technical factors, according to a new two-year study from a London teaching hospital. The findings were presented to RCR Digital 2020, the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists' (RCR) online learning program that runs from 21 September to 9 October.

September 28, 2020

French-speaking world gets set for 6-channel JFR

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Predictive imaging, lung cancer screening, and the so-called patient experience will be central themes at the annual congress for the French-speaking radiological community, the Journées Francophones de Radiologie (JFR). The event will take place between 2 and 5 October via six livestreaming channels.

September 27, 2020

RCR appoints Ramsden as vice president

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has revealed that Dr. William Ramsden has been elected as vice president of clinical radiology.

September 23, 2020

U.K. team shows stroke scans can reveal COVID-19 infection

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

Researchers from a top London facility have highlighted a simple COVID-19 imaging biomarker obtained from CT angiography lung apices: the presence of ground-glass opacification. Their findings may have major implications for management of patients with suspected stroke.

September 23, 2020

MGH scientists identify PET tracer for Alzheimer's

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) scientists have developed a molecular imaging radiotracer that identifies Alzheimer's disease-related gamma-secretase in rodents and macaques that has translational potential for humans.

September 22, 2020

SERAM supports Peruvian hospital's plea for help in pandemic

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Spanish Society of Medical Radiology (SERAM) is urging the imaging community to help a hospital in Cuzco, Peru, to purchase x-ray equipment to assist with imaging needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 21, 2020

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