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Stand Up To Cancer Funds Research for Early Lung Cancer Detection
Three research teams are developing noninvasive, cost-effective screening tools to improve lung cancer detection rates among smokers and non-smokers.
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New Bill Seeks $25M for Veteran Lung Imaging
The AIR CARE for Vets Act proposes a five-year pilot program to implement 4D imaging technology within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Ai Matches Radiologists in Detecting Pulmonary Embolism
A study of more than 32,000 CTPA scans found that artificial intelligence and physicians agreed on pulmonary embolism results nearly 98% of the time, though human review caught cases the software missed.
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Misinformation Preventing CT Lung Cancer Screenings
Confusion over false positive rates, overstated complication risks, and inflated radiation danger projections have created exaggerated fears about CT lung cancer screenings.
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4DMedical to Expand Software-Based Lung Imaging in US
4DMedical’s FDA-cleared CT:VQ provides ventilation and perfusion insights from CT imaging.
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Improving CT Radiation Dose Estimates
Investigators have developed a new method to improve radiation dose estimation in computed tomography called the size specific dose estimate slice averaged image.
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Eligible Women Receiving Mammograms Could Also Get Lung Screenings
Notifying women of their eligibility for low-dose CT scans for lung cancer while they are scheduling mammograms for breast cancer could increase lung screenings.
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Only 20% of Eligible Americans Screened for Lung Cancer
New data published in JAMA reveal only 1-in-5 eligible US adults receive lung cancer screening.
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FDA Clears GE HealthCare Revolution Vibe CT System
GE HealthCare received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Revolution Vibe CT system, an imaging solution for coronary CT angiography (CCTA).
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Olympus Releases Ai-powered Emphysema Screening Program
Olympus Medical’s SeleCT Screening Ai platform helps ID severe emphysema patients who may benefit from bronchoscopic lung volume reduction.
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GE HealthCare, Cincinnati Children’s Collaborate on Pediatric Imaging
The first pediatric Care Innovation Hub from GE Healthcare and Cincinnati Children’s will create diagnostic imaging technologies—MRI, CT, ultrasound, and molecular imaging—specifically designed for children.
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Deep Learning Model Diagnoses COPD with a Single CT Scan
A single inhalation CT scan combined with a deep learning model can accurately diagnose and stage COPD.
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Why Aren’t Some Long COVID Patients’ Lungs Healing?
A new study reveals that immune cells, typically involved in lung repair, may instead drive persistent damage and fibrosis in COVID patients, preventing proper healing.
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Unexpectedly High Rate of Lung Nodules Found in Non-Smokers
Researchers discovered that 42% of non-smoking adults had lung nodules, with 11.1% of these cases involving clinically significant nodules typically associated with higher-risk groups.
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FDA Clears AI Software for Lung Segment Analysis in CT Scans
The technology performs an analysis of the lung tissue and the fissure completeness, supporting physicians in the diagnosis and documentation of pulmonary tissue images from CT thoracic datasets for each patient.
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4DMedical to Acquire Imbio to Bolster Lung Imaging Tech
4DMedical has entered into an agreement to acquire Imbio Inc, a provider of medical imaging analysis technologies for chronic lung and cardiothoracic diseases.
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FDA Clears 4DMedical’s CT-based Lung Function Scanning Software
The software scans and analyzes CT images, providing data on regional lung function using existing CT scanning equipment.
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Early CT Screening Skyrockets Long-term Lung Cancer Survival Rates
Diagnosing early-stage lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography screening drastically improves its cure rate measured over a 20-year period, according to a large-scale study.
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CT Scans Potentially Over-hospitalizing Pulmonary Embolism Patients
A new study suggests CT results alone may not confer as much risk as traditionally thought—a finding that will come as a surprise to most emergency physicians, according to one of the study’s authors.
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Targeting Mucus Plugs Could Help Prevent COPD Deaths
Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers conducted a study linking mucus plugs to higher mortality.
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Emphysema Development Affected by Exacerbations
Among emphysema patients who were former smokers, a greater number of COPD exacerbations was associated with a greater loss of lung density.
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FDA Clears Siemens Naeotom Alpha CT Scanning Device
The US FDA has cleared the Siemens Naeotom Alpha, the world’s first photon-counting computed tomography (CT) scanner.
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Using Artificial Intelligence for Faster Lung Cancer Diagnosis
An artificial intelligence (AI) program can spot signs of lung cancer on CT scans a year before they can be diagnosed with existing methods.
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How Does Reduced-Dose CT Compare to Standard CT for Detecting Lung Nodules?
A new study found that reduced-dose CT imaging was able to detect more than 90% of lung nodules in young adults.
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