Diagnostic imaging Research update Deep learning helps doctors predict gastric cancer metastasis A deep-learning framework achieves high performance in detecting metastases in lymph nodes Read article: Deep learning helps doctors predict gastric cancer metastasis
Diagnostic imaging Research update Contrast-enhanced OCT visualizes vascular leakage in the retina A new take on optical coherence tomography provides high-resolution measurements of retinal vascular leakage Read article: Contrast-enhanced OCT visualizes vascular leakage in the retina
Diagnostic imaging Research update High-field versus low-field MRI: is it time for a rethink? Ultralow-field MRI scanners offer high flexibility at low cost, while ultrahigh-field MRI could prove optimal for imaging neurological disease Read article: High-field versus low-field MRI: is it time for a rethink?
Diagnostic imaging Research update Diffusion MRI and machine learning models classify childhood brain tumours Diffusion-weighted MR imaging and machine learning techniques can accurately distinguish between common types of paediatric brain tumours Read article: Diffusion MRI and machine learning models classify childhood brain tumours
Diagnostic imaging Research update Sub-diffraction imaging of the human eye visualizes photoreceptors with unprecedented detail The ability to noninvasively image photoreceptors with subcellular resolution could enable earlier detection of eye diseases Read article: Sub-diffraction imaging of the human eye visualizes photoreceptors with unprecedented detail
Devices and structures Research update Flexible detector takes high-resolution X-ray images in 3D Device might find use in healthcare applications such as portable mammography detectors Read article: Flexible detector takes high-resolution X-ray images in 3D
Diagnostic imaging Research update Ultrafast low-dose PET scans will benefit cancer patients Recent developments in PET technology include rapid, low-dose scans and lymph node imaging Read article: Ultrafast low-dose PET scans will benefit cancer patients
Diagnostic imaging Analysis Translating technology into the clinic is a two-way process Even once a new medical device is launched into clinical use, there’s still a great deal left to discover Read article: Translating technology into the clinic is a two-way process
Diagnostic imaging Research update Technology advances improve imaging for paediatric patients Speakers at the European Congress of Radiology described new techniques for easier MR imaging and lower-dose scanning of children Read article: Technology advances improve imaging for paediatric patients
Diagnostic imaging Research update Shear wave elastography can guide brain tumour surgery Using shear wave elastography to help detect residual cancerous tissue after brain tumour resection could improve the patient’s outcome Read article: Shear wave elastography can guide brain tumour surgery
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