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. 

Google Health develops AI models for more accurate gestational age estimation

The models do not require manual measurements from a sonographer to estimate GA. Instead, they are able to make use of ultrasound images and videos.

 Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (USMS), is addressing health inequities in mammography using its Mammovan mobile breast imaging screening program. Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, MD, explained how the program works. #RSNA #RSNA22

VIDEO: Bringing health equity to mammography and health screenings in Arkansas

Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, MD, division chief of breast imaging and associate director for diversity, equity and inclusion at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas, discussed how her center addressed health inequities in mammography.

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Biological ‘brain age’ could help pave the way for more personalized medicine

AI-powered analysis can now assess cognitive decline by noting gaps in chronological versus biological “brain age.”

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Vascular ultrasound findings offer clues into disability progression in MS patients

These findings were largely governed by biochemical and lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical activity. They were also found to have a greater influence on disability progression than aging. 

The Shimadzu Trinias SCORE Opera Angiography system at RSNA 2022. It offers dose lowering technologies and workflow efficiencies. #RSNA #RSNA22

VIDEO: Shimadzu lowers dose and speeds workflow with new Trinias SCORE Opera angiography system

Sponsored by Shimadzu

Shimadzu Medical Systems USA released the latest version of its Trinias angiography system at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 meeting to address radiation concerns and to help improve workflow.
 

Christine Seidman, MD, director of the cardiovascular genetics program, cardiovascular medicine specialist, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, discusses the use of genetics to crack the code of cardiovascular diseases to enable earlier prevention and interventions. She was named the winner of the American Heart Association (AHA) 2022 Research Achievement Award, AHA's highest honor.

VIDEO: Using genetics in cardiology to enable earlier interventions

Christine Seidman, MD, director of the cardiovascular genetics program at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, spoke to us about using genetics to crack the code of cardiovascular disease. 

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MRI findings linked with reinjury in professional athletes seeking return to play

These findings were consistently predictive of reinjury regardless of how well the athletes progressed during rehabilitation. 

Seno Medical's Imagio OA/US Breast Imaging System, optoacoustic ultrasound

Emerging optoacoustic ultrasound technology promises to reduce false-positives and unnecessary biopsies

Optoacoustic ultrasound can noninvasively provide valuable information on tumor behavior and better inform providers of whether a mass is benign or malignant.