FAPI PET/CT Shows Promise but Limits in Spotting Hidden Stomach Cancer Spread
A prospective study and meta-analysis find that FAPI PET/CT detects peritoneal metastasis in gastric cancer with excellent specificity but limited ...
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When Every Missed Breath Counts: AI Debate Over Detecting Neonatal Pneumothorax
A scholarly exchange in Pediatric Radiology over a deep learning model for detecting neonatal pneumothorax highlights the gap between overall ...
No Single Test Can Reliably Diagnose Respiratory Sarcopenia, Landmark Review Finds
A new systematic review and meta-analysis of seven studies finds that commonly used breathing tests show variable and imperfect accuracy ...
Long COVID Diagnostic Score Under Fire: Researchers Warn Validation Study Overstates Accuracy
A letter in the Journal of General Internal Medicine argues that a validation study of the RECOVER PASC score for ...
AI Reads CT Scans to Predict Hidden Gastric Cancer Risks Before Surgery
A meta-analysis of 40 studies covering 12,769 patients shows that radiomics-based models combining CT image features with clinical data can ...
AI Learns to Fake Chest X-Rays So Well It Boosts Disease Diagnosis to Near Perfection
Researchers have developed Adaptive-CGAN, a generative AI framework that produces realistic synthetic chest X-rays, lifts diagnostic accuracy to 99.60 percent, ...
AI Struggles to Spot Psoriasis in Darker Skin, Study Finds
A new study finds that AI systems and large language models achieve at best 25 percent accuracy in diagnosing psoriasis ...
New Inflammatory Burden Index Shows Promise for Spotting Sepsis in Newborns with Pneumonia
A large retrospective study finds that a composite inflammatory burden index calculated from routine admission blood tests can help distinguish ...
Mayo Clinic Team Defends Home Sleep Apnea Test Accuracy for Young Children
Mayo Clinic researchers have publicly defended their validation of a photoplethysmography-based home sleep apnea test for children aged two to ...
Sticky Protein MUC5AC Emerges as Powerful Tissue Marker for Pancreatic Cancer and Precursors
A meta-analysis of 55 studies shows the mucus protein MUC5AC distinguishes pancreatic cancer and precancerous lesions from healthy and benign ...
Sequencing Showdown: Two DNA Tests Match Up in the Race to Diagnose Tuberculosis
A propensity score-matched study of 403 patients finds targeted and metagenomic next-generation sequencing statistically equivalent for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis, though ...
Simple Spinal Fluid Protein Test Could Curb Unnecessary Meningitis PCR Panels
A Colombian study of 478 patients found that routine cerebrospinal fluid white cell counts and protein levels could predict which ...
Smartphone Cough Monitoring Shows Promise but Falls Short for Tuberculosis Screening in Uganda
A mixed-methods study in Uganda found that passive smartphone cough monitoring detected higher cough frequency among people with tuberculosis but ...
AI That Watches the Whole Scan: Deep Learning Reads Breast Ultrasound Videos Better Than Doctors
A multicenter study found that a deep learning model analyzing full ultrasound videos significantly improved diagnostic accuracy for suspicious breast ...
AI Turns a Routine ECG Into a Powerful Predictor of Hidden Heart Artery Disease
A prospective study found that an AI-enhanced 12-lead ECG score accurately identified angiographically significant coronary artery disease in patients undergoing ...
Deep Learning Model Matches Experts at Measuring Fetal Brain Fluid in Ultrasound
Researchers in China have developed a U-Net-based deep learning framework that measures fetal ventricular width from ultrasound with near-expert consistency, ...
Delayed PET Scans Offer Only Marginal Gains for Spotting Cancerous Lung Nodules
A rigorously validated study of 612 patients finds that adding delayed-phase ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT imaging to prediction models for indeterminate pulmonary ...
Rapid PCR Test Delivers Joint Infection Answers in Hours Instead of Weeks
A rapid PCR-based molecular test on sonication fluid from revised joint implants delivered results within hours and showed high clinically ...
New Blood Tests for River Blindness Show Promise but Fall Short of Elimination Standards
A Bayesian evaluation of three onchocerciasis rapid diagnostic tests across Mozambique, Ghana, and Benin found the novel GADx assay achieved ...
Sharper Prostate MRI Scans May Not Mean Better Cancer Detection, Review Finds
A systematic review of eight studies finds that higher prostate MRI quality shows inconsistent and very-low-certainty associations with the confirmation ...
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