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Participants in several educational courses and workshops run by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) will have access to the latest advances in thoracic and pulmonary imaging technology through the society’s partnership with Esaote. The three-year partnership will see Esaote supply its thoracic ultrasound devices for the thoracic ultrasound (TUS) training programme, including regional courses due […]

Radiologists assessing lung CT scans are increasingly finding support in new technologies. SEARCH Lung CT from contextflow is a clinical decision support system that detects, visualises and quantifies lung anomalies and pulmonary nodules. “In detail, it provides location and extent of changes and heat maps for six image patterns, as well as visualisations and measurements […]

A grandfather of three has become the UK’s first lung cancer patient to benefit from Elekta MR-linac radiotherapy treatment at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Barry Staniforth was treated using the equipment that performs real-time MR scans while x-ray beams target the tumour, making it more accurate and reducing side effects. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic […]

A chest x-ray AI decision support tool for radiologists and clinicians that detects 124 clinical findings has been launched. The launch of Annalise CXR by annalise.ai coincides with the publication of a peer-reviewed diagnostic accuracy study published by The Lancet Digital Health, which is said to be the largest of its kind undertaken in terms […]

A study published in PLOS ONE has shown the clinical efficacy of the Lunit Insight CXR AI algorithm for detecting COVID-19 pneumonia on chest radiography compared with formal radiology reports. Using Lunit’s AI software for chest x-rays, the study was conducted and revalidated by five different major medical institutions, including Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital […]

BMA president Sir John Temple with book authors Mark Rodrigues, Na’eem Ahmed, Rashid Akhtar, Zeshan Qureshi and BMA junior doctor committee chair Dr Jeeves Wijesuriya. Mark Rodrigues, Na’eem Ahmed, Rashid Akhtar and Zeshan Qureshi have won the Young Authors Award with their book ‘The Unofficial Guide to Radiology: 100 Practice Chest X-rays with Full Colour Annotations […]

Senior radiographer Monique Thomas, Wolverson X-ray sales manager Gurpal Matharu and senior radiographer Alistair Bardwell. The Heart and Lung Centre at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton has installed a Vision C x-ray system from Wolverson X-ray and a wireless digital detector, in a moderately small chest room. Cardiac catheter suite and interventional radiology superintendent radiographer […]

Bayer’s Andreas Ackermann, with Dr Sam Hare, Dr Aniket Tavare and BIR chief executive Jacqueline Fowler. A team that has developed a new system to accelerate and improve early diagnosis of lung cancer, a first for the UK, has won the BIR/Bayer Make it Better Award which was presented at UKRC in Liverpool. Dr Sam Hare […]