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Radiology is the medical specialty directing medical imaging technologies to diagnose and sometimes treat diseases. Originally it was the aspect of medical science dealing with the medical use of electromagnetic energy emitted by X-ray machines or other such radiation devices for the purpose of obtaining visual information as part of medical imaging.

American Heart Association Merit Award fuels three research avenues to tackle heart disease

A physician-scientist from Massachusetts researching whether chemicals naturally occurring in foods could help treat heart disease, a genetics expert from Pennsylvania exploring the molecular mechanisms of lipid metabolism and cardiovascular diseases and a California-based professor of cardiovascular medicine studying how vaping impacts the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms are the most recent American Heart Association Merit Award recipients.

9 Jan 2024

How Artificial General Intelligence can transform radiation oncology

This paper provides an overview of how Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) can transform radiation oncology to elevate the standard of patient care, with the key insight being AGI's ability to exploit multimodal clinical data at scale.

3 Jan 2024

Exploring the broader potential of AI in musculoskeletal radiology

While musculoskeletal imaging volumes are increasing, there is a relative shortage of subspecialized musculoskeletal radiologists to interpret the studies.

3 Jan 2024

Researchers establish the first international criteria for standardized imaging of gliomas

Diffuse gliomas are malignant brain tumors and cannot be optimally examined by conventional imaging using MRI. Amino acid PET can better visualize the activity and spread of gliomas.

3 Jan 2024

AI-generated images promise to transform medical diagnostics

Diagnosing cancer today involves using chemical "contrast agents" to improve the accuracy of medical imaging processes such as X-rays as well as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

3 Jan 2024

68Ga-FAPI PET imaging superior to existing methods for detecting pancreatic cancer

PET imaging with 68Ga-FAPI can more effectively detect and stage pancreatic cancer as compared with 18F-FDG imaging or contrast-enhanced CT, according to new research published in the December issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

2 Jan 2024

Study reveals burnout and professional dissatisfaction driving physicians to leave their practices

Study investigates the prevalence of burnout, professional fulfillment, and intention to leave among physicians, revealing significant variations based on gender, age, race, and specialty.

1 Jan 2024

$15 million NCI grant awarded to investigate a type of radiation therapy for hard-to-treat cancers

The Radiopharmaceutical Therapy and Dosimetry Lab at Johns Hopkins Medicine, headed by George Sgouros, Ph.D., has been awarded a $15 million grant, to be dispersed over the next five years, from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health.

28 Dec 2023

UCLA researchers receive $3 million to develop AI for aggressive prostate cancer detection

Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to identify novel cancer biomarkers and develop AI that can detect and predict aggressive prostate cancer to help avoid unnecessary treatments and their associated negative side effects.

21 Dec 2023

Stem cell heart tissue model paves the way for better understanding of tachycardia

Heart rates are easier to monitor today than ever before. Thanks to smartwatches that can sense a pulse, all it takes is a quick flip of the wrist to check your heart.

20 Dec 2023

IASLC publishes key considerations for managing low-dose CT lung cancer screening programs

Annual low-dose CT screening has been recently shown to result in high cure rates of over 80%, but methods of conducting a lung cancer screening program vary and best practices have yet to emerge.

20 Dec 2023

Advanced MRI offers insights into the underlying mechanisms of neurological problems after COVID-19

Researchers at Linköping University have examined the brains of 16 patients previously hospitalized for COVID-19 with persisting symptoms.

11 Dec 2023

Neuroscientists decipher secrets of the brain’s language hub and its replacement strategy

A University of Iowa-led team of international neuroscientists have obtained the first direct recordings of the human brain in the minutes before and after a brain hub crucial for language meaning was surgically disconnected.

8 Dec 2023

Large language models enhance differential diagnosis, paving the way for AI-assisted medical decision-making

Study explores optimizing large language models (LLMs) for differential diagnosis (DDx), demonstrating their potential in assisting clinicians with accurate disease diagnosis using real-world medical cases.

7 Dec 2023

Study offers new insights into the brain's inhibitory control mechanisms

Published in the 2023 Volume 3 issue of Psychoradiology a team of dedicated researchers from The University of Hong Kong and The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China has conclusively identified the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) as a key input and causal regulator within the subcortical response inhibition nodes.

7 Dec 2023

UCLA researchers win NCI grants to advance liquid biopsy for early detection of cancer

Researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received two grants totaling $9.1 million from the National Cancer Institute to advance liquid biopsy technologies for the early detection of cancer, which can significantly improve treatment outcomes and reduce the number of deaths caused by the disease.

4 Dec 2023

Regular mammograms linked to significantly reduced breast cancer mortality

Breast cancer mortality is significantly reduced when women regularly attend screening mammograms, according to research being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

30 Nov 2023

FTC chief gears up for a showdown with private equity

A recent Federal Trade Commission civil lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest anesthesiology groups of monopolistic practices that sharply drove up prices is a warning to private equity investors that could temper their big push to snap up physician groups.

30 Nov 2023

Imaging approach provides objective evidence for the involvement of neck muscles in primary headaches

Researchers have identified objective evidence of how the neck muscles are involved in primary headaches, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

29 Nov 2023

Research links soccer heading to decline in the brain microstructure and function

New research being presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) links soccer heading – where players hit the ball with their head – to a measurable decline in the microstructure and function of the brain over a two-year period.

28 Nov 2023

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American Heart Association Merit Award fuels three research avenues to tackle heart disease

How Artificial General Intelligence can transform radiation oncology

Exploring the broader potential of AI in musculoskeletal radiology

Researchers establish the first international criteria for standardized imaging of gliomas

AI-generated images promise to transform medical diagnostics

68Ga-FAPI PET imaging superior to existing methods for detecting pancreatic cancer

Study reveals burnout and professional dissatisfaction driving physicians to leave their practices

$15 million NCI grant awarded to investigate a type of radiation therapy for hard-to-treat cancers

UCLA researchers receive $3 million to develop AI for aggressive prostate cancer detection

Stem cell heart tissue model paves the way for better understanding of tachycardia

IASLC publishes key considerations for managing low-dose CT lung cancer screening programs

Advanced MRI offers insights into the underlying mechanisms of neurological problems after COVID-19

Neuroscientists decipher secrets of the brain’s language hub and its replacement strategy

Large language models enhance differential diagnosis, paving the way for AI-assisted medical decision-making

Study offers new insights into the brain's inhibitory control mechanisms

UCLA researchers win NCI grants to advance liquid biopsy for early detection of cancer

Regular mammograms linked to significantly reduced breast cancer mortality

FTC chief gears up for a showdown with private equity

Imaging approach provides objective evidence for the involvement of neck muscles in primary headaches

Research links soccer heading to decline in the brain microstructure and function

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