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AI helps radiologists detect bone fractures

Written by Charlie King | 31 Mar 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an effective tool for fracture detection that has potential to aid clinicians in busy emergency departments, according to a study in Radiology. Missed or delayed… read more.

Researchers use ultrasound to predict ovarian cancer

Written by Charlie King | 25 Mar 2022

The appearance of ovarian lesions on ultrasound is an effective predictor of cancer risk that can help women avoid unnecessary surgery, according to a new study published in… read more.

AI provides accurate breast density classification

Written by Charlie King | 19 Mar 2022

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool can accurately and consistently classify breast density on mammograms, according to a study in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. Breast density reflects the amount of fibroglandular… read more.

Using Artificial Intelligence to solve one of health care’s most enduring problems

Written by Charlie King | 18 Mar 2022

Medical imaging is one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in health care with providers ordering dozens of imaging studies for their patients every day. These studies… read more.

Team uses MRI to image epigenetics in the brain

Written by Charlie King | 7 Mar 2022

A multidisciplinary team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has devised a new approach to 3D imaging that captures DNA methylation, a key epigenetic change associated with learning… read more.

Radiation monotherapy shows efficacy for treating oligometastatic renal cell carcinoma

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 27 Dec 2021

Radiation monotherapy is an effective noninvasive treatment for oligometastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), researchers reported on Oct. 28, 2021 in The Lancet Oncology. “These findings are exciting because… read more.

Radiological images confirm ‘COVID-19 can cause the body to attack itself’

Written by Charlie King | 1 Dec 2021

Imaging illustrates severity, long-term prognosis of COVID-19-related muscle, joint pain. Muscle soreness and achy joints are common symptoms among COVID-19 patients. But for some people, symptoms are more… read more.

Cardiac MRI of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents

Written by Charlie King | 29 Nov 2021

According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), radiologists need to be cognizant of the association between coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mRNA vaccination and myocarditis, as well as the role of… read more.

Detector advance could lead to cheaper, easier medical scans

Written by Charlie King | 28 Nov 2021

Researchers in the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated the first experimental cross-sectional medical image that doesn’t require tomography, a mathematical process used to reconstruct images in CT and… read more.

Lung cancer screening for survivors of head and neck cancer

Written by Charlie King | 11 Nov 2021

Head and neck cancer survivors with long smoking histories had a 2.5-fold greater risk of developing lung cancer than those without prior head and neck cancer, according to… read more.

External-beam radiation therapy underused for people with liver cancer awaiting transplant

Written by Charlie King | 6 Nov 2021

First national analysis of external-beam radiation as bridging therapy finds fewer than 4% of patients prescribed this non-invasive option. People with liver cancer awaiting transplantation could benefit from… read more.

New molecule found in chestnut leaves disarms dangerous staph bacteria

Written by Charlie King | 8 Jul 2021

Scientists isolated a molecule, extracted from the leaves of the European chestnut tree, with the power to neutralize dangerous, drug-resistant staph bacteria. Frontiers in Pharmacology published the finding, led by… read more.

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