Natural language processing may automate data extraction from radiologic reports
1. Natural language processing (NLP) applications may rapidly extract meaningful information from unstructured, free-text radiology reports through a variety of...
Appendicitis ruled out by clinical scoring in cases of equivocal ultrasound findings
1. In patients with suspected appendicitis and equivocal ultrasound results, a low clinical score such as the Alvarado or Pediatric...
Myeloperoxidase upregulation in epileptogenesis seen on molecular imaging
1. There is an increase in hippocampal myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in a murine model of epileptogenesis, which can be imaged...
MRI reveals evolution of cerebral microhemorrhages in traumatic brain injury
1. The number and volume of cerebral microhemorrhages (CMHs) due to traumatic brain injury (TBI) in military service members decreased...
PET/MRI is viable for tracking small lung nodules in cancer patients
1. Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) was not as sensitive as PET and computed tomography (PET/CT) for...
Radiographic surrogates may predict tumor-specific survival in renal carcinoma
1. Computed tomography derived imaging characteristics were correlated with disease specific gene expression to create a radiogenomic based surrogate of...
Uninterrupted warfarin therapy safe for endovascular procedures
1. Meta-analysis suggests that there is no difference in risk of access site hematoma, bleeding complication, or mortality between interrupted...
Sexually dimorphic gray matter changes evident in patients with prior stimulant abuse
1. Women with stimulant dependence after prolonged abstinence had significant changes in gray matter volume that were not observed in...
Low rate of groin complications following endovascular therapy for stroke
1. The use of large bore sheaths in patients who underwent mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke was associated with...
CT perfusion-derived angiography aids in detecting arterial occlusion in stroke
1. Timing invariant computed tomography angiography (CTA) derived from computed tomography perfusion can reliably detect large artery occlusions in ischemic...