| Today's News and Trends | Michael Recht, MD, chairman of the department of radiology at NYU Langone Medical Center, said, during a session at SIIM's 2018 annual meeting, that data need to be accurate, customizable, actionable and accessible for a strong analytics program. Michael Recht, MD, chairman of the department of radiology at NYU Langone Medical Center, said, during a session at SIIM's 2018 annual meeting, that data need to be accurate, customizable, actionable and accessible for a strong analytics program. | | |
| Women who underwent initial mammography screening were more likely to seek out additional preventative measures—despite a positive or negative result—such as Pap smear, bone mass measurement or influenza vaccine services. Women who underwent initial mammography screening were more likely to seek out additional preventative measures—despite a positive or negative result—such as Pap smear, bone mass measurement or influenza vaccine services. | | |
| The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) announced its strong support of a bipartisan letter from U.S. Reps. Erik Paulsen, R-Minnesota, and Scott Peters, D-California, urging United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer to exempt $3 billion worth of medical devices from tariffs. The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) announced its strong support of a bipartisan letter from U.S. Reps. Erik Paulsen, R-Minnesota, and Scott Peters, D-California, urging United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer to exempt $3 billion worth of medical devices from tariffs. | | |
| Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, and internist at Bellevue Hospital and the New York University School of Medicine, along with her colleagues, believe a false-positive or abnormal result in an imaging test doesn’t necessarily mean patients need to worry or follow-up with their physician. Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, and internist at Bellevue Hospital and the New York University School of Medicine, along with her colleagues, believe a false-positive or abnormal result in an imaging test doesn’t necessarily mean patients need to worry or follow-up with their physician. | | |
| “The most striking thing to me as a researcher crafting these attacks was probably how easy they were to carry out," said study lead author Samuel Finlayson, a computer scientist and biomedical informatician at Harvard Medical School in Boston, in an IEEE Spectrum story. “The most striking thing to me as a researcher crafting these attacks was probably how easy they were to carry out," said study lead author Samuel Finlayson, a computer scientist and biomedical informatician at Harvard Medical School in Boston, in an IEEE Spectrum story. | | |
| When compared to the performance of 58 dermatologists from 17 different countries around the world, AI missed fewer melanomas and misdiagnosed benign moles less often, according to a study published in the Annals of Oncology. When compared to the performance of 58 dermatologists from 17 different countries around the world, AI missed fewer melanomas and misdiagnosed benign moles less often, according to a study published in the Annals of Oncology. | | |
| Researchers have successfully used robot-assisted multispectral-fluorescence imaging to distinguish between healthy and diseased lymphatic flow patterns. Researchers have successfully used robot-assisted multispectral-fluorescence imaging to distinguish between healthy and diseased lymphatic flow patterns. | | |
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