A team of researchers have developed an algorithm that can spot structural changes in the brain related to Alzheimer’s on an MRI up to 10 years before symptoms appear.

A recent study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology states that breast MRI may play an important role in the management of pregnancy-associated breast cancers (PABC).

Most health systems already have enough clinical data to make more useful primary observations than any group of humans could ever connect the proverbial dots on. The good news is that machines are here to help—and they’re getting better at it all the time. 

LungDirect is First in Class to Utilize Ultra-Fast Cloud Computing, Advanced Visualization, and Deep Learning

STAMFORD, Conn.—FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of medical informatics solutions, introduces support for DICOM web services including QIDO-RS and WADO-RS in its Synapse® Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) system with the launch of the latest version 6.4. Synapse VNA® is an enterprise-wide medical information and image management solution that serves as a vendor-neutral, scalable, and organizationally aware storage and distribution system for DICOM and non-DICOM objects. The upgraded Synapse® VNA 6.4 is designed to be a fast and extensible solution for web-based data access that supports RESTful web service implementations of DICOM query (QIDO-RS) and retrieve (WADO-RS) protocols.

A novel computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) algorithm has bested three un-aided thoracic radiologists at predicting malignancy in small lung nodules found on low-dose CT imaging, according to a study published online Aug. 5 in Radiology.

The radiology department at an urban academic medical center has cut its average outpatient CT wait times to a little over an hour, and that includes the scan. Prior to starting the project that took aim at streamlining CT processes, the department was averaging more than three hours in arrival-through-completion times.

Knowing the amyloid status of patients who have symptoms of mild cognitive impairment or dementia affects diagnosis and alters care management, according to the authors of a study running online in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders.