Screening

Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.

New subscription service replaces blood tests, biopsies with MRIs

A New York City-based medtech startup called Ezra is about to replace pain inducing blood tests and biopsies with MRIs as part of its new prostate cancer screening subscription service, according to a recent report by TechCrunch.

November 19, 2018

Fluoroscopy, CT-guided method to fix pelvic fractures reduces opioid use

In patients with pathologic pelvic fractures, fluoroscopy and cone-beam CT needle-guided percutaneous screw fixation resulted in short rehabilitation times and reduced opioid use, reported authors of a recent study published in Radiology.

November 14, 2018

NIH multimodal retina imaging could help detect diseases earlier

The technology, which combines two imaging modalities—adaptive optics and angiography—could lead to earlier detection of diseases affecting eye tissue, according to research published Nov. 14 in Communications Biology.

November 14, 2018
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Ex Facebook, Google exec’s imaging startup tests portable imaging devices more affordable than MRI

The CEO and founder of the Silicon Valley-based imaging startup Openwater, Mary Lou Jepsen, PhD, is leading her company into making portable, miniature medical imaging devices that she hopes will disrupt the MRI market as a more affordable and accurate modality, according to an article published Nov. 13 by Business Insider.

November 13, 2018

Penn State radiology professor revamps med school with new diagnostic error prevention course 

A new class at Penn State College of Medicine in Pennsylvania is helping students identify and prevent systemic causes of misdiagnoses, according to a university news release published Oct. 31.

November 1, 2018

MRI-derived brain vessel disease score connected to increased stroke, dementia risk

A score made up of four MRI markers of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) has been linked to stroke, dementia and mortality in older adults, reported authors of an Oct. 24 study published in Stroke.

October 26, 2018
The Adoption and Benefits of Digital Pathology for Primary Diagnosis

Combining CT, pathology results can improve lung ground glass diagnosis

A new study published in Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine found combining a CT scan with pathology results would improve the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of lung ground-glass opacity (GGO).

October 25, 2018

Diffusion tensor imaging can accurately assess renal changes in kidney disease patients with diabetes

In diabetic patients with early-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can accurately assess early renal function changes, reported authors of a new Clinical Radiology study.

October 23, 2018