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.

$Images show airway metrics. (A) Noncontrast-enhanced axial view chest CT image shows cross sections of segmental airways. (B) Inset shows segmented airway wall (green) and airway lumen (pink). (C) Segmented airway tree with color-coded branches. The resulting total airway count (TAC) and airway fractal dimension (AFD) are shown in C. Image courtesy of RSNA$
Smaller Lung Airways May Increase COPD Risk in Women
August 3, 2022 — Structural differences in lung airways between men and women may be the cause of differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence and outcomes between the sexes…
American Lung Association Addresses Awareness on World Lung Cancer Day
August 1, 2022 — In recognition of World Lung Cancer Day, the American Lung Association announced new patient resources and a lung cancer trends brief to further advance support for lung cancer…
MRI Finds Lung Abnormalities in Non-hospitalized Long COVID Patients
May 24, 2022 — A special type of MRI found lung abnormalities in patients who had previously had COVID-19, even those who had not been hospitalized with the illness, according to a new study published in the journal …
Scientists Use Machine Learning Models to Help Identify Long COVID Patients
Clinical scientists used machine learning (ML) models to explore de-identified electronic health record (EHR) data in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), a National…
Aidoc Expands AI Service to X-ray, Receiving FDA 510(k) Clearance for Pneumothorax
March 31, 2022 — Aidoc, a leading provider of healthcare AI solutions, announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its triage and notification of…

Research has potential to address significant unmet need, identify biomarkers that determine response to treatment

News | Lung Imaging

Mount Sinai Awarded Three-Year Grant to Explore Therapeutic Approaches to KRAS Mutant Lung Tumors

August 10, 2022 — Mount Sinai is leading a team of lung cancer researchers that has been awarded a three-year, $500,000 ...

August 10, 2022

Dr. Milena Cavic, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia

News | Lung Imaging

IASLC Early Detection and Screening Committee to Report on Global Obstacles to Lung Cancer Screening

August 8, 2022 — Representatives from the Diagnostics Working Group of the IASLC Early Detection and Screening Committee ...

August 08, 2022

News | Lung Imaging

New Recommendations Aim to Ease Patient Access to Lung Cancer Clinical Trials

August 8, 2022 — A clinical trial is only as powerful as its participants. For years, researchers have struggled to fill ...

August 08, 2022

$Images show airway metrics. (A) Noncontrast-enhanced axial view chest CT image shows cross sections of segmental airways. (B) Inset shows segmented airway wall (green) and airway lumen (pink). (C) Segmented airway tree with color-coded branches. The resulting total airway count (TAC) and airway fractal dimension (AFD) are shown in C.$

News | Lung Imaging

Smaller Lung Airways May Increase COPD Risk in Women

August 3, 2022 — Structural differences in lung airways between men and women may be the cause of differences in chronic ...

August 03, 2022

Ochsner Health has announced that the recipient of the 37th Annual Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease is Claudia Henschke, Ph.D., M.D. Director, Early Lung and Cardiac Action Program (ELCAP) and Professor of Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y.

News | Lung Imaging

Professor of Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine Receives the 37th Annual Alton Ochsner Award

August 2, 2022 — Ochsner Health has announced that the recipient of the 37th Annual Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking ...

August 02, 2022

The American Lung Association created LUNG FORCE, a national movement to defeat lung cancer, the leading cancer killer of women and men.

Feature | Lung Imaging

American Lung Association Addresses Awareness on World Lung Cancer Day

August 1, 2022 — In recognition of World Lung Cancer Day, the American Lung Association announced new patient resources ...

August 01, 2022

KA Imaging, a company that develops innovative X-ray imaging solutions, announced the initial results from a study examining the diagnostic value of single-exposure dual-energy subtraction radiography in lung lesion detection

News | Lung Imaging

KA Imaging’s Reveal 35C Images Shown to Increase Lung Lesion Visibility

July 13, 2022 — KA Imaging, a company that develops innovative X-ray imaging solutions, announced the initial results ...

