For many patients with interstitial lung disease, cancer could go undetected for years, putting them at risk of disease progression that would require more extensive treatment.

AI is only as effective as the data it was trained on, and many datasets lack diversity in terms of patient body mass index.

The Bloomfield, Connecticut-based payer has committed to covering plaque analysis software offered by several competing vendors including Heartflow. 

Want to run your imaging operation more cost-effectively while doing the planet a favor? Just hit the “off” switch on your CT machines whenever they won’t be needed for any appreciable span of time. 

The findings raise concerns about women who are planning on becoming pregnant and imaging-related radiation exposure in the weeks leading up to conception.

Although the risk of developing cancer due to radiation exposure during medical imaging is small, there are clear associations between the two.

Reducing false positives could decrease the frequency of unnecessary procedures, lower the associated costs and also ease patient anxiety concerning CT results. 

Syracuse, New York-based Upstate Medical University had previously relied on rad residents to handle initial reads, with attendings finalizing interpretation in the a.m.