Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers described their findings as a "potent" first step forward in using oncology-based approaches to combat the virus.
The results also suggest synthetic mammography will be used alongside 3D mammo, or DBT, more frequently in the coming years, radiologists explained in Clinical Imaging.
NHS insitutions were already in need of imaging modalities and faculty prior to the pandemic, and now more than 600,000 people are waiting for deferred exams.
There is growing evidence that, in addition to attacking patients’ lungs, the coronavirus also targets the central nervous system, with new research adding weight to this hypothesis.
About 40% of individuals had scarring patterns on their heart muscle visible during imaging, which was associated with a greater risk of suffering a major cardiac event.
University of Missouri School of Medicine researcher Robert Thomen, PhD, will observe patients' breathing during hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging.
A team of international researchers queried 35 countries representing nearly 75% of all global nuclear medicine sites, publishing their findings in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.