ISMRM: What's next for MRI applications for MSK trauma?
SINGAPORE -- The use of MRI for musculoskeletal (MSK) trauma imaging is becoming increasingly viable, according to a presentation delivered May 7 at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Imaging (ISMRM) meeting.
"MRI is underutilized in trauma imaging and often falls short of its potential," said presenter Prof. Benjamin Fritz, MD, of Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. Fritz moderated a session titled "Seeing the Unseen: MRI in Traumatic Musculoskeletal Disease."
X-ray and CT imaging are the go-to exams for trauma, Fritz conceded, but MRI is gaining ground as an effective modality for MSK t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 9, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ISMRM: Consideration of AI ethics in healthcare is of prime importance
SINGAPORE - AI in healthcare has many benefits – not least of which is the potential to mitigate care discrepancies. But it also carries risks, such as the use of data to create AI tools that don't accurately reflect patient diversity.
Mark Schweitzer, MD, vice president of Health Affairs for Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, delivered a lecture May 9 at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting in Singapore titled "Ethical Issues in MRI AI Research." AuntMinnie.com spoke with Schweitzer about the ethics of AI and how he would advise radiology departments to make the best use of th...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 9, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ISMRM: MRI useful in predicting tumor response in breast cancer patients
Integrating MR elastography (MRE) in a routine MRI scanner and combining it with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) could predict complete pathological response at the end of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, according to a presentation at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting.
Researchers led by Aish Sinha, MBBS, from King’s College London in England demonstrated how combining DCE-MRI with MRE achieved high sensitivity and specificity in predicting complete pathological response.
“Quantifying biomechanics throughout chemotherapy via MRE in conjunct...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 9, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ISRMM: MRI useful in predicting tumor response in breast cancer patients
Integrating MR elastography (MRE) in a routine MRI scanner and combining it with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) could predict complete pathological response at the end of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, according to a presentation at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting.
Researchers led by Aish Sinha, MBBS, from King’s College London in England demonstrated how combining DCE-MRI with MRE achieved high sensitivity and specificity in predicting complete pathological response.
“Quantifying biomechanics throughout chemotherapy via MRE in conjunct...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 9, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
Samsung Medison to acquire Sonio
Korea-based Samsung Medison has signed an agreement to acquire French startup and fetal ultrasound AI software developer Sonio.
Sonio will remain an independent company headquartered in France, according to Samsung Medison, and will continue its commercial growth independently while its products and services will remain compatible with all ultrasound device makers. The company's flagship product, Sonio Detect, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for analysis of prenatal ultrasound exams in August 2023.
Established in 2020, Sonio also announced in August 2023 that it had raised $14 million in...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: M&A Source Type: news
ISMRM: Young investigators study white matter hemodynamics, carotid webs, and more
This study addressed unmet need for a cross-vendor, multiparametric technique to facilitate data pooling across sites. Intrascanner repeatability and intervendor reproducibility were evaluated in vivo on five different 3-tesla (3T) systems from four vendors (GE HealthCare, Philips, Siemens Healthineers, and Canon Medical Systems). Fujita and colleagues evaluated a vendor-standardized multiparametric mapping scheme based on 3D-QALAS for whole-brain T1, T2, and proton density (PD) mapping. 3D-QALAS provided T1, T2, and PD with coefficient of variations (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Head and Neck Radiology Neuroradiology ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ISMRM: 11.7 tesla MRI: ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’
SINGAPORE -- Auntminnie.com spoke with ultrahigh-field MRI expert Nicolas Boulant, PhD, of the NeuroSpin research center near Paris, at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting.
Boulant channeled the classic spaghetti Western movie “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” to describe his team’s early clinical experience neuroimaging 20 subjects using ultrahigh field 11.7 tesla MRI – to date, the highest magnetic field MRI used in humans, he said.
“The ‘good’ is simple. We know very well from long experience and theories that as you increase the field strength simply you g...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
Polarean touts recent xenon MRI research
MRI contrast agent developer Polarean is highlighting upcoming poster presentations at the American Thoracic Society’s (ATS) 2024 Respiratory Innovation Summit (RIS) May 17-18 in San Diego.
