Dear Advanced Visualization Insider,
Digital chest x-rays can be a useful screening test for tuberculosis, but their downside for large screening programs is the cost required to have all of those exams read. Fortunately, computer-aided detection (CAD) software may be able to help.
In a presentation at the recent RSNA meeting in Chicago, a Dutch team shared how the use of CAD as a triage tool may be able to prescreen a significant percentage of cases as normal, therefore avoiding the need for human interpretation. Find out all the details by visiting here.
Coverage of RSNA presentations on mobile devices also figures prominently this month in your Advanced Visualization Digital Community. A research team from Spain found that both the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 can be used by on-call neuroradiologists for evaluating acute stroke. But the iPad's larger screen made the popular Apple tablet the preferred choice. Learn more by clicking here.
The iPad was also judged to be suitable for mobile emergency CT viewing by a study team from the Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust in the U.K. In their study, radiologists reading emergency CT cases on an iPad did not have statistically significantly higher overall error rates compared with radiologists reading on PACS workstations.
In addition, an Italian team found that the iPad 2 could be used to read CT colonography studies. However, interpretations on the device took longer than conventional viewing. For the details, click here.
Other current coverage from RSNA includes articles on how an automated coronary calcium scoring technique could provide value in lung cancer screening, and how lossy image compression can negatively affect CAD software but not 3D volume rendering.
Happy new year from all of us at AuntMinnieEurope.com!