July 13, 2022

Enabling lung cancer screening with iBiopsy AI-based software as medical device

News | ECR

Median Technologies to Participate in the 2022 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) on iBiopsy

July 12, 2022 — Median Technologies (ALMDT) announced that the company will be participating in the 2022 European ...

July 12, 2022

Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world, with 2.2 million new cases and around 1.8 million deaths in 2020 alone

News | Lung Imaging

Lung Cancer: When Radiotherapy Fails

July 6, 2022 — Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world, with 2.2 million new cases and around 1.8 million ...

July 06, 2022

A grant from the National Cancer Institute will build on Penn’s pioneering role in the use of intraoperative imaging technology that makes it easier and safer to remove tumors on or in the lungs

News | Lung Imaging

Penn Medicine Awarded $9 million to Advance Study of Technology That Lights Up Lung Cancer Tumors

June 29, 2022 — Building on Penn Medicine’s years of research and use of imaging technology that illuminates tumor ...

June 29, 2022

The authors used a questionnaire to collect in three rural districts data on symptoms and clinical characteristics after COVID-19, with the focus on symptoms after 12 weeks.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Effects of Long COVID

June 27, 2022 — Three articles and an accompanying editorial provide information on the effects of Long COVID in the ...

June 28, 2022

William van Kampen, Xoran Chief Technology Officer and principal investigator on the project.

News | Lung Imaging

Xoran Technologies Starts Work on Phase 2 of Mobile Lung CT NIH Grant

June 24, 2022 — Xoran Technologies announced they have begun work on Phase 2 of their mobile lung grant with the goal to ...

June 24, 2022

After less than two years of data collection and processing, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has successfully delivered over 30,000 de-identified imaging exams to the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC), an open-access platform which publishes data to be used for research.

News | Radiology Imaging

RSNA MIDRC Data Contribution Hits 30,000

June 21, 2022 — After less than two years of data collection and processing, the Radiological Society of North America ...

June 21, 2022

Platform displayed within additional image series to interpreting radiologist

News | Artificial Intelligence

AI Saves One Hour of Daily Chest CT Interpretation Time in Prospective Randomized Study

June 14, 2022 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), incorporating AI support into clinical ...

June 14, 2022

The radiology online learning platform from DetectedX has shown a 34% improvement in the accuracy of diagnosing difficult cases

News | Breast Imaging

DetectedX Selected by BreastCheck to Provide On-Demand, Web-Based Educational Services

June 9, 2022 — DetectedX announced that it has been selected by the National Breast Screening Programme in Ireland ...

June 09, 2022

CMDR Series and Impact System Now Available with qXR by Qure.ai

News | Digital Radiography (DR)

AI Software Included on Portable Digital Radiography Systems from MinXray

June 8, 2022 — MinXray continues to enhance the diagnostic capabilities of its digital radiography systems with the ...

June 08, 2022

According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), evaluating chest CT findings offers an additional approach for demonstrating the efficacy of different COVID-19 vaccines in reducing the impact of a COVID-19 diagnosis.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Vaccine Impact on Chest CT of Pneumonia in Symptomatic Patients

June 1, 2022 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), evaluating chest CT findings offers an ...

June 01, 2022

Researchers in Spain conducted a study to compare the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasounds (LUS) performed in the primary care setting to chest X-rays (CXR) performed by a radiologist when diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

News | Ultrasound Imaging

Lung Ultrasounds in the Primary Care Setting Could Save Time in the Diagnosis of Community-acquired Pneumonia

May 25, 2022 — Researchers in Spain conducted a study to compare the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasounds (LUS) ...

May 25, 2022

Example CT, proton, proton and RBC:TP imaging from post-Covid-19 condition participants.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

MRI Finds Lung Abnormalities in Non-hospitalized Long COVID Patients

May 24, 2022 — A special type of MRI found lung abnormalities in patients who had previously had COVID-19, even those ...

May 24, 2022

Fully and partially vaccinated patients were at significantly lower risk of requiring supplemental oxygen or ICU admission

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Study Finds COVID-19 Less Severe in Fully Vaccinated

May 23, 2022 — The clinical and imaging characteristics of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated patients ...

May 23, 2022