Radiomic features extracted from CT images accurately distinguished small-cell lung cancer from benign nodules, according to a retrospective study published Dec. 18 in Radiology.

What does the brain of 3.67 million year old hominin known as Little Foot look like? Thanks to Micro-CT scans of the ancient fossil, researchers reconstructed its brain and are learning more about the organ’s early evolution.

Nurses at a Dallas hospital are embracing the presence of an assistive robot following a month-long pilot.

A new study lead by a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. will utilize virtual reality headsets to pinpoint individuals who may be at risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent online report by The Observer.

South Korean researchers have developed a technique that may enhance the safety of robotic thyroidectomy procedures by overlaying augmented reality (AR) models based on CT images onto patients during surgical intervention, according to research published in the December issue of Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research.

The winning image, entitled “Kidney Rainbow”, was selected from 373 entries and acquired by Nian Wang, PhD, assistant professor of radiology at the Center for In Vivo Microcopy at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

The desire to deliver patient-centered care drives many caring and high-achieving individuals to pursue a career in medicine, and AI can unburden today's physicians so they can stay focused on that primary goal.

The new platform—which can automatically detect motile parasites in bodily fluids and analyze more than three milliliters of a bodily fluid sample in 20 minutes—provides images clearer than those from traditional optical microscopy, according to research published online Dec. 12 in the journal Light: Science & Applications.