
AI Tool Developed For Covid-19 Prognostic Model
The constantly-adapting nature of Covid-19 made it difficult for medical staff to provide an accurate prognosis for hospitalised patients. However, scientists have now developed an artificial intelligence (AI) device that can offer a framework…

Digital Imaging Archive To Boost Social Care In Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s health and social care services are set for a major boost with news that a new imaging software system is to be deployed there. The system, developed by Sectra, is called NIPACS+ and will enable health trusts in…

New Microendosope Design Set To Improve Biomedical Imaging
The use of microendoscopes to diagnose internal problems is not new, but the technology has been constantly advancing - and may be about to take another leap forward.Using fibre optics, the devices have been able to produce biomedical…

4D Scans Diagnose Heart Failure In 8 Mins
New MRI scans that use 4D images have been developed to be able to diagnose heart failure in just eight minutes. Researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) have created technology that uses magnetic response imaging (MRI)…

How Fresh Bread and Pastries Helped Doctors Identify Cancer
A major research pathway in the world of medical imaging is in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, which are used to help doctors identify cell samples that potentially show signs of cancer.There is a range of…

What Is Medical Imaging?
There are many kinds of medical imaging used today, but what is medical imaging and how does it work?Medical imaging is the field in which professionals take images of various parts of the body to use in diagnosing conditions and…

NHS Trusts Use AI To Reduce Waiting Times
The NHS is trying to reduce waiting times for patients by introducing artificial intelligence (AI) tools called ChatBot. More than 2,000 patients on waiting lists in Morecambe Bay and Preston took part in a recent pilot, in which…

Machine-Learning MRI Boosts Recurring Liver Cancer Detection
After decades of studies and speculations, medical imaging research has shown the effects that medications containing steroids can have on the brain.The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that there was a connection…

MRI Testing Shows How Steroids Affect The Brain
After decades of studies and speculations, medical imaging research has shown the effects that medications containing steroids can have on the brain.The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that there was a connection…

Covid Scan Helps Save Breast Cancer Sufferer
Scans can have all kinds of medical benefits in diagnostics - but sometimes these can be unexpected.This was certainly the case when it came to the medical imaging used on Jan Dea, a retired nurse, in 2020.She has revealed how…

Institute Of Cancer Research Unveils Medical Image Competition Shortlist
The Institute of Cancer Research has shortlisted five pictures taken using medical imaging equipment to highlight the wide range of striking discoveries found using state-of-the-art diagnostic technology.The ICR produced this shortlist…

AI Robots Created To Remove Kidney Stones
Scientists have created artificial intelligence (AI) that can remove large kidney stones.Researchers at Nagoya City University developed a robot that can perform percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), a very difficult surgical treatment…

AI Digital Twins Could Detect Bone Fractures
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help doctors predict bone fractures in cancer patients by creating a digital twin of their vertebrae.Soheil Soghrati, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at The Ohio State…

Could AI Speed Up Cancer Diagnoses?
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is hoping that by using artificial intelligence (AI), it can reduce the time between cancer screenings and, subsequently, diagnose patients at a faster rate.The AI technology works by triaging x-rays…