UltraCon: Can standardized training improve eFAST learning?
AUSTIN, TX -- A standardized training curricula can be well-received by emergency faculty who are learning extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma (eFAST), a study presented at UltraCon found.
In her presentation, Jacqueline Gomberg, MD, from NYU Langone Health/Bellevue in New York showed that emergency medical staff expressed more positive attitudes toward performing eFAST exams after participating in training that takes less than two hours to attend.
“Our eFAST course was really well received,” Gomberg said. “Everyone … said that the session was very helpful and that it was likely to change their ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Source Type: news
ScanLabMR launches new MRI training cohorts
Imaging simulation software company ScanLabMR has launched two new individual training cohorts to help MRI students and technologists improve their scanning skills.
Previously, ScanLabMR’s individual learning programs were entirely self-guided, the company said. Students in the new cohorts – named ScanLabMR Only and ScanLabMR + ImagingU – will have instructor support and additional tools, the company said.
The next start date for both cohorts is May 1, with applications due by April 19. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
MEG reveals how the brain processes face-like images
A brain imaging technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG) has identified a neural network that plays a key role in face pareidolia – a tendency to see faces in nonface images, according to neuroscientists in Germany.
The finding provides a framework for further research in patients with mental and neurological conditions, such as autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and Parkinson’s disease, noted study lead Marina Pavlova, PhD, of Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.
“Gaining knowledge about the specific patterns of possible alterations in brain communication in these patient populations will provide un...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: MRI Advanced Visualization Source Type: news
PET/MRI detects brain injury in pediatric cancer survivors
PET/MRI could be a tool for diagnosing brain injury in young cancer survivors due to high-dose methotrexate treatment, according to pediatric radiologists at Stanford University in Stanford, CA.
In a pilot study in 10 children and young adults, F-18 FDG-PET/MRI detected brain injury based on reductions in glucose metabolism and blood flow in specific brain areas. The imaging findings could facilitate earlier treatments in these patients, noted lead author Lucia Baratto, MD, and colleagues.
“Using F-18 FDG-PET/MRI for assessing the cerebral impact of methotrexate therapy in pediatric cancer survivors holds the potential...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
UCSD receives $6.7M for immune cell imaging studies
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have received two grants totaling $6.7 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop technology to image macrophages in tumors.
Called TAM-Sense, the technology works by feeding macrophages tiny drops of a dye that can be detected by MRI, UCSD said. A team led by Eric Ahrens, PhD, will test the technology in patients with recurrent head and neck tumors in a phase I trial, as well as adapt the technology to be used along with PET to enable whole-body imaging.
Macrophages are involved in the body’s normal inflammatory responses but also make up a s...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Novartis to file for Pluvicto label expansion
Novartis said it will file for a label expansion with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later this year to expand the use of its Pluvicto radiopharmaceutical drug to patients with earlier cases of prostate cancer.
Currently, Pluvictro (lutetium-177 [Lu-177] prostate-specific membrane antigen [PSMA]-617) is indicated in adult patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have previously received other anticancer therapies. The new filing follows additional data from the phase III PSMAfore study that demonstrates favorable overall survival (OS)...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
UltraCon: How reliable is POCUS for pancreatic imaging?
AUSTIN, TX – Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) isn’t typically used for imaging the pancreas, but perhaps that should change, according to a presentation given April 7 at UltraCon.
In her talk, Alice Lee, MD, from Stanford University in California highlighted findings on how POCUS can be a reliable tool for pancreatic imaging, whether performed by experienced or novice sonographers.
“One of the big implications of pancreatic POCUS is the way that we put imaging in the hands of a provider who’s really managing the patient, whether it’s the gastroenterologist or the primary care physician,” Lee said.
Alice Lee,...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 7, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Gastrointestinal Radiology Source Type: news
UltraCon: Hands-on training promotes student confidence in ultrasound
AUSTIN, TX -- Hands-on training that works better with medical students' schedules can improve practical skills and foster mentorship for promoting ultrasound use, according to research presented April 7 at UltraCon.
In his talk, Ernest Fonocho, MD, from the University of Texas Health McGovern Medical School in Houston presented findings indicating that a three-day curriculum with smaller class sizes improved image acquisition skills for students in several areas of the body.
“We think organizing these workshops is really good for medical students,” Fonocho said. “It sparks their interest in radiology and helps the...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 7, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Radiology Education Ultrasound Source Type: news
Clinical value of some knee and hip MRIs questioned
While MRI-detected biomarkers may serve a beneficial role for people with hip and knee pain, the modality's clinical utility may be limited in patients over the age of 45 in patients with advanced osteoarthritis, according to an article published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR).
After performing a systematic review and meta-analysis of current literature to assess the clinical utility of MRI in this patient population, NYU Langone Health researchers found several knee structural lesions on MRI that represented potential imaging biomarkers. However, they also found that identifying meniscal tears on MRI like...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Musculoskeletal Radiology MRI Source Type: news
Northwestern, Dell develop LLM for chest x-ray interpretation
Dell Technologies and Northwestern Medicine are collaborating on a generative multimodal large language model (LLM) for the interpretation of chest x-rays.
Working with Dell's AI Innovation Lab, Northwestern Medicine has designed and tested workflow software prior to deploying them into their own IT environment where they achieved the multimodal LLM that produced draft x-ray reports to aid in physician decision-making, Dell said.
The research and development team within Northwestern Medicine Information Services is led by Mozziyar Etemadi, MD, PhD, medical director of Northwestern Medicine Advanced Technologies, accordin...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Chest Radiology Industry News Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Shimadzu acquires California X-ray Imaging Services
Shimadzu Medical Systems USA has acquired one of its distributors, Vacaville-based California X-ray Imaging Services (CIS).
Since 1992, CIS's focus has been throughout northern California and northern Nevada. The acquisition allows Long Beach-based Shimadzu an opportunity to enhance customer relationships in the region and the future growth of Shimadzu, according to the vendor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Service M&A Source Type: news
Dartmouth event bats around promise, shortcomings of AI in healthcare
Dartmouth's Center for Precision Health and Artificial Intelligence held its first symposium April 3 featuring leaders from radiology, pathology, and more.
A keynote delivered by Curtis Langlotz, MD, PhD, professor of radiology, medicine, and biomedical data science at Stanford University, summarized that AI algorithms can assist radiologists at every step of the imaging process.
"There are aids that can provide inputs to help decide which imaging tests to order; programs to enhance image quality, making it possible to reduce radiation doses used in imaging; tools that instantaneously detect imaging problems to ensure t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Practice Management Imaging Informatics Industry News Source Type: news
CDL Nuclear Technologies launches mobile cardiac PET/CT trailer
CDL Nuclear Technologies has launched a mobile cardiac PET/CT trailer, the company announced.
The mobile cardiac PET/CT trailer is designed for healthcare facilities that do not have on-site advanced cardiovascular imaging capabilities, have limited access to innovative imaging tools, or are looking to expand their cardiovascular service line offerings at a lower cost, according to CDL.
The company said the new trailer complements its other services, which include PET/CT buildouts and on-demand daily use rubidium-82 radioisotope services. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Product News Molecular Imaging Industry News Source Type: news
Is your equipment helping or hurting patient communication?
Brian Bradfield.With existing scheduling backlogs, radiology technologists are feeling the pressure to move fast. While patient volumes have swelled, staffing challenges have left a less-than-optimal workforce with a bigger workload. A critical element of care can suffer on account of this pressure: patient communication.
Effective patient communication is already a topic of concern in radiology. While there's a case for providing more training opportunities to support good patient communication, there's also a conversation to have about how the equipment used by a facility can impact patient communication and, ultimately...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Brian Bradfield Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Bone health appears normal in transgender youth on hormone therapy
Bone mineral density (BMD) is only slightly below the normal average among transgender youth undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado in Aurora.
A team of pediatricians analyzed results from dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans in a group of transgender youth who participated in a trial at Children's Hospital Colorado between 2016 and 2018 to evaluate insulin sensitivity and body composition. The finding may be reassuring for youths undergoing gender-affirming care, noted lead author and medical student Micaela Roy.
“Total body BMD Z-scores ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
