Clinical Trials

Clinical trials and studies about imaging technology can be found on this channel.

Figure 1. MRI super-resolution reconstruction and atlas-based tissue segmentation. (A, B) Postprocessed MRI super-resolution reconstructions in axial and sagittal planes of a fetus at 26+6 GW. (C, D) Respective manually corrected atlas-based tissue segmentation.

MRI Reveals Altered Brain Structure in Fetuses Exposed to Alcohol

December 1, 2021 — In the first MRI-based study to investigate prenatal alcohol exposure, researchers found significant ...

December 01, 2021

Figure 1. MRI of fetal brain development.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 During Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Baby’s Brain

November 30, 2021 — COVID-19 of mild to moderate severity in pregnant women appears to have no effect on the brain of ...

November 30, 2021

Figure 1. The left image shows the initial CT scan of the brain in a patient on both clopidogrel (Plavix) and aspirin who presented to the Emergency Department with head trauma that did not demonstrate any intracranial hemorrhage. The right image shows a head CT obtained 24 hours later demonstrating a large parenchymal hemorrhage in the right.

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

November 30, 2021 — A three-year study of more than 1,000 patients found that the risk of delayed intracranial ...

November 30, 2021

Figure 1. Stroke seen in a 41-year-old male patient with COVID-19 infection.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Large International Study Reveals Spectrum of COVID-19 Brain Complications

November 29, 2021 — The largest multi-institutional international study to date on brain complications of COVID-19 has ...

November 29, 2021

Figure 1. CWeekly volumes of all CTs and oncologic CTs from January 5, 2020, to November 14, 2020.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Fallout May Lead to More Cancer Deaths

November 24, 2021 — Significant decreases in CT imaging for cancer persisted even after the peak of the COVID-19 ...

November 24, 2021

Figure 1. Significant alterations in the brain’s white matter in adolescents with ASD.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Autism Changes Brain’s White Matter over Time

November 23, 2021 — Researchers at Yale University analyzing specialized MRI exams found significant changes in the ...

November 23, 2021

Figure 1. Radiofrequency ablation electrode is placed into the introducer needle after the placement of the introducer needle. Positioning was verified with imaging.

News | Interventional Radiology

Cooled RFA Relieves Pain after Knee Replacement

November 23, 2021 — A minimally invasive ablation procedure offers long-term relief for patients who experience chronic ...

November 23, 2021

Figure 1. MRI images of the brain, with the default mode network (DMN) highlighted in orange/red. The DMN is active during periods of wakeful rest, when the mind is not focused on a particular task. The green and blue arrows point to areas of the network that are disrupted in adolescent patients with concussions.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Multiple Concussions Can Disrupt Brain Connectivity in Teens

November 22, 2021 — Adolescents and young adults with post-concussive symptoms who suffered three to five concussions ...

November 22, 2021

VIDA Diagnostics Inc. (VIDA) is further removing friction in respiratory clinical trials with the introduction of a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered portal. The cloud-based VIDA Intelligence Portal (VIP) streamlines challenges often associated with imaging in trials such as site onboarding, staff training, image data management, and data quality.

News | Artificial Intelligence

VIDA Streamlines Respiratory Clinical Trials With AI

November 18, 2021 — VIDA Diagnostics Inc. (VIDA) is further removing friction in respiratory clinical trials with the ...

November 18, 2021

Radiation can be a powerful cancer therapy, but it doesn’t work for everyone. A new study identifies tumor features linked with resistance to radiotherapy, an important advance toward developing individualized cancer treatments.

News | Radiation Therapy

Study Identifies Cancer Features That Could Guide Personalized Radiotherapy

November 17, 2021 — Radiation can be a powerful cancer therapy, but it doesn’t work for everyone. A new study identifies ...

