PACS arrives in rural Welsh hospital

Phase 2 studies of the BR55 ultrasound contrast agent reportedly demonstrated a 95 percent accuracy in showing the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) in bowel segments reflecting active inflammation in patients with Crohn’s disease.

In the third episode of a three-part podcast, Anand Narayan, M.D., Ph.D., and Amy Patel, M.D., discuss the challenges of expanded breast cancer screening amid a backdrop of radiologist shortages and ever-increasing volume on radiology worklists.

The PET/CT agent 18F-PSMA-1007 offered the highest surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) out of nine radiotracers at the patient and lesion level for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa), according to a meta-analysis.

In the second episode of a three-part podcast, Anand Narayan, M.D., Ph.D., and Amy Patel, M.D., discuss recent studies published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that suggested moving to more of a risk-adapted model for mammography screening.

Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 28 percent higher progression of total percent atheroma volume (PAV) annually and over a 5 percent higher incidence of high-risk plaque in patients with coronary artery lesions, according to CCTA findings from a new study.

For women with intermediate risk and a personal history of breast cancer, an emerging AI system offered an 81 percent AUC for breast cancer detection, according to new research.