Russell Cothren
AI framework enhances transparency in chest X-ray analysis
06/03/2025
AI has the potential to assist radiologist in diagnosing lung diseases and heart conditions using chest X-rays. However, many AI systems function as “black boxes,” making their decision-making processes unclear. Researchers at the University of Arkansas have now developed ItpCtrl-AI, which mimics the gaze of radiologists to improve accuracy and explainability in medical imaging.
Empa
New 3D imaging enhances thyroid cancer diagnosis
27/02/2025
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, in collaboration with the University of Bern, have developed a 3D imaging method to analyze thyroid tumors with higher precision. Unlike conventional histopathology, this innovative technique allows pathologists to assess entire tissue samples virtually, providing a more comprehensive view of pathological changes.
Automated imaging during operations – How a self-propelled C-arm relieves the OR staff
03/02/2025
The OR is the most cost-intensive area of any hospital, so efficiency is the ultimate goal here. But this becomes difficult when large devices are included in sugery, for example intraoperative imaging devices such as a C-arm: Preparing and setting them up costs time, during which the surgical staff cannot work and during which the patients still lie on the table.
University of Texas at Dallas
Gold nanoparticles for kidney disease detection
17/10/2024
Researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas have discovered that gold nanoparticles may offer a more accurate method of detecting kidney disease than traditional blood tests. Their study suggests that X-ray imaging using gold nanoparticles as a contrast agent could improve kidney function assessment and provide crucial insights into nanoparticle-based therapies.
Vincent Hoban, University College Dublin
World’s first commercial deployment of novel soft X-ray microscope
03/11/2023
SiriusXT Ltd, an Irish technology SME, announced the world’s first commercial deployment of the SXT-100, the company’s unique table-top Soft X-ray Microscope with applications in disease research and the drug discovery process, at the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research at University College Dublin.
UBC Okanagan
Riding a wave to better medical diagnosis
18/08/2023
New UBC Okanagan research takes aim at improving diagnostic imaging
Paul Scherrer Institut
Improvement of the CT: earlier detection of breast cancer
26/07/2023
A team of researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich, together with the Baden Cantonal Hospital (KSB) and the University Hospital Zurich (USZ), has succeeded in refining mammography, x-ray imaging technique used to detect tumours in their early stages, to produce considerably more reliable results and be less unpleasant for the patient.
Staatskanzlei SH
AI from the universities in Kiel and San Francisco launched
14/06/2023
A delegation from the CAU and UKSH joined Schleswig-Holstein's Minister President Daniel Günther in opening the new infrastructure for AI in the USA in the night of 8 June 2023 (German time).
Astrid Eckert / TUM
COVID-19 and beyond: a deeper look into the lungs with dark-field X-rays
28/03/2023
Imaging reaches its limits when it comes to looking at the lungs: Alveoli are tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs in our lungs. These tissue structures are micrometers in diameter and currently cannot be visualized directly. Meanwhile, they exhibit early changes prompted by lung diseases such as COVID-19. Dark-field X-ray images could visualize these signs in the future.
Häggmark et al., 2023
Early-stage lung disease could be detected with advanced imaging tech
24/02/2023
An imaging process that today is used mainly in research labs could potentially detect early-stage lung disease if developed for use in hospitals and clinics, a new research study shows.
Setting new standards in mobile X-ray – Solutions for tomorrow AB
16/11/2022
Instead of bringing the patient to the X-ray unit, would it not be better to bring the X-ray unit to the patient? Solutions for tomorrow is a med-tech company creating innovative products that change the X-ray experience for hospitals, clinics and patients. At MEDICA 2022, we took a look at it.
Karin Kaiser / MHH
New X-ray technique shows vascular damage in intact COVID-19 lungs for first time
05/11/2021
When the coronavirus enters the lung, it causes massive tissue damage. Now, an international research team has been able to demonstrate for the first time, using a highly innovative X-ray technique in a non-destructive manner, that severe COVID-19 causes massive remodelling of the finest blood vessels by causing normally separate blood systems to join together with unusual frequency.
Medical imaging: obtaining an accurate view of blood vessels for surgery
02/08/2021
Surgical intervention is often inevitable when blood vessels become narrowed, blocked, or damaged. Surgeons use stents and medical balloons to open and widen the arteries, suck out the obstructing clots and use a catheter to examine the vessels. Intraoperative cardiovascular imaging is an essential tool to guide the catheters and instruments during the minimally invasive procedures.
A look into the cardiovascular system: Possibilities of medical imaging
02/08/2021
A high degree of precision is required for operations involving the cardiovascular system. This is based on medical imaging. In practice, however, these still face a number of challenges that can impair image quality. The further development of imaging techniques represents a forward-looking field of research in order to be able to improve surgical treatment.
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg 2021
Bringing stents precisely to their destination with cardiac catheter robots
02/08/2021
Robots in the operating theatre are no longer a rarity in certain medical fields - they support and relieve doctors and sometimes they can make operations more efficient and easier with artificial intelligence (AI). However, they are rarely found in the operating theatre during cardiological interventions.
Dagmar Braun
Much-needed medical technology: a hospital for Togo
10/02/2020
If life has given you many blessings, you should share them with others – and you also need to be a little crazy. That's Dagmar Braun's point of view. She initiated the construction of a hospital in Togo, Africa. The country currently lacks the system required to deliver comprehensive medical care. Surgical equipment and gynecology devices are much-needed to compensate for these deficits.
Medicine 5.0: machine learning algorithms in healthcare
04/11/2019
Artificial intelligence holds the promise of salvation when it comes to medicine: it is meant to unburden medical professionals, save time and money and perform tasks reliably and tirelessly. But before AI algorithms are allowed to diagnose diseases, many technical and ethical questions still need answers.