Midjourney’s Whole Body Ultrasound System—A Radiologist’s Thoughts

The technology has some promising applications, but is not ready for whole body cancer screening and will not replace other ...
Health.com

Should You Get a Bone Density Scan Before Age 65?

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Routine bone density scans, known as DEXA scans, are ...
Medical Xpress

PSMA PET reveals bone metastases missed by standard imaging

Compared to conventional imaging techniques, prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET imaging provides superior detection of bone metastases in prostate cancer patients, a critical indicator of a ...
News Medical

PSMA PET detects high-risk prostate cancer bone metastases

Compared to conventional imaging techniques, prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET imaging provides superior detection of bone metastases in prostate cancer patients a critical indicator of a ...
Science Daily

Your CT scan could reveal a hidden heart risk—and AI just learned how to find it

What if your old chest scans—taken years ago for something unrelated—held a secret warning about your heart? A new AI tool called AI-CAC, developed by Mass General Brigham and the VA, can now comb ...
phillyvoice.com

Millions of CT scans are done every year – most leave important data behind

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body's ...
Medical Xpress

Millions of CT scans are done every year. Most leave important data behind

Bone density from CT predicts fractures related to osteoporosis, and liver fat visible on CT can flag early metabolic disease before a patient has any symptoms. Each of these findings is present in ...
Frontiers

Serous atrophy of bone marrow manifested as subcutaneous and visceral fat depletion on CT: two case reports

Serous atrophy of the bone marrow (SABM) is primarily caused by the breakdown of bone marrow fat due to the depletion of body fat reserves. SABM is linked to poor nutritional status or cachexia in ...
The New York Times

What Do You Get When You Put a Mummy Through a CT Scan?

Experts are using high-res scanners and 3-D printers to illuminate ancient ailments and injuries. Researchers at the University of Southern California recently conducted virtual autopsies on two ...
The Lancet

Early detection of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) in patients with metastatic breast cancer using FDG-PET/CT scans

aDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria bDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria gInstitute ...
Healio

Tool that includes bone microarchitecture scans improves fracture risk prediction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new Fracture Risk Assessment Tool includes information from high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT scans.