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.

Newly released study results present a strong case for lung cancer screening in New Zealand — particularly for Māori whose mortality rates are between three and four times higher than other ethnic groups.

News | Lung Imaging

Lung Cancer Screening a Step Closer to Reality Following Combined Study

September 30, 2020 — Newly released study results present a strong case for lung cancer screening in New Zealand — ...

September 30, 2020

Lung and respiratory health pioneer paves way for more precise care of complex respiratory conditions

News | Artificial Intelligence

VIDA Receives FDA Clearance for Deep Learning-based Enhancements to LungPrint Solution

September 25, 2020 — VIDA Diagnostics, Inc. announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug ...

September 25, 2020

Philips Azurion Lung Edition supports high precision diagnosis and minimally invasive therapy in one room

News | Lung Imaging

Faster Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment with Advanced 3-D Imaging Platform from Philips

September 21, 2020 — Philips introduced Azurion Lung Edition, an advanced 3-D imaging and navigation platform to ...

September 21, 2020

Diagnosing respiratory illness associated with vaping has always been challenging. Adding the spread of COVID-19 and the many similarities in symptoms makes it even more difficult.

News | Lung Imaging

Study Finds Vaping Injuries More Difficult to Diagnose During Pandemic

September 1, 2020 — Diagnosing respiratory illness associated with vaping has always been challenging. Adding the spread ...

September 01, 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

Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women, and more advanced disease once cancer is diagnosed, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.

News | Lung Imaging

Smoking Linked to Lower Use of Cancer Screening Services by Women

August 14, 2020 — Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women, and more advanced ...

August 14, 2020

InferRead Lung CT.AI is designed to support concurrent reading and is designed to aid radiologists in pulmonary nodule detection during the review of chest computed tomography (CT) scans, increasing accuracy and efficiency.

News | Lung Imaging

Infervision Receives FDA Clearance for the InferRead Lung CT.AI Product

August 4, 2020 — Infervision received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(K) clearance of the InferRead Lung CT ...

August 04, 2020

Videos | Artificial Intelligence

VIDEO: FDA Cleared Artificial Intelligence for Immediate Results of Head CT Scans

Pooja Rao, Ph.D., co-founder of Qure.AI and head of research and development for the company, explains how the company's ...

July 31, 2020

A World Health Organization (WHO) rapid advice guide on the use of chest imaging in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 was published in the journal Radiology.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Radiology Publishes WHO Rapid Advice Guide on Chest Imaging for COVID-19

July 30, 2020 — A World Health Organization (WHO) rapid advice guide on the use of chest imaging in the diagnosis and ...

July 30, 2020

A and B, Lung ultrasound images obtained with convex (A) and linear (B) probes. Multiple confluent B-lines (arrows), patchy pulmonary consolidation (asterisk, B), and thickened pleural line (between arrowheads, A) are visualized. C, Chest CT image shows reticular and interlobular septal thickening and patchy, focal opacities associated with architectural distortion. This patient was classified in critical group and was assigned to severe group for statistical analysis.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Lung Ultrasound Shows Duration, Severity of Coronavirus Disease

July 23, 2020 — According to an open-access article published in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), lung ...

July 23, 2020

"Our study demonstrates that a real-world lung cancer screening can perform similar to randomized controlled trials in regard to important performance metrics," the UPenn authors of this AJR article concluded. Image courtesy of American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

News | Lung Imaging

Improving Lung Cancer CT Screening Performance in Real-world Settings

July 17, 2020 — An online first accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) finds ...

July 17, 2020

Breathe Easy Bus from CHI Memorial in Chattanooga, TN. Image courtesy of CHI Memorial in Chattanooga, TN

News | Lung Imaging

Lung Screening Bus Brings Healthcare to Patients

June 15, 2020 — A mobile platform for lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) can be developed with ...

July 15, 2020

A lung CT of a COVID-19 patient, showing ground-glass opacities in the lung from COVID pneumonia. Image courtesy of John Kim.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Free Web-based Lung and COVID-19 Imaging Data Management System Offered by PenRad

July 9, 2020 — With increased lung CT exam paradigms being used in the current COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, and an ...

July 09, 2020

Feature | Mobile C-Arms | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Mobile C-arms Market Update

Moblie C-arms have seen several advances over the past decade, moving toward digital flat panel detectors, improved ...

July 08, 2020

Changes outlined in new draft U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening recommendations will greatly increase the number of Americans eligible for screening and help medical providers save thousands more lives each year.

News | Lung Imaging

Updated USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines

July 8, 2020 — Changes outlined in new draft U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening ...

July 08, 2020

Thoracic findings in a 15-year-old girl with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). (a) Chest radiograph on admission shows mild perihilar bronchial wall cuffing. (b) Chest radiograph on the third day of admission demonstrates extensive airspace opacification with a mid and lower zone predominance. (c, d) Contrast-enhanced axial CT chest of the thorax at day 3 shows areas of ground-glass opacification (GGO) and dense airspace consolidation with air bronchograms. (c) This conformed to a mosai

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

New Study Looks at Post-COVID-19 Emerging Disease in Children

June 26, 2020 — In recent weeks, a multisystem hyperinflammatory condition has emerged in children in association with ...

June 26, 2020

Researchers from five infectious disease hospitals across four districts in Guangzhou, China found that the less pulmonary consolidation on chest CT, the greater the possibility of negative initial reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results for 21 patients (nine men, 12 women; age range, 26–90 years)

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Chest CT Can Distinguish Negative From Positive Lab Results for COVID-19

June 18, 2020 — An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article exploring the diagnostic value of chest ...

June 18, 2020

According to a recent report by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, artificial intelligence (AI) should be used to expand the role of chest X-ray imaging — using computed tomography, or CT — in diagnosing and assessing coronavirus infection so that it can be more than just a means of screening for signs of COVID-19 in a patient's lungs.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

AI Can Improve How Chest Images Are Used in Care of COVID-19 Patients

June 4, 2020 — According to a recent report by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, artificial intelligence (AI) should ...

June 04, 2020

Largest case series (n=30) to date yields high frequency (77%) of negative chest CT findings among pediatric patients (10 months-18 years) with COVID-19, while also suggesting common findings in subset of children with positive CT findings

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

CT Findings of Coronavirus in Children Often Negative

May 29, 2020 — An investigation published open-access in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) revealed a high ...

May 29, 2020

This is an artificial intelligence (AI) application from Lunit that automatically detects a collapsed lung (pneumothorax) on a Fujifilm mobile DR X-ray system. The AI automaticially scans all images as they are captured to determine if there is a critical finding and if so, immediately alerts the RT so it can be listed as a STAT read and so they cal alert the attending physician. Photo by Dave Fornell. #RSNA

Feature | Digital Radiography (DR) | By Dave Fornell

Advances in DR X-ray Technology at RSNA 2019

There were several new developments in digital radiography (DR) technology at the 2019 Radiological Society of North ...

May 26, 2020