Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

Pediatric radiologists skillfully read emergency breast ultrasound—but patients may shrug off discharge instructions

For this reason, these patients may need pointed guidance upon ED discharge lest cancers go undetected in early stages.  

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MR-directed enhanced mammography detects more malignancies than MR-directed ultrasound

MRI-directed contrast enhanced mammography could serve as a useful stand-alone or complimentary tool for biopsy planning when suspicious lesions are detected. 

WTC first responders

Can PTSD cause dementia? Imaging of 9/11 first responders suggests it's possible

Compared to World Trade Center responders who have not been diagnosed with PTSD, those who had received the diagnosis were observed to have decreased fractional anisotropy of white matter tracts on their brain MRIs.

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Echocardiography shows smoking is even more damaging to the heart than previously believed

Compared to the individuals without a history of smoking, both current and former smokers had thicker, weaker and heavier hearts.

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Emergency trunk CT rises sharply even for minor, moderate trauma

Almost 10 of every 1,000 patients evaluated for trauma injuries in 2018 received CT scans of the chest, abdomen and pelvis to supply a diagnostic view of, in essence, the entire torso.

Fully automated CT body composition analysis predicts survival for CRC patients

A fully automated body composition analysis derived from CT imaging can be a valuable pretreatment tool for patients with colorectal cancer. 

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Algorithm reduces NSCLC tumor segmentation times by 65%

In a close collaboration with radiation oncologists, experts trained their model on the CT lung images of 787 patients and tested it on the scans of more than 1,300 patients from external datasets.

Carestream seeking Chapter 11 protection

Radiography OEM Carestream Health Inc. has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization with a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware.