(Medical Xpress) -- Poor Phineas Gage. In 1848, the supervisor for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont was using a 13-pound, 3-foot-7-inch rod to pack blasting powder into a rock when he triggered an explosion ...
May 17, 2012
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Analysis of CT scans in people who undergo imaging for health screening can identify individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study published today in Radiology. Researchers said the findings underscore CT's ...
Aug 6, 2024
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An editorial paper was published in Oncoscience on May 20, 2024, titled, "Deep learning-assisted lesion segmentation in PET/CT imaging: A feasibility study for salvage radiation therapy in prostate cancer."
Jul 1, 2024
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As patients with lung cancer live longer, the risk of long-term cardiac side effects of radiation therapy has been increasing, despite advances that reduce the radiation dose to the heart. New research uses machine learning ...
Jun 27, 2024
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A newly developed radiotracer can generate high quality and readily interpretable images of cardiac amyloidosis, a condition referred to as the "Alzheimer's disease of the heart." As the first amyloid-specific and pan-amyloid ...
Jun 10, 2024
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Ultrahigh-spatial-resolution photon-counting detector CT improved assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD), allowing for reclassification to a lower disease category in 54% of patients, according to a new study published ...
Feb 20, 2024
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X-ray fluoroscopy is frequently used in orthopedic surgery. Despite its imaging capabilities, physicians heavily rely on their experience and knowledge to align the 3D shape of the target area using the 2D X-ray image. If ...
Nov 10, 2023
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Computed tomography (CT) is an imaging technique that generates three-dimensional images from two-dimensional projection data. CT is widely applied in disease detection.
Oct 25, 2023
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By directly measuring relative stopping power (RSP) with ions, a pixel sensor-based Hi'CT with multi-layer structure reduces the risk of range uncertainty, a major contributor to dose imprecision in ion therapy. With enhanced ...
Jul 31, 2023
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Artificial intelligence (AI) can use data from low-dose CT scans of the lungs to improve risk prediction for death from lung cancer, cardiovascular disease and other causes, according to a study published in Radiology.
Jul 25, 2023
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