Dear Advanced Visualization Insider,
Welcome to the first edition of AuntMinnieEurope.com's Advanced Visualization Insider, an email newsletter that will provide regular updates on the latest advanced visualization developments in Europe.
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology takes center stage in our inaugural issue, including coverage of recent research that found CAD significantly improved the sensitivity of pulmonary embolism detection among inexperienced readers. While these gains did come at the cost of a slight increase in false positives, the researchers judged that CAD's value was particularly evident on a patient-based analysis. Editor-in-Chief Philip Ward authored our article, which you can read by clicking here.
False-positives also remain an ongoing issue with mammography CAD, leading readers to occasionally reject true-positive marks. But researchers are exploring new approaches to address this problem, including employing CAD to presort a subset of cases with increased cancer prevalence and applying the software to automatically categorize cases as either definitely normal or obvious cancers. To learn more, click here.
In other Advanced Visualization Digital Community news, a German research team found that mammography CAD can reduce the number of unnecessary stereotactic biopsies of benign microcalcification clusters. And staff writer Rebekah Moan reports on a meta-analysis that determined breast MRI CAD produced an increase in sensitivity for residents, but not for experienced radiologists. You can find that article here.
If you're a fan of the Monster Anatomy iPhone and iPad app, you'll be happy to hear that its developers have released a new upper limb module to complement the existing interactive MR imaging atlas of the lower limbs. Contributing writer John Brosky shares the details here.
Lastly, learn how and why 3D visualization is being taught at the Academy for Medical Training and Simulation in Lucerne, Switzerland, in this article by associate editor Frances Rylands-Monk.
