Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

Breast cancer screening startup in India uses AI, thermal imaging technology

Co-founders of NIRAMAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) imaging tech startup, Geetha Manjunatha, CEO, and Nidhi Mathur, COO, developed non-invasive methods for breast cancer screening, according to a recent article published by Analytics India Magazine.

How ADHD drugs may increase positive emotions

Brown University researchers have found that healthy people who take ADHD drugs may experience consistent changes in positive emotion, according to an online university news release.

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Ikonopedia’s 1st mobile installation drives breast cancer screening at Alinea Medical Imaging

Ikonopedia, a breast radiology reporting and tracking company, announced it has completed the installation of its structured breast reporting and risk assessment tools at Alinea Medical Imaging—the first to include imaging centers and mobile mammography systems.

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New molecular imaging approach could aid vast areas of health, disease

A new multimodal imaging approach produced highly-advanced molecular three-dimensional (3D) images of staph infection and may be instrumental in fighting antibiotic resistant infections, according to research published in Science Translational Medicine.

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'Digistain' technology may transform cancer diagnosis

The new technology promises to eliminate the human subjectivity and variability in grading cancer tumors, according to research published in Convergent Science Physical Oncology.

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3D mapping of babies' brains reveals folds as unique as fingerprints

Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have recently developed a new method to measure third trimester growth and folding patterns of babies' brains, according to a recent university news release. The folding patterns in a baby's brain, researchers specifically found, can be as unique to an individual as are fingerprints.

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DNA mapping finds 110 genes linked to breast cancer

Researchers from the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at the Institute of Cancer Research in London may have found specific genes that are involved in increasing a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, according to a study published online March 12 in Nature Communications.

MIT: Brains of young children able to interpret mental states of others

A recent MIT study has found that children as young as 3 years old may have a brain network capable of thinking about and potentially understanding the mental states of other people, according to a news release.  

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.