RADIOLOGY NEWS
Hype is over for PET/MRI and it enters new phase, Becker insists
September 29, 2023 -- The hype that has surrounded PET/MRI over recent years has finished and the technique is entering a new phase of its evolution. That's the view of future ESR President Prof. Minerva Becker and her colleague Dr. Valentina Garibotto. Read More
Autopsy in Rome finds no evidence of brain metastases
September 28, 2023 -- The investigation into the work of two senior Italian radiologists looks set to continue after an autopsy on Andrea Purgatori, a well-known crime journalist and screenwriter, has shown there were no brain metastases at the time of death, according to reports in the national media. Read More
Radiologists outperform chest x-ray AI in Danish study
September 28, 2023 -- Radiologists performed better than four commercially available AI algorithms when diagnosing lung diseases on chest x-rays. The next generation of AI tools may become significantly more powerful, but no fully effective systems exist yet, say the investigators from Copenhagen. Read More
Imaging plays central role in tackling immunotherapy complications
September 27, 2023 -- The use of immune-mediated treatment of cancer is leading to dramatic improvements in patient outcome, but it also has new toxicity profiles, making it vital to recognize imaging manifestations of adverse effects, award-winning Spanish researchers have reported. Read More
Rare finding detected on PSMA-PET: A nonprostatic lung tumor
September 27, 2023 -- A group in Australia has described a rare finding during a prostate cancer restaging PET/CT scan -- a pulmonary tumor embolism. Read More
MRI reveals novel clues to symptoms of long COVID
September 26, 2023 -- A detailed new whole-body MRI study has revealed that patients who are hospitalized for COVID are three times more likely to have some abnormalities in multiple organs, particularly the lungs, brain, and kidneys. Researchers think there is a link with the severity of the illness. Read More
Which PET radiotracer tends to work best for prostate cancer imaging?
September 26, 2023 -- Subtle differences in how prostate-specific membrane antigen-PET radiotracers perform in patients prior to Pluvicto treatment may determine which ones become the future tracers of choice, according to a research team in Germany. Read More
Ultrasound comes to the rescue in Swiss caving emergencies
September 25, 2023 -- Authors from Bern University Hospital have described how point-of-care ultrasound plays a central role in rescue operations from potentially serious caving accidents. One incident involved a speleologist who was hit on the pelvis by a boulder at an altitude of 2000 meters. Read More
Low-dose radiation damages DNA in interventional radiologists
September 25, 2023 -- Long-term exposure to low-dose radiation can cause DNA damage to lymphocyte cells in interventional radiologists -- but significantly, these doctors don't seem to be vulnerable to an increased risk of leukemia, researchers in Slovakia have reported. Read More
Katja Pinker gives her latest thoughts on breast AI adoption
September 21, 2023 -- Ahead of the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) annual congress, Dr. Katja Pinker, PhD, from New York and Vienna, spoke with AuntMinnieEurope.com about the challenges of adopting AI in breast imaging. Read More