Lung Imaging

News and new technology innovations concerning how imaging technology for the lungs. This includes computed tomography (CT), X-ray and ultrasound imaging of the lungs to diagnose and monitor treatment for lung cancer, COPD, pulmonary embolism (PE), pneumonia, tuberculosis and COVID-19 can be found on this channel.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is calling on radiologists nationally to respond to a solicitation for public comment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about lung cancer screening with low dose computed tomography (LDCT).

News | Lung Imaging

ACR Urges Radiologists to Provide Input to CMS Lung Cancer Screening Coverage Analysis

May 20, 2021 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) is calling on radiologists nationally to respond to a ...

May 20, 2021

(A) 70-year-old woman with pulmonary adenocarcinoma who underwent sublobar resection without evidence for pLVI. 15-mm solid nodule with irregular margins present in right lower lobe (arrow). No tumor recurrence on 37-month follow-up. (B) 75-year-old man with pulmonary adenocarcinoma who underwent wedge resection that exhibited pLVI. 19-mm solid nodule with irregular margins and peritumoral interstitial thickening (arrowheads) present in right upper lobe. Ipsilateral mediastinal and hilar lymph node metastas

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

CT Promising for Sublobar Resection in Early-stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

May 18, 2021 — According to an open-access Editor's Choice article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) ...

May 18, 2021

The Radiological Society of North American announced that RSNA21 will be back — live — this November in Chicago

News | RSNA

RSNA Annual Meeting Returns to Chicago in 2021

May 17, 2021 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that 10,378 scientific and educational ...

May 17, 2021

According to the CDC, if you are fully vaccinated you can start doing many things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. Infographic courtesy of the CDC.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

CDC Updates Its Mask Recommendations

May 13, 2021 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a new statement relaxing the ...

May 13, 2021

Estimates of excess deaths, defined as the number of persons who have died from all causes, above the expected number of deaths for a given place and time, can provide a comprehensive account of mortality likely related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including deaths that are both directly and indirectly associated with COVID-19.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

CDC Update on Excess Deaths Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 13, 2021 — Estimates of excess deaths, defined as the number of persons who have died from all causes, above the ...

May 13, 2021

Flywheel Exchange, Inc., a leading bioinformatics platform for cloud-scale data management and collaboration, and Imbio, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for medical imaging analysis, have partnered to accelerate lung disease discovery, diagnosis, and treatment in the Life Sciences.

News | Artificial Intelligence

Flywheel and Imbio Partner to Deliver a Comprehensive Solution for Lung Disease Discovery

May 7, 2021 — Flywheel Exchange, Inc., a leading bioinformatics platform for cloud-scale data management and ...

May 07, 2021

Research finds that a commonly used risk-prediction model for lung cancer does not accurately identify high-risk Black patients who could benefit from early screening

News | Lung Imaging

Calculator That Predicts Risk of Lung Cancer Underperforms in Diverse Populations

May 5, 2021 — Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S. and the leading cause of cancer death, with about ...

May 05, 2021

Despite receiving high radiation doses to their tumors, lung cancer patients treated with technique that spares a large part of the esophagus did not develop severe inflammation of the esophagus

News | Lung Imaging

Sculpting Radiation Beam Spares Lung Cancer Patients from Severe, Disabling Complication

April 30, 2021 — For many patients with localized lung cancer (non-small-cell lung carcinoma and small cell lung ...

April 30, 2021

ACR releases 13 new topics and five revised topics to support referring physicians and other providers in making the most appropriate imaging or treatment decisions

News | Radiology Imaging

American College of Radiology Releases New and Updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria

April 26, 2021 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) released an update to its ACR Appropriateness Criteria (ACR AC) ...

April 26, 2021

Low-dose #CT #lung #scans are used to #screen for #lung_cancer in high-risk people such as heavy #smokers

News | Lung Imaging

Lung Cancer Screening Predicts Risk of Death from Heart Disease

April 17, 2021 — A deep learning algorithm accurately predicts the risk of death from cardiovascular disease using ...

April 16, 2021

A 37-year-old woman developed a new, palpable left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy lump five days after her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the left arm. On the day of vaccination, the patient was asymptomatic. This is an example of how the vaccine can mimic cancer and swollen lymph nodes. Image used with permission of RSNA.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Dave Fornell, Editor

COVID-19 Vaccine Can Cause False Positive Cancer Diagnosis

While the mass COVID-19 vaccination effort over the past four months is bringing closer the light at the end of the ...

