An example of white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) on a FLAIR MRI scan in an older adult. FLAIR MRI is a technique that is particularly good at detecting fluid in the brain. It helps researchers see areas of the brain that might be damaged by making the cerebrospinal fluid appear dark while the surrounding tissue remains…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (MPI-NAT) have succeeded in visualizing the movement patterns of the internal speech muscles of a stuttering patient using real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The method helps to improve our understanding of the mechanical aspects of…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New insights from the AI-ENCODE study showed artificial intelligence (AI) successfully allowed the automated extraction of key functional and physiological data from routine angiograms. The results were presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2024 Scientific Sessions. Coronary angiography is a widely used diagnostic procedure for identifying coronary…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Four proposed state-of-the art image search engines for automating search and retrieval of digital histopathology slides were found to be of inadequate performance for routine clinical care, new research suggests. The performance of the artificial intelligence algorithms to power the histopathology image databases was worse than expected, with some having less…
Rates of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) screening for osteoporosis are lower than expected for Asian American Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study published in Skeletal Radiology. Soterios Gyftopoulos, M.D., from New York University Langone Health in New York City, and colleagues assessed osteoporosis screening utilization rates among Asian American populations. The analysis included 80,439 Medicare…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a paper titled, “Multimodal MRI reveals brainstem connections that sustain wakefulness in human consciousness,” published in Science Translational Medicine, a group of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, created a connectivity map of a brain network that they propose is critical to human consciousness. The study involved…
All women should start getting mammograms every other year beginning at age 40, the nation’s top panel of preventive health experts announced Tuesday. About 20% more lives can be saved from breast cancer by moving the regular screening age up to age 40, rather than starting at age 50, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force…
Axial chest CT scans at (A) visit one and (B) visit two at the level of the takeoff of the right middle bronchus of a participant with 1.2 annual percentage quantitative interstitial abnormality progression. The female participant was 62 years old at visit one and 67 years old at visit two and a current smoker…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Use of publicly available large language models (LLMs) resulted in changes in breast imaging reports classification that could have a negative effect on patient management, according to a new international study published in the journal Radiology. The study findings underscore the need to regulate these LLMs in scenarios that require high-level…
Study design and brief results of this study. Credit: Science China Press In a 3-stage study, three cohorts were used for diagnostic performance, and prognostic performance evaluation for this fully automated, one-click, on-site CT-FFR technique. The study was led by Professors Long Jiang Zhang and Guang Ming Lu (Department of Radiology, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital…