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Revealed: How SuperAgers' minds remain so agile and alert
July 18, 2023 -- MRI shows that so-called SuperAgers -- people in their 80s who have the memory function of much younger individuals -- have more gray matter in brain regions linked to memory function than their peers, Spanish scientists have highlighted. Read More

Team Turku evaluates how male orgasms activate opioid system
July 18, 2023 -- The use of PET and functional MR imaging can help improve treatments for men with sexual disorders by boosting our understanding of how orgasms activate the brain's opioid system, investigators from Finland have found. Read More

Konstantin Nikolaou sets out key priorities as DRG president
July 17, 2023 -- Prof. Dr. Konstantin Nikolaou has given his first major interview as president of the German Roentgen Society (Deutsche Roentgengesellschaft, DRG). Raising the visibility of radiology will be one of his central goals, along with improving training and education. Read More

Is PSMA PET/CT cost-effective for primary staging?
July 17, 2023 -- PET/CT scans in patients with prostate cancer may increase costs in both Europe and the U.S., yet these costs may be reasonably low compared to the potential expenses of an inaccurate diagnosis, a recent study has found. Read More

German group presents results on photon-counting CT use in lung
July 14, 2023 -- Photon-counting CT helps clinicians evaluate lung structure and function more effectively than standard CT, according to research from Hannover Medical School published on 11 July in Radiology. Read More

AI specialists strive to minimize cybersecurity risks
July 13, 2023 -- Radiology AI projects are complex and not risk-free, especially in terms of cybersecurity threats, Irish and U.S. experts have emphasized. To simplify the process, they have outlined how to improve security through better detection and preventative techniques. Read More

French focus on sexual function in cases of enlarged prostate
July 12, 2023 -- Minimally invasive prostate artery embolization provides significant benefits over combined blood pressure medications in patients with enlarged prostate, investigators from Paris have reported. Read More

Irish team presents 8 years of data on value of mammography
July 11, 2023 -- Researchers from the Beaumont Hospital in Dublin have asserted that patients under the age of 45 who present to the symptomatic clinic with a normal breast exam should not undergo imaging, but the group recommends all women with a normal clinical exam should receive a risk assessment. Read More

Synthetic CT images as good as real ones for visualizing CF
July 11, 2023 -- Synthetic CT images show almost perfect concordance with real ones for visualizing cystic fibrosis (CF)-related lung changes -- and have even better image quality than ultrashort echo time lung MRI. That's the key finding of new research from France. Read More

Can ChatGPT support diagnostic imaging decisions?
July 10, 2023 -- A proof-of-concept study suggests that ChatGPT-4 can generate relevant differential diagnoses for specific imaging patterns, a research group from the University of Cologne in Germany has reported. Read More

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