Researchers observed visceral fat area (VFA) measurements derived from abdominal CT scans to be associated with increased cardiovascular risk. 

Bibb Allen, MD, FACR, chief medical officer of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute, explains the trend of using AI for the automated detection of stroke on computed tomography (CT) imaging and the need to include radiologists on the stroke care team.

ESC Congress 2022, the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, was jam-packed with eye-opening new research from many of the leading voices in cardiovascular and vascular medicine. These six sessions were just some of the weekend's many highlights. 

“Our approach has the potential to facilitate timely diagnoses and management of pancreatic lesions encountered in routine clinical practice,” experts involved in the study said.

The FDA has had a busy month, overseeing the recall of nearly 88,000 implantable cardiac devices, juggling the continued rise of monkeypox cases in the United States and maintaining an active Breakthrough Devices program. This rundown covers some of the agency's biggest moves during that time. 

A fully automated body composition analysis derived from CT imaging can be a valuable pretreatment tool for patients with colorectal cancer. 

In a close collaboration with radiation oncologists, experts trained their model on the CT lung images of 787 patients and tested it on the scans of more than 1,300 patients from external datasets.

InterWell Health has completed its merger with Fresenius Health Partners and Cricket Health in a deal valued at $2.4 billion. The three-way merger was originally announced in March 2022.