May 03, 2021

Axial chest CT examination in a 54-year-old participant. A, On the axial noncontrast chest CT image, the pectoralis muscle (PM) area was segmented and measured in the section above the aortic arch. B, The subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) area as the area between the PM and the skin surface on the same section was also measured and the attenuation of pixels in the SAT area was used to determine the individualized threshold for the intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT). C, The IMAT within the PM was segmented

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Chest CT Illuminates Mortality Risk in People with COPD

April 7, 2021 — Body composition information derived from routine chest computed tomography (CTs) can provide important ...

April 07, 2021

#emphysema #marijuana 2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting research reveals increased rates of emphysema in marijuana smokers, compared to both non-smokers and tobacco-only smokers, as well as greater rates of paraseptal emphysema

News | Lung Imaging

CT Chest Findings in Marijuana Smokers

April 2, 2021 — A Scientific E-Poster to be presented at the 2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting reveals increased rates of ...

April 02, 2021

University of Illinois Chicago researchers are the first to report on the financial conflicts of interest that exist among doctors who review the chest X-rays of coal miners who file workers' compensation claims of totally disabling disease with the U.S. Department of Labor's Federal Black Lung Program.

News | Lung Imaging

Study Reveals Bias Among Doctors Who Classify X-rays for Coal Miner's Black Lung Claims

April 1, 2021 — University of Illinois Chicago researchers are the first to report on the financial conflicts of ...

April 01, 2021

Nines announced the 510(k) FDA clearance for NinesMeasure, an innovative lung nodule measurement tool built with artificial intelligence (AI) that can accelerate diagnoses of certain respiratory diseases.

News | Artificial Intelligence

FDA Clears Nines Lung Nodule Measurement Tool Built with AI

March 30, 2021 — Nines announced the 510(k) FDA clearance for NinesMeasure, an innovative lung nodule measurement tool ...

March 30, 2021

Ultimately, because LYFS-CT may exclude minority patients who could benefit from LCS and underestimate the benefits of LCS, the authors of this AJR article suggested "augmenting LCS eligibility for minority patients using combinations of models"--specifically, the PLCOm2012 model in conjunction with LYFS-CT and USPSTF-2020. Image courtesy of American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

News | Lung Imaging

Risk Prediction to Reduce Minority Disparities in USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines

March 29, 2021 — According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), updated United States Preventive Services ...

March 29, 2021

Samples from the dataset used in this study. (a) X-ray with PA view of a patient with COVID-19; (b) X-ray with AP view of a patient with COVID-19; (c) X-ray of a healthy patient from Dataset A; (d) X-ray of a healthy patient from Dataset B.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

X-rays Combined with AI Offer Fast Diagnostic Tool in Detecting COVID-19

March 29, 2021 — X-rays, first used clinically in the late 1890s, could be a leading-edge diagnostic tool for COVID-19 ...

March 29, 2021

USPSTF-2020 lung cancer screening guidelines — based solely on age, pack-years, and quit-years — perpetuate eligibility disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, although incorporating certain risk prediction models may help reduce such inequalities

News | Lung Imaging

Risk Prediction Models to Reduce Disparities for Minorities in USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines

March 26, 2021 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), updated United States Preventive Services ...

March 26, 2021

Thirona, an artificial intelligence (AI) software company specialising in medical image analysis, developed an AI algorithm that revolutionizes cystic fibrosis (CF) care. The new algorithm, coined PRAGMA-AI, allows for fast, automated analysis of CT scans of patients with CF to detect and quantify lung abnormalities related to CF

News | Artificial Intelligence

Thirona Launches AI Software for Cystic Fibrosis

March 24, 2021 — Thirona, an artificial intelligence (AI) software company specialising in medical image analysis ...

March 24, 2021

STS—in collaboration with the GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer and the American College of Radiology—formally requested that CMS update its coverage policies to reflect the new USPSTF lung cancer screening guidelines.

News | Lung Imaging

Physician and Patient Groups Call On CMS to Update Medicare Lung Cancer Screening Coverage

March 18, 2021 — Medicare lung cancer screening coverage should be updated to reflect new U.S. Preventive Services Task ...

March 18, 2021