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French team reveals new MRI findings on Alzheimer's disease

By Kate Madden Yee

Investigators from the Normandy University's Blood and Brain Institute in Caen have concluded that large white-matter hyperintensity volume identified on brain MRI in people with Alzheimer's disease is linked to poor cognitive function.

August 5, 2021

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected nuclear medicine?

By Philip Ward

The number of scintigraphy studies -- particularly thyroid, cardiac, bone, and lung scans -- fell sharply during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, while PET scans have remained stable, a large-scale European survey has found.

August 4, 2021

Microwave breast imaging shows promise

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Microwave breast imaging may have the potential to be a noninvasive, nonionizing, and painless addition to the breast cancer diagnosis toolbox, according to research published 4 August in Academic Radiology.

August 3, 2021

AI algorithm automates labeling of brain MRI images

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can label more than 100,000 brain MRI exams in less than 30 minutes, enabling the creation of large datasets needed for training deep-learning models, according to research from a top U.K. facility.

August 3, 2021

Spanish group seeks to optimize outcome in stroke cases

By Erik L. Ridley

Researchers from Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona have found that patients with suspected large vessel occlusion stroke can have better long-term outcomes if they are transferred directly to the angiography suite for diagnosis upon admission.

August 3, 2021

First figures released on imaging of Tokyo Olympics

By Philip Ward

Over 200 MRI exams were performed in the polyclinic during the first week of the Tokyo Olympics, and 90% of these scans were for suspected musculoskeletal injuries, chief radiologist Dr. Yukihisa Saida has revealed.

August 2, 2021

Aidence, AstraZeneca collaborate on AI for lung cancer diagnosis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Aidence has announced a strategic collaboration with AstraZeneca that will provide Aidence's artificial intelligence (AI) software to hospitals across Europe for early lung cancer diagnosis through detection and follow-up of incidental pulmonary nodules.

August 1, 2021

Novice readers gain from using two-view DBT for breast lesions

By Amerigo Allegretto

A French team has found that less experienced readers benefit from using two-view digital mammography plus digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to characterize breast lesions. They published their results on 27 July in the European Journal of Radiology.

August 1, 2021

Italian team investigates long-term sequelae in COVID-19 patients

By Kate Madden Yee

Over two-thirds of patients who contract COVID-19 show thickened lung tissue on chest CT exams performed six months later, according to scientists from the Sapienza University of Rome.

August 1, 2021

Fatty liver disease linked to presence of plaque on CCTA

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis on nonenhanced CT is significantly associated with the presence of high-risk plaques on coronary CT angiography (CCTA), as well as future cardiovascular events, according to news from the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

July 29, 2021

Simple measures can make transgender patients feel welcome

By Amerigo Allegretto

Data on breast cancer risk for the transgender community remain limited, but radiologists can do their part to create a welcoming environment to encourage transgender people to attend screening exams, new research has found.

July 28, 2021

Radiology swings into action at Tokyo Olympics

By Philip Ward

Medical imaging is already playing a valuable clinical role in the Tokyo Olympics, and both MRI and ultrasound look set to be essential diagnostic tools right up to the closing ceremony on 8 August.

July 26, 2021

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