A New Jersey hospital is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) device designed to alert clinicians to bleeding episodes during endovascular procedures.

Chinese researchers developed a flexible photoacoustic imaging technique by modifying fiber optic sensors and combining laser light and ultrasound to image biological tissue, detailed in a release from The Optical Society.

Photoplethysmography—a noninvasive imaging technique that allows clinicians to measure a patient’s pulse wave velocity as blood moves away from their heart—has for the first time linked alterations in the carotid system to changes in physical movement, according to research out of ITMO University in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Russia and President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed might grab more headlines, but healthcare is still expected to be one of the most important issues of the midterm elections in November. And some candidates are using their own healthcare experiences—including their battles against cancer—as a way to connect with voters and continue the country’s ongoing healthcare debate.

Abbreviated MRI—a new breast imaging modality at University of Kansas Health System—makes screening quicker and less painful, according to a report by local NBC affiliate KSHB-TV.

A deep-learning algorithm beat thoracic radiologists at classifying fibrotic lung disease, according to research published Sept. 15 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Twenty-three percent of healthcare providers have no plans to adopt speech recognition into their electronic health records (EHR) system despite it being an “effective, proven tool,” according to a new report.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggested clinicians continue to offer intensive, multicomponent behavioral interventions for adults with obesity in an updated recommendation statement published Sept. 18 in JAMA.

The direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) edoxaban is superior to warfarin for mitigating stroke risk in Latin American patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to results of the ENGAGE AF-TIMI trial.

The U.S. Senate passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act on Monday, Sept. 17. The bill will authorize $7.9 billion for health agencies, including the CDC and HHS. It includes a provision that may facilitate the development on ultrasound-based therapies, a move supported by the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA).