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Study Suggests AI can Predict Risk of Lung Cancer Returning Using CT Scans

December 26, 2022 — Artificial intelligence (AI) could help identify the risk of cancer returning in non-small cell lung ...

December 26, 2022

An imaging agent just approved by the FDA will allow surgeons to identify additional cancerous lesions, which otherwise would have been left behind, in up to 24% more patients during non-small cell lung cancer surgery. Philip Low, Purdue University’s Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, is an inventor of the foundational intellectual property upon which the drug is based.

News | Lung Imaging

Imaging Agent Illuminates Lung Cancer Tumors

December 21, 2022 — Surgery, especially surgery to remove cancerous tumors, relies on a range of tools and techniques as ...

December 21, 2022

Researchers reveal new noninvasive MRI measures of the glymphatic system function that could be used to track Alzheimer disease progression

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Impaired Glymphatic System May be Linked with Progression of Alzheimer's Disease, Finds New Study

December 19, 2022 — The glymphatic system is the waste clearing pathway of the human brain. It is speculated that an ...

December 19, 2022

data showed that CytoSite’s Granzyme B (GzmB) PET imaging using [68Ga-NOTA]-hGZP (CSB-111) was feasible and safe in human subjects. These data come from a Phase I trial assessing the safety and feasibility of GzmB PET imaging in subjects with melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab).

News | Clinical Trials

CytoSite Bio Presents First-in-Human Data at Radiological Society of North American Annual Meeting

December 14, 2022 — CytoSite Bio, a company developing precision imaging products that determine patient response to ...

December 14, 2022

Prof. Dr. Franz Pfeiffer (back, left), Professor for Biomedical Physics, and his team have developed a prototype of a clinical CT scanner which combines dark-field and conventional X-ray technology (back right: Dr. Thomas Koehler, front left: Clemens Schmid, front right: Manuel Viermetz).

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

New X-ray Technology Can Improve COVID-19 Diagnosis

December 7, 2022 — A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has, for the first time, produced dark ...

December 07, 2022

Three-dimensional segmentation of ginger-root shaped necrotic lesions (yellow) and surrounding vasculature (red) within a sample of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected human lung tissue (transparent surface). Africa Health Research Institute

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Tuberculosis and COVID-19 Lung lesions Revealed by High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Imaging

December 7, 2022 — Gross anatomy reveals three-dimensional shapes of pathology at a large scale. Histology, in contrast ...

December 07, 2022

A presentation during the Radiological Society of North America Scientific Session and Annual Meeting (RSNA 2022) featured IceCure Medical Ltd. and its minimally-invasive cryoablation technology, addressing Increasing interest among breast and interventional radiologists in performing breast tumor cryoablation.

News | RSNA

IceCure Medical Features Tumor Cryoablation Technology at RSNA 2022

December 9, 2022 — A poster presentation during the Radiological Society of North America Scientific Session and Annual ...

December 07, 2022

18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET image showing multiple areas of uptake in the prostate gland in a man with newly diagnosed prostate cancer Photo courtesy of Blue Earth Diagnostics

News | Prostate Cancer

Blue Earth Diagnostics Announces Efficacy and Safety Results from Phase 3 LIGHTHOUSE Trial of Investigational PET Imaging Agent 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 in Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer

December 2, 2022 — Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and ...

December 02, 2022

A team led by UTHealth Houston's K. Lance Gould, MD, (center) used PET imaging technology (shown above) to map coronary blood flow and its outcomes among heart disease patients. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

News | PET Imaging

PET Technology More Effective Than Angiogram at Determining Need for Coronary Stents, Bypass Surgery

December 1, 2022 — A new method for determining whether patients with heart disease need coronary stents or bypass ...

December 01, 2022

Annalise.ai and Nuance announced that the global medical imaging AI company has joined the Nuance Precision Imaging Network (PIN), connecting Annalise.ai workflow orchestration and diagnostic support solutions to over 12,000 healthcare facilities worldwide.

News | Artificial Intelligence

VIDA Launches VIDA Intelligence Portal 2.0 to Accelerate Onboarding of Clinical Trial Sites

December 1, 2022 — VIDA Diagnostics, Inc. (VIDA), the leader in imaging intelligence, has announced the availability of ...

December 01, 2022

Figure 1. Knee joint of a patient showing (A) severe cartilage defects and (B) intact knee joint.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Steroid Injections Worsen Knee Arthritis

November 29, 2022 — Two studies comparing injections commonly used to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis found that ...

November 29, 2022

Figure 3. A 3D map of centrum semiovale (CSO) and basal ganglia (BG) perivascular spaces (PVS) generated from physician-reviewed automated segmentation of PVS using ITK-SNAP software.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Ultra-high-res MRI Reveals Migraine Brain Changes

November 23, 2022 — For the first time, a new study has identified enlarged perivascular spaces in the brains of ...

November 23, 2022

Figure 1. Left: Fetal brain post-intrauterine alcohol exposure in fetus between 25 and 29 gestational weeks. Note the smooth cortex in frontoparietal and temporal lobes. Right: Brain of matched healthy control case in fetus between 25 and 28 gestational weeks. The superior temporal sulcus is already bilaterally formed (red arrows) and appears deeper on the right hemisphere than on the left.

News | Pediatric Imaging

Drinking During Pregnancy Changes Baby’s Brain Structure

November 22, 2022 — A new MRI study revealed that consumption of alcohol even in low to moderate amounts during ...

November 22, 2022

71-year-old woman at high-risk for HCC due to chronic hepatitis B. Patient underwent CEUS using perfluorobutane. (A) Arterial-phase CEUS image (12 seconds after injection) shows 25-mm segment-8 lesion with nonrim hyperenhancement (arrow). (B) CEUS image in portal-venous phase (48 seconds) shows corresponding early washout (arrow). (C) CEUS image in late phase (2 minutes) shows corresponding late and mild washout (arrow). (D) CEUS image in Kupffer phase (15 minutes) shows marked Kupffer defect (arrow). Patie

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

CEUS With Perfluorobutane Diagnoses High-Risk HCC

November 17, 2022 — According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) ...

November 17, 2022

Videos | ASTRO

VIDEO: Randomized Phase III Trial of Hypo Fractionated Whole Breast Irradiation with Concurrent Boost vs. Conventional Whole Breast Irradiation

Dr. Frank A. Vicini, MD, FACR, FASTRO, FABS, who is a radiation oncologist with GenesisCare, discussed his findings from ...

November 09, 2022

News | Radiation Therapy

ViewRay Launches Phase III Pancreatic Cancer Study to Demonstrate Superior Overall Survival for Patients Receiving MRI-guided Ablative Radiation Therapy

November 2, 2022 — ViewRay, Inc. announced the launch of a phase III randomized controlled trial titled "Locally ...

November 02, 2022

First experience of proton Flash therapy in the clinic appears promising for future clinical trials

News | Proton Therapy

Varian and the Cincinnati Children's/University of Cincinnati Medical Center Proton Therapy Center Announce Promising Results from FAST-01, First-in-Human Clinical Trial of Flash Therapy

October 31, 2022 — Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, and the Cincinnati Children's/University of Cincinnati ...

October 31, 2022

News | Prostate Cancer

Metastasis-Directed Radiation Therapy Plus Hormone Therapy Improves Progression-Free Survival for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

October 27, 2022 — Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated that adding ...

October 27, 2022

A honeybee swarm hangs from a tree. CREDIT: Peleg Lab at CU Boulder

News | X-Ray

How Many Bees Can You Fit in an X-ray Machine? That's Not a Joke

October 27, 2022 — Researchers at CU Boulder have, for the first time, used X-ray computed tomography (also known as a ...

October 27, 2022

New Fellows and awardees during the Awards Ceremony at the American Society of Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO) 2022 Annual meeting at the Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center on Tuesday October 25, 2022.

News | Clinical Trials

ASTRO Celebrates Contributions to Radiation Oncology with 2022 Gold Medals and Other Awards

October 26, 2022 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recognized the recipients of its 2022 Gold Medal ...

October 26, 2022