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Cardiology

Minimally invasive coronary calcium CT scans measuring heart disease risk can find other potential health problems

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient's future risk of heart disease and heart attack.

Radiology & Imaging

MRI contrast agent design continues path to safer, more effective diagnostics

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a new class of MRI contrast agents, improving their stability to create a significant advancement in medical imaging technology.

Neuroscience

New brain atlas offers unprecedented detail in MRI scans

A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualize the human brain in unprecedented detail has been developed by UCL researchers, in a major step forward for neuroscience and neuroimaging.

Neuroscience

Highly sensitive imaging technique detects myelin damage

The breakdown of myelin, the insulating layer around brain cells that supports brain function, is prevalent in a range of neurodegenerative diseases, aging and because of various forms of trauma. While electron microscopy ...

Oncology & Cancer

Radiation therapy for patients with breast cancer

Radiation therapy is a common component of breast cancer treatment for patients. The high-powered beams of intense energy kill cancer cells and reduce the risk of the cancer recurring.

Medications

New imaging technique maps drug movement through skin in minutes

By combining mass spectrometry imaging with an automated analysis tool, researchers from Hebrew University have developed a technique that maps medication distribution across skin layers without dyes or labels. Tested on ...

Radiology & Imaging

Ultrasound probe can image an entire organ in 4D

For the first time, a team of Inserm researchers from the Physics for Medicine Institute (Inserm/ESPCI Paris-PSL/CNRS) has succeeded in mapping the blood flow of an entire organ in animals (heart, kidney and liver) with great ...

Oncology & Cancer

AI tool identifies women at high risk of interval breast cancer

In a study of more than 100,000 screening mammograms, researchers demonstrated the potential of an AI tool to help identify women at higher risk of developing interval breast cancer, which is breast cancer that is diagnosed ...

Oncology & Cancer

Dense breasts: What it means and what women can do about screening

About half of women over 40 have dense breasts. The denser the breast tissue, the more difficult it is to spot cancer on a standard mammogram. Having dense breast tissue can make it harder to detect cancer and sometimes leads ...

Neuroscience

'Kiss-shrink-run' mechanism resolves neurotransmission mystery

A research team has resolved a 50-year-old controversy in neuroscience. By employing a self-developed, time-resolved cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) technique, the team, led by Prof. Bi Guo-Qiang from the University of ...

Cardiology

Expanding imaging for cardiac health to more patients

Imaging is a vital tool for assessing the health and strength of the heart. In two recent studies, Yale researchers have explored how to bring critical imaging to more people and how to expand its application.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Machine learning model predicts PTSD symptom severity over time

The severity of symptoms in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) varies greatly across individuals in the first year after trauma and it remains difficult to predict whether someone might worsen, improve, or recover.

Radiology & Imaging

AI reduces false positives by 37.3% in breast cancer diagnosis

Despite making up half of the global population, women's health has often been sidelined by traditional health care systems. Systemic neglect has led to delayed diagnoses and inadequate care. Artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Radiology & Imaging

Cancer screening rates rebound post-pandemic

Preventive screenings for cancer declined during the pandemic, with lockdowns, social distancing and COVID-19 surges keeping many from needing mammograms and colonoscopies.

Radiology & Imaging

Current radiologist shortage projected to persist to 2055

The current radiologist shortage is projected to persist, and projected imaging utilization is projected to continue increasing through 2055, according to two studies published in the February issue of the Journal of the ...