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. 

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Novel PET scan improves diagnosis, monitoring of inflammatory bowel disease

Immuno-PET offers a more efficient diagnosis of inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) compared to traditional invasive methods, according to a new study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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AI in radiology: There’ll be an ‘app store’ for that

Radiology is the medical specialty most conducive to clinical AI applications. After all, the pre-AI technique of computer-aided detection has been used in mammography since 1998, for example. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise to find AI “app stores” rising in radiology.

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Automated amyloid PET quantification approach can help ID Alzheimer’s

Using an automated technique to quantify amyloid plaque on PET scans in a patient’s native space can improve the detection of brain amyloid accumulation compared to traditional methods, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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Risk vs age: Which mammography screening method is better?

Proponents of risk-based mammography screening claim the method successfully emphasizes its benefits and minimizes its harms, but new research has found it may not be as effective as age-based screening.

Carestream Introduces New Small-Format Cesium Iodide X-ray Detector

Carestream introduced its newly designed small-format CARESTREAM DRX Plus 2530C Detector with cesium iodide technology.

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Australia’s $168M nuclear medicine plant begins full production of Mo-99

Until now, the $168 million facility was producing limited amounts of Mo-99, a radioisotope used in approximately 85% of all Australian nuclear medicine procedures such as SPECT scans.

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Combined MRI, US-guided biopsy detects more prostate cancers

Combining MRI and ultrasound (US) detected up to 33% more cancers than standard biopsy methods alone, according to new research published in JAMA Surgery.

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New metamaterial improves MRI performance

Researchers from Boston University have developed a new magnetic metamaterial that could help improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of MRI scanners, sharing their findings in Communications Physics.