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Comparing annual emergency department encounters that involved a head CT in 2007 and 2022, researchers noted a 51 percent increase and also found significant disparities in access to head CTs for Black patients, those on Medicaid and patients in rural hospital settings.

For T3-T4 rectal cancer staging, a new study showed that optimal photon-counting CT offered an AUC range between 80 and 86 percent in comparison to an AUC range between 78 and 88 percent for rectal MRI.

The launch of the AVI imaging platform reportedly facilitates direct integration into PACS and RS systems, and automated access to adjunctive CT-based AI applications for a variety of conditions including pulmonary embolism, intracranial hemorrhage and large vessel occlusion

Offering a “safety net” in emergency and inpatient settings, the Chest CT software reportedly provides enhanced triage capabilities and adjunctive detection of 167 radiological features.

New research shows that incorporating the CT vascular sign into assessments of pulmonary nodules led to significant increases in specificity and accuracy as well as reduced false positive rates for differentiating between malignant and benign solid pulmonary nodules.

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For patients with esophageal cancer, preoperative MRI demonstrated an average AUC above 94 percent for detecting tracheal invasion in contrast to an AUC range between 52.9 and 70.6 percent for CT, according to a recently published study.

New research on photon-counting computed tomography in 2025 reveals increasing capabilities of the technology to enhance CT visualization and characterization with significant reductions in radiation dosing in cardiovascular imaging, abdominal imaging and other diagnostic applications.

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In a review of nearly 1,300 emergency referrals for computed tomography (CT) scans, approximately 28 percent were deemed to have adequate requisition quality according to a RI-RADS analysis.

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The AI-enabled LungQ® 4 software reportedly offers enhanced segmentation of peripheral airways and estimates of chronic perfusion deficits based on analysis of chest CT scans.

A deep learning AI platform, which incorporated radiomic features including CT attenuation metrics, demonstrated a 93.6 percent AUC for detecting invasive adenocarcinoma on chest CT.

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Based on survey findings and subsequent voting from radiologists at nine facilities, the Society of Abdominal Radiology has issued new consensus recommendations on the use of adult abdominal photon-counting CT.

Researchers found comparable 10-year overall survival rates for people who had computed tomography (CT) surveillance (94.7 percent) and those who had surgery for ground-glass nodules (97.6 percent), according to a new prospective study involving over 680 participants.

The Planmed XFI full-body weightbearing cone-beam CT scanner reportedly enables upright and supine patient positioning.

Providing adjunctive AI detection for multiple conditions on CT through a single workflow, the multi-triage platform would be available through Aidoc’s aiOS platform.

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In a recent interview, Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., discussed new research examining cumulative radiation exposure from imaging, its potential impact on the development of hematologic cancers in children, and keys to judicious imaging and radiation dosing.

New research suggests the combination of multiparametric dual-energy CT and deep learning image reconstruction for liver metastases detection enables a 45 percent reduction in radiation dosing.

Facilitating increased efficiency in radiation therapy planning, the new Rembra RT and Areta RT computed tomography platforms reportedly offer 4D CT capabilities and image reconstruction speeds up to 106 images per second.