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In-house medical 3D print shops may save time, cut costs
New research shows surgeons and interventionalists who used 3D printing services from the University of Cincinnati's Department of Radiology to plan and practice upcoming procedures saved almost half an hour per operation over the course of a year.
Stick to x-rays for estimating children's bone age
Estimating bone age in children using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is unreliable, says a group of researchers in Mexico. The team compared the approach to standard x-ray imaging in a study published August 17 in the Journal of Clinical Densitometry.
AI vs. clinical reports: Incidental pulmonary embolism on chest CT
According to work published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), an AI tool for detection of incidental pulmonary embolus (iPE) on conventional contrast-enhanced chest CT examinations had high NPV and moderate PPV for detection, even finding some iPEs missed by radiologists.
Determining MRI scanning restrictions for patients with medical implants
In general, patients with medical implants cannot undergo MRI examinations as the magnetic fields used by the MRI to create an image can interact with implants, resulting in a variety of potential safety hazards, such as forces, vibrations, and tissue heating.
AI applied to prediagnostic CTs may help diagnose pancreatic cancer at earlier, more treatable stage
A study published in Gastroenterology finds that radiomics-based machine learning models may detect pancreatic cancer on prediagnostic CT scans substantially earlier than current methods for clinical diagnosis.