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U.K. trial shows earlier breast screening has benefit
By Theresa Pablos
New findings from a large randomized breast screening trial in the U.K. show that there is a mortality benefit if screening starts when women are in their 40s. But that benefit seems to fade over time, according to a study published on 12 August in the Lancet Oncology.
August 11, 2020
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Thirona, Smart Reporting team up on COVID-19 software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch artificial intelligence software developer Thirona has partnered with software developer Smart Reporting to create software that enhances COVID-19 detection by combining image analysis with structured reporting.
August 10, 2020
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Curiosity and teamwork can bring career success
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Be curious, follow your passion, dare to be different, listen to criticism, and work in teams, delegates were told in Sunday's keynote lecture on MRI and pediatric brain development at the ISMRM & SMRT Virtual Conference & Exhibition.
August 10, 2020
2020 08 10 22 59 1535 Ismrm 2020 Graphic 400
Tattoos and MRI: RF-induced heating may pose risk
By Philip Ward
The permanent tattoos of patients represent an important potential safety hazard during MRI, and the shape of the tattoo is the major factor in increasing the radiofrequency (RF) heating effects, researchers are reporting at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine virtual conference.
August 10, 2020
Can AI lower radiologists' mammography workload?
By Erik L. Ridley
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based software can reliably categorize a significant percentage of negative screening mammograms as normal, potentially decreasing mammography reading workload for radiologists by more than half, according to two presentations made at the recent ECR 2020 virtual meeting.
August 9, 2020
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Implantable hearing devices cause MRI safety concerns
By Philip Ward
Several hundred adverse events during MRI scans of patients with implantable hearing devices have occurred in the past decade, particularly in patients with cochlear implants, Belgian researchers are reporting at this week's International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine virtual conference.
August 9, 2020
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Dutch team uses deep learning to assess COVID-19 cases
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers, Erik L. Ridley
A Dutch group has developed a system of three deep-learning algorithms that automatically segments the five pulmonary lobes. It can assess CT severity scores per lobe and be used to quantify lung damage in COVID-19 patients.
August 6, 2020
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GE, Osprey announce distribution deal
GE Healthcare and Osprey Medical have signed a four-year agreement under which GE will distribute Osprey's DyeVert contrast minimization device in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, and Turkey.
August 5, 2020
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Can AI give radiology the urgent jump-start it needs?
By Ross Upton, PhD
In the past, healthcare has adopted new technology at a similar pace to a supertanker. Now that the healthcare supertanker has been driven into the eye of the COVID-19 storm, there's a strong need to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and new ways of working, writes Ross Upton, PhD.
August 5, 2020
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Russian scientists develop breast MRI device
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A group of Russian scientists have developed a device that can enable existing MRI scanners to perform breast MRI without the need for specialized breast coils. They shared their results in research published online on 31 July in Nature Communications.
August 4, 2020
2020 08 04 22 10 0042 2020 08 05 Itmo Mri 400
Italian survey identifies more ultrasound use in pandemic
By Theresa Pablos
The more widespread use of lung ultrasonography by physicians in the COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for much of the modality's recent growth, a survey by the Italian thoracic ultrasound academy has found. The full results have been published in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
August 4, 2020
2019 04 02 18 59 1354 Ultrasound Probe Vascular 400
3D printed shin bone cage helps avoid amputations
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
CT scans are being used successfully to create 3D-printed shin bone cages that can help prevent amputations in patients with severe fractures, according to a news report in 3D Printing Media Network.
August 3, 2020
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