Clinical Trials

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HABLE study prioritizes brain imaging and biomarker research among Mexican Americans.

NIH Augments Large Scale Study of Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers

September 14, 2020 — To meet the pressing need to better understand the prevalence, progression, and clinical impact of ...

September 14, 2020

Six months after deployment, the no-show rate of the predictive model was 15.9%, compared with 19.3% in the preceding 12-month preintervention period — corresponding to a 17.2% improvement from the baseline no-show rate (p < 0.0001). The no-show rates of contactable and noncontactable patients in the group at high risk of appointment no-shows as predicted by the model were 17.5% and 40.3%, respectively (p < 0.0001).

News | Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Helps Cut Down on MRI No-shows

September 10, 2020 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), artificial intelligence (AI) predictive ...

September 10, 2020

UT Dallas study aims to advance thermography for monitoring tumors

News | Breast Imaging

Thermal Imaging Enhances Engineers' Understanding of Breast Tumors

September 9, 2020 — Thermal imaging has been available for decades to detect temperature differences on the skin that ...

September 09, 2020

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), a technology used to treat localized prostate cancer, has shown adequate control of prostate cancer while avoiding major side effects of surgery or radiation therapy, according to a new study in The Journal of Urology, Official Journal of the American Urological Association

News | Prostate Cancer

First U.S. Study Shows Promising Outcomes for High-intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer

September 8, 2020 — Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2015 for prostate tissue ablation, the high ...

September 08, 2020

A researcher holds a flexible X-ray scintillator developed by Professor Biwu Ma and his research team. The team has developed a new material that could be used to make flexible X-ray detectors that are less harmful to the environment and cost less than existing technologies. Photo courtesy of Biwu Ma / Florida State University

News | X-Ray

Researchers Develop new X-ray Detection Technology

September 3, 2020 — Florida State University researchers have developed a new material that could be used to make ...

September 03, 2020

B, Representative computational model shows lung stroma intraorgan structure of XCAT phantom that was developed using anatomically informed mathematic model. Inset shows enlarged view for better visibility of details and small structures. C, Voxelized rendition (ground truth) of XCAT phantom highlights detailed model of lung parenchyma. Inset shows enlarged view for better visibility of details and small structures

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Virtual Imaging Trials Optimize CT, Radiography for COVID-19

August 26, 2020 — An open-access article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) established a foundation for ...

August 26, 2020

Public health screening guidelines for lung cancer followed by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) undercount African Americans, contributing to disparities in lung cancer screening and treatment, according to a study published today in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

News | Lung Imaging

Current Lung Cancer Public Health Screening Guidelines Under Count African Americans

August 19, 2020 — Public health screening guidelines for lung cancer followed by the United States Preventive Services ...

August 19, 2020

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Cancer vs. COVID: When a Pandemic Upended Cancer Care

August 7, 2020 — When COVID-19 struck, health care pivoted hard. Any unnecessary procedures or appointments were ...

August 07, 2020

As part of an international collaboration, researchers from Aarhus University and University of Leicester have succeeded in developing a dynamic 3-D CT scanning method that shows what happens inside the body during simulated heart massage

News | Cardiac Imaging

New CT Scanning Method May Improve Heart Massage

August 7, 2020 — Rapid first aid during cardiac arrest makes the difference between life and death. But what happens to ...

August 07, 2020

Ghost imaging approach could enable detailed movies of the heart with low-dose X-rays

News | X-Ray

Researchers Capture X-ray Images with Unprecedented Speed and Resolution

August 6, 2020 — Researchers have demonstrated a new high-resolution X-ray imaging technique that can capture the motion ...

August 06, 2020

AG Mednet, a technology company streamlining, automating and increasing data quality for clinical trials, announces significant expansion to its Submission Quality and Compliance (SQC) Toolkit. The Judi-based integrated image quality control (QC) product functionality gives core laboratories, CROs and sponsors the most complete and powerful capability to manage site image submissions in record time.