Nearly 18 months after the company's approval of Xenoview (xenon, Xe-129 hyperpolarized) for oral inhalation during MRI, Polarean's research includes 33 presentations from 10 different sites and multiple categories such as asthma, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, COPD, COVID-19, cystic fibrosis, hematopoietic stem cell transplant, lung cancer resection, radiation-induced lung injury, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and thoracic insuffic...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
11.7 tesla MRI: ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’
SINGAPORE -- Auntminnie.com spoke with ultra-high field MRI expert Nicolas Boulant, PhD, of the NeuroSpin research center near Paris, at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting. Boulant channeled the classic spaghetti Western movie “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” to describe his team’s early clinical experience neuroimaging 20 subjects using ultra-high field 11.7 tesla MRI – to date, the highest magnetic field MRI used in humans, he said.“The ‘good’ is simple. We know very well from long experience and theories that as you increase the field strength simply you get...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
ARRS: Consistent disparities found in radiology residency match
Women and underrepresented minorities have had a higher risk of not matching into diagnostic radiology residency programs than their white counterparts in recent years, according to research presented at the annual American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.
But there are signs of improvement.
“Our data indicate that there is a statistically significant difference in the relative risk of not matching into diagnostic radiology residency among different races and sexes,” wrote Justin Hernandez, MD, of Loma Linda University Medical Center in California. “However, our data also suggests that these disparities are sl...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Erik L. Ridley Tags: Radiology Education Equity & Inclusion Source Type: news
ARRS: Noncontrast fluoroscopy method can image chronic hypertension
A fluoroscopy method incorporating a noncontrast x-ray pulsatility index (XPI) can improve clinical efficiency as a screening or diagnostic test for suspected chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.
In a May 7 online presentation, Matthew Smith, MD, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, described how the fluoroscopic XPI method could be a suitable alternative to pulmonary angiography in evaluating and monitoring pulmonary blood flow.
“Additionally, this easy-to-implement method can be performed by an...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Digital X-Ray Thoracic Imaging Source Type: news
ARRS: How to manage the side effects of radiopharmaceuticals
Three clinical issues that may arise with theranostics treatments will require special provisions, including spot imaging, according to insights shared during the 124th annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) in Boston.
Theranostics treatments are used with increasing frequency now since the approvals and expansions of Lutathera (lutetium-177 [Lu-177]) DOTATATE, a radiopharmaceutical for neuroendrocrine tumors (NETs) and Pluvicto, Lu-177 PSMA-617, for prostate cancer.
Though common but not serious side effects, sialoadenitis (inflammation of the salivary gland) and xerostomia (dry mouth) can occur with...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Patient Safety Radiologic Technologist Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Noncontrast fluoroscopy method can image chronic hypertension
A fluoroscopy method incorporating a noncontrast x-ray pulsatility index (XPI) can improve clinical efficiency as a screening or diagnostic test for suspected chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.
In a May 7 online presentation, Matthew Smith, MD, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, described how the fluoroscopic XPI method could be a suitable alternative to pulmonary angiography in evaluating and monitoring pulmonary blood flow.
“Additionally, this easy-to-implement method can be performed by an...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Digital X-Ray Thoracic Imaging Source Type: news
ISMRM: Combining brain MRI, CT radiomics improves lung cancer prognosis
This study [suggests] that survival prediction can be enhanced by combining features of brain metastasis MRI and lung cancer CT," he concluded. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI Neuroradiology ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
Nanox's USARad achieves Joint Commission reaccreditation
Israel-based Nanox Imaging announced its U.S.-based teleradiology subsidiary USARad earned its sixth ambulatory healthcare accreditation from the Joint Commission.
USARad provides imaging interpretation and database services to radiology practices, hospitals, medical clinics, diagnostic imaging centers, urgent care facilities, and multispecialty physician groups in the U.S. and five additional countries, according to Nanox.
Nanox acquired USARad in November 2021. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
