Dear Digital X-Ray Insider,
Back in the day, gout tended to be associated with only wealthy people who could afford an extravagant diet of rich foods and alcohol, but the disease has now become increasingly common and widespread.
Along with other imaging techniques, digital x-ray plays an important role in the successful management of these cases. To find out more, go to today’s top story.
Interventional radiologists in Turkey have reported success with an emerging minimally invasive procedure called transarterial microembolization, which is being used for treating chronic pain in toe joints due to inflammatory arthritis, gout, or osteoarthritis.
The clinical applications of x-ray feature extensively throughout the ESR’s Modern Radiology eBook. Downloaded more than 301,000 times, the resource is now available in Ukrainian, Romanian, and Hungarian.
In other news, Spanish researchers have described how an AI algorithm used with x-ray can help to detect tuberculosis in children. Pretraining AI models on adult chest x-rays improved performance when the model was refined with pediatric data.
German authors have conducted a head-to-head comparison of three commercially available AI tools for detecting fractures on x-rays. The study has revealed the pros and cons of each model.
These stories are just a small selection of the material we’ve posted over recent weeks in the Digital X-Ray content area. Please check out the full list here.
Philip Ward
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnieEurope.com
