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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Researchers find best MRI sequence for whole-body PET/MRI to diagnoses high-risk prostate cancer

Researchers have found diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) or gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) sequences are the most efficient MRI sequences for prostate cancer diagnosis, according to new research published online on Oct. 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Chest CT outperforms radiograph to detect rib fractures in child abuse cases

Chest CT scans are more diagnostically accurate than chest radiography for postmortem rib fracture detection in cases of physical abuse in children, regardless of a radiologist's experience or fracture location, according to research published in the September issue of The Lancet.