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Light-based imaging offers hope in improving thyroid cancer diagnosis while reducing surgeries
A new Houston Methodist study highlights a promising noninvasive imaging technique that could help doctors more accurately diagnose papillary thyroid cancer, the most common type of thyroid cancer.
Jun 25, 2026
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Socioeconomic challenges color patients' lung cancer screening experience
New research among lung cancer screening participants has found that low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) screening is generally well tolerated both physically and emotionally, but experiences vary across socioeconomic ...
Jun 24, 2026
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Faster breast MRI—AI unlocks one image per second and sharper tumor tracking
A group of researchers from the Technion and the United States reports a breakthrough in MRI scanning in a paper published in Nature Communications. The researchers developed an innovative method that accelerates and enhances ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Tracking the flow of cerebrospinal fluid reveals an unprecedented view of the brain's glymphatic system
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a technique to noninvasively visualize the brain's waste-removal system in unprecedented detail. This new imaging approach allows researchers to examine how this system ...
Jun 23, 2026
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AI and polygenic scores improve breast cancer risk assessment
A risk model that combines a mammographic artificial intelligence (AI) risk score with polygenic and clinical risk scores more accurately identifies women at high risk of developing breast cancer than clinical risk scores ...
Jun 23, 2026
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For chronic knee pain, genicular artery embolization provides a new alternative
The procedure was "remarkably" successful. That's how Cynthia Schraf-Fletcher, 74, describes her experience with genicular artery embolization (GAE), a minimally invasive procedure that treats chronic knee pain. Nearly a ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Changes in AI mammogram image-based risk scores over time help predict future breast cancer
Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers found that image-based risk scores for breast cancer derived from screening mammograms evolve over time and differ between women who develop cancer and those who do not, opening ...
Jun 23, 2026
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AI-based tissue anomaly detection may reduce duration of liver cancer surgery
A liver cancer diagnosis frequently leads to surgery, with the goal of completely removing all malignant tissue. To ensure that no tumor remains in the organ, the resected tissue is subjected to frozen-section analysis during ...
Jun 22, 2026
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CT tissue images can now be virtually stained in 3D
Rudolf Virchow fundamentally changed medicine when he formulated his cell theory of disease in the 19th century: Diseases do not arise inexplicably within the organism, but rather in specific cells and tissues. To this day, ...
Jun 21, 2026
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Experimental tau tracer detects Alzheimer's-linked changes earlier than standard PET scans
Alzheimer's disease is commonly known for its symptoms—memory loss, cognitive impairment, difficulty with daily tasks—but it can only be definitively diagnosed by looking at the brain. A scan must show the abnormal buildup ...
Jun 18, 2026
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AI model proves to be a heavyweight in tumor assessment: Mesothelioma patients and physicians benefit
Physicians and researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have developed an AI model that outperforms physicians in evaluating treatment response in pleural mesothelioma. Far more accurate than the current international ...
Jun 17, 2026
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New marker uses tomography to refine gastric cancer prognosis
Researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil, have identified a new biomarker that may help determine the prognosis for patients with gastric cancer, the fifth most common type of cancer ...
Jun 17, 2026
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Premature babies—a simple test gauges neurocognitive development
Canadian scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a noninvasive brain-monitoring technique could help medical teams predict the future development of premature babies.
Jun 17, 2026
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Nonsurgical procedure provides lasting relief for knee pain, finds study
Embolization of abnormal blood vessels using rapidly resorbable gelatin-based microspheres is safe and provides significant, lasting pain relief and functional improvement for patients with osteoarthritis-related knee pain, ...
Jun 16, 2026
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Augmented reality system could make medical ultrasounds easier to interpret
Interpreting medical ultrasound images is a difficult task, requiring a technician to look at 2D images and mentally arrange them into a 3D representation of what the tissue looks like. To make that job easier, MIT researchers ...
Jun 10, 2026
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A brain-computer interface that works with—not against—the brain
It might soon be "game over" for the video game controller. Yale researchers have developed a new kind of brain-computer interface (BCI) that lets humans play video games directly with their brains. Using real-time fMRI (functional ...
Jun 9, 2026
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FireANTs unlocks faster medical image matching, cutting analysis from a week to minutes
Penn Engineers have developed an open-source algorithm that combines the speed of AI with the precision of geometry to compare complex medical images quickly and accurately, helping detect subtle changes that, over time, ...
Jun 9, 2026
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AI could provide 'early alert' for breast cancer 6 years in advance
Three commercially available radiology AI systems have shown the potential to flag early signs of breast cancer up to six years before a diagnosis, according to a study published in Radiology.
Jun 9, 2026
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MRI method may predict kidney disease before it develops
An investigator at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received international recognition for innovative imaging research that may help physicians identify patients at increased risk of chronic kidney disease ...
Jun 9, 2026
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Exposure to moderate levels of air pollution may cause heart damage, study suggests
In one of the largest studies to date, researchers examined the relationship between long-term air pollution exposure and coronary atherosclerosis and found that even at moderate levels, long-term exposure to air pollution ...
Jun 9, 2026
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Trial to test AI for prostate MRI cancer diagnosis
A new UCL-led international trial will assess whether AI can perform as well as expert radiologists at detecting prostate cancer on MRI scans.
Jun 8, 2026
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New PET tracer identifies DVT in legs and lungs
A novel PET radiotracer can accurately detect deep vein thrombosis in the legs and reveal whether clots have migrated to the lungs. By enabling whole-body imaging of blood clots in a single scan, the approach may support ...
Jun 6, 2026
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PET imaging links brain metabolism patterns to effectiveness of Alzheimer's disease treatment
A specific pattern of brain metabolism visualized with PET imaging can predict which patients are most likely to benefit from Alzheimer's disease therapy. In a retrospective study of patients who received Alzheimer's treatments, ...
Jun 6, 2026
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