Senior Editor, Diagnostic Imaging
SNMMI: Can Ultra-Low Dose PET Supplant the Need for CT Attenuation Correction?
June 11th 2024Ultra-low dosing with long axial field-of-view positron emission tomography (PET) scanners facilitates qualitative PET imaging at a more than 50 percent reduction of conventional radiation dosing with PET, according to new research presented at the SNMMI 2024 conference.
SNMMI: AI May Enhance Detection and Risk Assessment for Multiple Cancers on Whole-Body PET/CT Scans
June 10th 2024Deep transfer learning may elevate the capability of whole-body PET/CT scans to diagnose multiple cancers, ranging from breast cancer and lung cancer to melanoma and prostate cancer, according to new research presented at the SNMMI conference.
Could Pluvicto Have a Role in Taxane-Naive mCRPC?: an Interview with Oliver Sartor, MD
June 10th 2024In an interview at the SNMMI 2024 conference, Oliver Sartor, M.D. discussed key findings from new award-winning research evaluating the potential of Pluvicto in treating patients with taxane-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Siemens Healthineers Announces FDA Clearance for New PET/CT System at SNMMI Meeting
June 9th 2024Emphasizing enhanced time-of-flight performance and an energy-efficient design, the Biograph Trinion PET/CT system can reportedly be utilized for a variety of imaging needs, ranging from theranostic applications to neurology imaging.
New SNMMI President Cathy Cutler, PhD Discusses Current Challenges and Goals for Nuclear Medicine
June 9th 2024In a recent interview, Cathy Cutler, Ph.D., shared her perspective on a number of topics affecting nuclear medicine, ranging from isotope availability and reimbursement challenges for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals to increasing patient interest in PET imaging.
SNMMI: Study Finds FAP-Targeted Radioligand Therapy Beneficial for Patients with Advanced Sarcomas
June 8th 2024The use of 90Y-FAPI-46 radioligand therapy resulted in controlled disease progression in nearly half of a 30-person cohort largely comprised of patients with advanced sarcomas, according to new research presented at the 2024 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting.
Nanox Adds AI Applications to Teleradiology Platform for CT Second Opinions
Published: June 7th 2024 | Updated: June 7th 2024Facilitating additional consultation on chest and abdominal CT scans, the Second Opinions teleradiology platform now features FDA-cleared AI tools for cardiac, bone and liver assessments.
Mammography Study Finds No Additional Benefit with DBT in Women With Elevated Breast Cancer Risk
June 7th 2024In a study of asymptomatic women at elevated risk for breast cancer, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) demonstrated equivalent sensitivity to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) for three out of four reviewing radiologists and detected no additional cancers beyond those detected with FFDM.
Radiology Study Shows Nearly 350 Percent Increase of Practices with 100 or More Radiologists
June 6th 2024There was over a 31 percent decline in radiology-only practices and over a 25 percent decrease of practices employing 10-24 radiologists, according to new research examining consolidation trends in radiology from 2014 to 2023.
Can Mammography-Based AI Enhance the Detection of Contralateral Breast Cancer?
June 5th 2024Offering comparable sensitivity to radiologists for detecting contralateral breast cancer on mammography images, an emerging adjunctive AI software may also facilitate earlier diagnosis, according to study findings presented at the at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
Use of Mammography AI Leads to 12 Percent CDR Increase and 20 Percent Decrease in Recall Rate
June 4th 2024In a retrospective study involving nearly 119,000 women, researchers found that implementation of AI into mammography screening increased the positive predictive value by 11 percent, increased small cancer detection by 8.3 percent and reduced reading workload by approximately 33 percent.
Large CT Study Shows Benefits of AI in Predicting CV Risks in Patients Without Obstructive CAD
June 3rd 2024An AI algorithm that incorporates scoring of coronary inflammation based on coronary CT angiography (CCTA) may enhance long-term cardiovascular risk stratification beyond conventional risk factor and imaging assessments, even in patients without obstructive CAD.
CT-Based AI Model May Enhance Prediction of Lung Cancer Recurrence
May 30th 2024An AI model that includes extracted radiomic features from CT scans more than doubled the sensitivity rate for preoperative prediction of lung cancer recurrence in comparison to traditional TNM staging, according to study findings to be presented at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Can Deep Learning Models Improve CT Differentiation of Small Solid Pulmonary Nodules?
May 29th 2024One deep learning model had a 72.4 percent accuracy rate for differentiating between benign and malignant solid pulmonary nodules on non-contrast CT while another deep learning model demonstrated an 87.1 percent AUC for differentiating benign and inflammatory findings.
Researchers Unveil PI-QUAL v2 for Prostate MRI Quality Assessments
May 28th 2024Developed by an extended prostate cancer working group of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR), the updated PI-QUAL scoring system emphasizes a simplified scale of image parameters that applies to prostate MRI scans with and without intravenous contrast use.
Meta-Analysis Assesses Impact of PSMA PET/CT for Staging of Renal Cell Carcinoma
May 24th 2024PSMA PET/CT demonstrated an 83 percent pooled detection rate for primary or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and an 87 percent detection rate for restaging of metastatic or recurrent RCC, according to a nine-study meta-analysis.
CT-Based Fractional Flow Reserve Analysis Improves Five-Year Outcomes After Major Vascular Surgery
May 24th 2024For patients with no history of coronary artery disease (CAD), new research shows the use of CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT) guided revascularizations after elective vascular surgery reduced myocardial infarction and all-cause death by 20 percent in comparison to standard care.
AI-Based Denoising for Neck CT May Facilitate Reductions in Radiation Dosing
May 23rd 2024Image quality, sharpness, and contrast with AI-based denoising were significantly enhanced for neck CT in comparison to conventional CT image reconstruction at 100 percent and 50 percent mAs, according to newly published research.
Abbreviated Breast MRI and Dense Breasts: What Emerging Research Reveals
May 22nd 2024In a study of over 2,000 women with dense breasts and average breast cancer risk, abbreviated MRI (AB-MR) demonstrated an 18.9 per 1000 cancer detection rate (CDR) in baseline exams, and all cancers detected with baseline or subsequent AB/MR exams were stage 0 or 1.