News | Information Technology

AG Mednet Launches Enhanced Clinical Trial Imaging Toolkit and DICOM Editing

July 29, 2020 — AG Mednet, a technology company streamlining, automating and increasing data quality for clinical trials ...

July 29, 2020

Prostate biopsy with cancer probability (blue is low, red is high). This case was originally diagnosed as benign but changed to cancer upon further review. The AI accurately detected cancer in this tricky case. Image courtesy of Ibex Medical Analytics

News | Prostate Cancer

Artificial Intelligence Identifies Prostate Cancer with Near-perfect Accuracy

July 28, 2020 — A study published in The Lancet Digital Health by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh researchers ...

July 28, 2020

(a) A schematic of cycloidal computed tomography (not to scale, seen from top); by adding an array of beam stops in front of the detector, the setup is transformed into an edge-illumination x-ray phase-contrast imaging device. (b) A sinogram sampling grid for a rotation-only scheme. (c) A sinogram sampling grid for a cycloidal scheme. The grids are shown for one mask period and a subset of rotation angles; the combination of empty and filled circles shows the grids that would be achieved through fine latera

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

New CT Scan Method Lowers Radiation Exposure

July 24, 2020 — A computed tomography (CT) scan technique that splits a full X-ray beam into thin beamlets can deliver ...

July 24, 2020

Medical professionals around the world have been feeding lung X-rays into a database since the beginning of the pandemic

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Using Lung X-rays to Diagnose COVID-19

July 22, 2020 — Researchers from the Department of Computer Architecture and Technology at the University of Seville's ...

July 22, 2020

Pioneering study, which included humans, led by Tel Aviv University researchers contradicts widespread conjectures

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

MRI Scans of Mammals Indicate Equal Connectivity

July 21, 2020 — Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Yaniv Assaf of the School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry ...

July 21, 2020

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Study Identifies Missing Piece Needed for Lower-cost, High-quality MRI

July 20, 2020 — Lowering the cost of magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) could revolutionize how doctors diagnose and ...

July 20, 2020

PET/CT imaging showing uptake and retention of 86Y-NM600 (imaging agent) in immunocompetent mice bearing prostate tumors. PET imaging data was employed to estimate tumor dosimetry and prescribe an immunomodulatory 90Y-NM600 (therapy agent) injected activity. Image courtesy of R Hernandez et al., University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI.

News | PET-CT

Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Enhances Prostate Cancer Response to Immunotherapies

July 15, 2020 — Targeted radionuclide therapy has been found to create a favorable tumor microenvironment in prostate ...

July 15, 2020

Representative maximum-intensity projection PET images of a healthy human volunteer injected with 64Cu-NOTA-EB-RGD at 1, 8, and 24 hours after injection. Axial MRI and PET slices of glioblastoma patient injected with 64Cu-NOTA-EB-RGD at different time points after injection. Image courtesy of Jingjing Zhang et al., Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China/ Xiaoyuan Chen et al., Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine, NIBIB/NIH, Bethesda, USA

News | PET Imaging

New PET Radiotracer Proven Safe in Imaging Malignant Brain Tumors

July 15, 2020 — A first-in-human study presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2020 Annual ...

July 15, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted software was used to identify inflammatory tissues in lung and automatically segment inflammatory lesions. Three-dimensional image shows regions of COVID-19 pneumonia in lung through AI postprocessing. Image courtesy of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

CT of Coronavirus Disease Versus CT of Influenza Virus Pneumonia

July 10, 2020 — An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article investigating the differences in computed ...

July 10, 2020

Many patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain unresponsive after surviving critical illness. Investigators led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) now describe a patient with severe COVID-19 who, despite prolonged unresponsiveness and structural brain abnormalities, demonstrated functionally intact brain connections and weeks later he recovered the ability to follow commands

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Functional MRI Provides Encouraging Results in Unresponsive COVID-19 Patient

July 8, 2020 — Many patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain unresponsive after surviving ...

July 08, 2020