November 17, 2021

A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study of nearly 800,000 men found that between 2011 and 2017 black patients were 24% less likely than white patients to have a prostate MRI after receiving an elevated (prostate-specific antigen) PSA score

News | Prostate Cancer

Black Patients 24% Less Likely than White Patients to Have a Prostate MRI After Receiving an Elevated PSA Score

November 16, 2021 — A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study of nearly 800,000 men found that between 2011 ...

November 16, 2021

Breast density scale showing the varying degrees of breast density.

Feature | Breast Density | By Robert L. Bard, M.D. DABR, FASL and Noelle Cutter, Ph.D.

Dense Breast Imaging Detection and Image-guided Oncologic Treatment

Prologue In 2014, Imaging Technology News (ITN) introduced breast cancer survivor-turned-crusader Nancy Cappello, Ph.D ...

November 09, 2021

Scientists from UCL and the European Synchrotron Research Facility (ESRF) used a new revolutionary imaging technology called Hierarchical Phase-Contrast Tomography (HiP-CT), to scan donated human organs, including lungs from a Covid-19 donor.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Brightest Ever X-ray Shows Lung Vessels Altered by COVID-19

November 5, 2021 — The damage caused by Covid-19 to the lungs’ smallest blood vessels has been intricately captured ...

November 05, 2021

FLASH therapy, powered by the use of Varian’s ProBeam, is an experimental treatment modality delivering radiation therapy at ultra-high dose rates, in typically less than one second.

News | Proton Therapy

Varian and the Cincinnati Children's/UC Health Proton Therapy Center Complete Enrollment of FAST-01

November 2, 2021 — Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, and the Cincinnati Children's/UC Health Proton Therapy Center ...

November 02, 2021

Koning begins an FDA screening trial this month for their no-compression, Isotropic, 3-dimensional breast imaging device. The company received FDA PMA approval for commercial, diagnostic use in 2017

News | Breast Imaging

Koning Begins FDA Clinical Screening Trial in Daytona Beach

November 1, 2021 — Koning begins an FDA screening trial this month for their no-compression, Isotropic, 3-dimensional ...

November 01, 2021

In a phase 2 single-institution study, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found that dose-equivalent preoperative radiation therapy for extremity/trunk soft tissue sarcoma delivered in five days rather than over the conventional five weeks produced similar benefits and treatment side effects.

News | Radiation Therapy

Optimizing Preoperative Radiation Therapy in High-risk Sarcoma

October 28, 2021 — In a phase 2 single-institution study, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found ...

October 28, 2021

A new study shows that system-level changes to the way cancer care is delivered can also eliminate Black-white disparities in survival from early-stage lung and breast cancer.

News | Radiation Oncology

Intervention Eliminates Black-white Gaps in Survival from Early-stage Breast and Lung Cancer

October 25, 2021 — A new study shows that system-level changes to the way cancer care is delivered can also eliminate ...

October 25, 2021

Histolix, a leading developer of direct-to-digital read pathology solutions, announced it has launched a groundbreaking clinical trial to prove equivalency of its digital technology to current gold standard pathology testing.

News | Digital Pathology

Histolix Launches Direct-to-Digital Pathology Read Diagnostic Equivalency Clinical Trial

October 18, 2021 — Histolix, a leading developer of direct-to-digital read pathology solutions, announced it has ...

October 18, 2021

Magda El-Shenawee, University of Arkansas breast cancer research

News | Women's Health

NIH Grant Will Further Researcher’s Work Detecting Breast Cancer

October 11, 2021 — Electrical engineering professor Magda El-Shenawee’s effort to develop a more accurate and less ...

October 11, 2021

Scientists have identified two subtypes of metastatic prostate cancer that respond differently to treatment, information that could one day guide physicians in treating patients with the therapies best suited to their disease.

News | Prostate Cancer

Metastatic Prostate Cancer Comes in Two Forms, Which Could Guide Treatment

September 24, 2021 — Scientists have identified two subtypes of metastatic prostate cancer that respond differently to ...

September 24, 2021