Imaging
What are the benefits and challenges of AI for glaucoma detection in the developing world?
Glaucoma is a major blinding disease. The onset is hidden, and early diagnosis is difficult. Cost-effective screening tools are lacking, and often we diagnose the disease when the optic nerve damage is irreversible.
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG reaches settlement with Topcon over illicitly obtained information
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG reached a settlement in a lawsuit against Topcon over claims of illicitly obtained stolen Zeiss files, including highly confidential information, according to a press release.
Hydrophilic angiographic catheter relaunched in US, Canada
Cook Medical announced its hydrophilic selective catheter is available again for use in the U.S. and Canada.
Partnership to advance investigational amyloid PET imaging biomarker
A neurotech company has announced an agreement with a radiopharmaceutical firm for the rights to manufacture an investigational imaging biomarker used in PET scans to assess the status of amyloid plaque in the brain.
AI model predicts joint damage in RA; only meant to complement, ‘not replace the human’
SAN DIEGO — An automated deep learning model accurately identified and predicted joint space narrowing and erosion based on hand radiographs of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.
FDA grants 510(k) clearance to CT-based lung ventilation software
The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to CT LVAS, a software that provides information on patient lung function that can be interpreted alongside lung structural details obtained during CT scans, according to a press release.
Understanding risk factors, progression of interstitial lung abnormalities
Knowing that interstitial lung abnormalities heighten interstitial lung disease and all-cause mortality risk, it is important that pulmonologists know how to recognize and distinguish these abnormalities.
Expert consensus panel urges all rheumatology residents to learn basic ultrasound skills
SAN DIEGO — Establishing mandatory competencies for musculoskeletal ultrasound is necessary to improve its use in both rheumatology residency programs and clinical practice, a speaker said at ACR Convergence 2023.
Real-world monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis-associated ILD ‘suboptimal’
SAN DIEGO — Monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease remains highly variable and “suboptimal” in the real world, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2023.
Q&A: New imaging method enables quick lung infection identification
With the current chest imaging technology, patients with suspected lung infections are unable to receive a specific diagnosis unless they undergo an invasive procedure and wait 2 to 3 days for their results, according to a press release.