Hannah Murphy

2 days ago | healthimaging.com | Hannah Murphy

Artificial intelligence could help providers identify incidental breast lesions on routine CT imaging patients undergo for other clinical indications. Prior studies have indicated that breast lesions are incidentally detected on up to nearly 8% of CT scans that include the chest, though some experts believe this figure is likely higher. Concerningly, these incidental lesions turn out to be cancerous in up to 70% of cases, making their timely detection critical.

1 week ago | healthimaging.com | Hannah Murphy

New findings are challenging the tendency of emergency providers to order brain MRI scans for acute evaluation of patients with spontaneous deep intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Spontaneous ICH carries a heightened risk of mortality, making locating its origin in a timely manner critical to outcomes. Hypertensive hemorrhage is the most common type of ICH, and it typically occurs in deeper structures of the brain.

2 weeks ago | healthimaging.com | Hannah Murphy

Experts have developed a predictive nomogram model capable of accurately differentiating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules with peripheral calcifications. These calcifications have been a source of debate for some time. Years ago, peripheral calcifications were considered a characteristic of benign nodules. However, more recently instances of peripheral ring or arc calcifications have been more frequently linked to cases of papillary, undifferentiated or follicular carcinomas.

2 weeks ago | healthimaging.com | Hannah Murphy

It is widely agreed that women with dense breast tissue should undergo supplemental imaging in addition to their routine mammogram screening, but the jury is still out on which modality is best for cancer detection in this group. Recent findings from the Breast screening Risk Adapted Imaging for Density (BRAID) trial could change that.

2 weeks ago | healthimaging.com | Hannah Murphy

A quick MRI brain scan is equally as effective as lumbar puncture procedures in diagnosing multiple sclerosis. That’s according to new data published in Neurology Open Access, where experts compared the two diagnostic pathways to the neurological condition, which can be challenging to accurately pinpoint. Researchers determined that a six-minute MRI is equally as sensitive as oligoclonal bands (OCB) testing via lumbar puncture, and significantly less invasive.