Erik L. Ridley

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Editor in Chief @AuntMinnie. Medical imaging/healthcare IT journalist who enjoys great writing, mobile apps, and a quest for optimal performance.

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Subtle Medical inks deal with Strategic Radiology for MRI AI suite

1 week ago | auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Will Morton |Erik L. Ridley |Liz Carey

AI software developer Subtle Medical has partnered with the Strategic Radiology coalition to offer members the SubtleElite AI-powered MRI suite. The suite includes three software applications -- SubtleHD, SubtleSynth, and SubtleAlign -- and is designed to increase efficiency, throughput, and diagnostic confidence for those using legacy MRI scanners, according to the vendor.
RadNet completes €91M deal to purchase iCAD

1 week ago | auntminnieeurope.com | Erik L. Ridley |Maryam Payne |Kelly Patrick |Vlad Kozynchenko

In a move aimed at expanding its breast imaging AI capabilities, imaging services provider RadNet has completed a deal to purchase AI software developer iCAD in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $103 million (€90.5 million). RadNet will integrate iCAD into its wholly owned AI subsidiary DeepHealth. ICAD’s ProFound HealthSuite offers AI-based breast cancer detection capability for both 2D and 3D mammography as well as breast density assessment.
U.K. group goes live with Qure.ai chest CT program

1 week ago | auntminnieeurope.com | Erik L. Ridley |Maryam Payne |Kelly Patrick |Vlad Kozynchenko

The Peninsula imaging network (PenRAD) has become the first U.K. imaging group to deploy Qure.ai’s AI-powered software for chest CT (qCT). The product, which is part of Qure.ai’s AI-based lung cancer suite for chest x-ray and CT, is designed to detect, measure, and track lung nodules, which may be indicative of lung cancer.
Prior breast screening tied to favorable disease staging, mortality

1 week ago | auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Will Morton |Erik L. Ridley

Having a prior screening mammography available leads to breast cancers being found at an earlier stage, leading to lower mortality from the disease for older women, a study published April 15 in JAMA Network Open found. Researchers led by Michaela Dinan, PhD, from the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, CT found in their observational study that in older women, prior screening was tied to more favorable stage and mortality.
Swedish team puts focus on cost-effectiveness of DBT

1 week ago | auntminnieeurope.com | Erik L. Ridley |Will Morton |Amerigo Allegretto |Philip Ward

In a Swedish study published in the European Journal of Radiology on 12 April, researchers found that the perceived cost-effectiveness of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) compared to digital mammography to (DM) is dependent on the relative reduction in breast cancer mortality and patientsâ€™ willingness to pay for the screening, as well as future costs of DBT screening exams.
ACR responds to CT cancer risk study

1 week ago | auntminnie.com | Will Morton |Erik L. Ridley

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has highlighted the benefits of CT in response to an April 14 study suggesting that the scans are linked to new cases of cancer. “The theoretical radiation risk proposed by Smith-Bindman, et al, is consistent with prior statistical modeling studies that are not based on actual patient outcomes… There are no published studies directly linking CT scans (even multiple CT scans) to cancer,” the ACR stated.
Lungscreen Australia adopts Annalise.ai software

1 week ago | auntminnieeurope.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Erik L. Ridley |Maryam Payne |Kelly Patrick

Lungscreen Australia has adopted Annalise.ai’s clinical decision-support technology to provide its radiologists with AI tools with the goal of faster, more accurate diagnostics, according to the organization. The deployment of Annalise Enterprise CXR aims to help Lungscreen Australia improve diagnostic accuracy, streamline radiology workflows, and ensure faster, more precise lung disease detection for patients across the country.
CT estimated to cause 5% of new cancer cases

1 week ago | auntminnie.com | Erik L. Ridley |Will Morton

A group led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco suggests that cancers associated with radiation from CT scans could eventually account for 5% of all new cases annually, according to an article published April 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine. The estimation is from a risk model based on approximately 93 million scans in 62 million patients in 2023, the authors noted.
AI-guided POCUS bests experts in detecting TB in underserved areas

1 week ago | auntminnieeurope.com | Erik L. Ridley |Maryam Payne |Kelly Patrick |Vlad Kozynchenko

AI-guided point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can accurately detect tuberculosis (TB), according to research presented April 14 at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) conference in Vienna, Austria. In her presentation, Véronique Suttels, PhD, from Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland discussed her team’s findings, showing that AI POCUS interpretation fulfills requirements by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a nonsputum TB triage test.
Mimicking human vision: The new standard for medical image fidelity

1 week ago | auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto |Will Morton |Erik L. Ridley |Liz Carey

Medical imaging is the economic artery of modern diagnostics, with AI-driven advancements prompting clinicians to rethink how they interpret scans. For instance, the global medical imaging AI market1 is projected to expand eightfold by 2030, reaching an estimated $8.18 billion. It signifies the sector’s accelerating adoption of AI-driven diagnostics, shifting what was once a supplementary tool into a linchpin of modern radiology.