Clinical Research

A newly identified PET imaging biomarker could help providers tailor immunotherapy treatments for patients with certain types of cancers.

Researchers identify new PET imaging biomarker capable of predicting immunotherapy success

A newly identified PET imaging biomarker could help providers tailor immunotherapy treatments for patients with certain types of cancers. 

How beneficial is MR-directed breast ultrasound in reducing biopsies?

A team of experts determined that correlating masses initially detected on MRI are significantly more likely to result in a cancer diagnosis than other common findings. 

HRS 2024: Late-breaking clinical trials will highlight key trends in electrophysiology

A total of 21 late-breaking science presentations are scheduled for Heart Rhythm 2024 in Boston. 

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Point-based risk prediction model reduces prostate biopsies by up to 20%

The model incorporates specific data from MRI exams with patient risk factors to predict whether a person is likely to develop clinically significant prostate cancer.

AI for diabetic retinopathy

GPT-4 now has vision—can it actually read chest X-rays?

Finely tuned, pre-trained large language models are beginning to reliably translate image content into text, but are they ready to take on medical images? 

Interview with Nehal Mehta, MD, Penn Medicine, who explains how coronary inflammation can be seen using AI on cardiac CT scans to better risk stratify patients and begin preventive drug therapy.

AI helps cardiologists track new drug's effect on inflammation

The combination of AI and CT helped Nehal Mehta, MD, and colleagues track the performance of a new drug designed to target coronary inflammation. 

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Real-time MRI shows exact mechanisms underlying man's stutter

This development could help scientists fine-tune speech therapy to people who struggle with speaking. 

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Moderate aortic stenosis linked to heightened risk of death—should TAVR, surgery be considered?

Researchers tracked data from more than 400,000 patients for a new meta-analysis, presenting their findings in the Journal of the American Heart Association.