(MedPage Today) — Microultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy proved noninferior to MRI/conventional ultrasound-fusion (MRI/US-fusion) imaging for detecting clinically significant cancer, a large randomized trial showed.
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Microultrasonography for Prostate Cancer Detection Matches MRI/US-Fusion
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Clot-Busting Ultrasound Gives Carotid Endarterectomy a Step Up
(MedPage Today) — There were clinical benefits to putting patients under a steady ultrasound beam during carotid endarterectomy, the phase III sham-controlled SONOBIRDIE trial found.
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AI Distinguishes Parkinson's Disease From Mimics
(MedPage Today) — An artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm differentiated various forms of parkinsonian syndromes based on 3-T MRI.
Across two cohorts, the Automated Imaging Differentiation for Parkinsonism (AIDP) machine learning model… -
Some CT Scans Use Too Much Radiation, Researchers Say; Regulators Want to Know More
(MedPage Today) — Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, a professor at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most valuable tools, computerized…
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Coronary Plaques Reined in With Coronary Calcium Scans in the Picture
(MedPage Today) — For select risk-enhanced individuals at intermediate risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), researchers found a way to implement coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores and primary prevention statins together to slow the progression…
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Study of Oligorecurrent Prostate Cancer Finds Winning Combination
(MedPage Today) — A short course of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) added to stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) halved the risk of disease progression or death in patients with metachronous oligometastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer…
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Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Radiologists?
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is making impressive strides in healthcare, and there is ever-growing interest in its potential to revolutionize the field.
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PET Imaging Falls Flat for Initial Liver Cancer Staging
(MedPage Today) — PET-CT imaging with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and [18F]fluorocholine (FCH) altered treatment plans in only a tiny minority of patients undergoing initial staging for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a prospective study from…