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WORLD’S CLINICAL NEWS LEADER
2019
Vol.37 No.5 • 10-11/ 2019
Hall 1-H61
DAILY CLINICAL NEWS
ISSN 0898-7270
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AI Improves Efficiency and Accuracy of Breast Cancer Imaging
new study reveals how a smart speaker can spot a heart attack by detecting agonal breathing, a brainstem reflex that arises in the setting of severe hypoxia. Developed by researchers at the University of Washington (UW; Seattle, USA; www.washington.edu), the
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rtificial intelligence (AI) can help shorten digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) reading time while maintaining or improving accuracy, claims a new study. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN: Philadelphia, PA, USA; www.upenn.edu),
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iCAD (Nashua, NH, USA; www. icadmed.com), and other institutions have developed a deep learning AI system that is capable of identifying suspicious soft-tissue and calcified lesions in DBT images. The system was trained on a large DBT data set, following Cont’d on page 7
MRI Breakthrough Cuts Down Scan Time to A Minute
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New Technique Predicts Risk of Cancer new study describes a technique to detect macromolecular alterations at the cellular level that can be used to predict and quantify cancer risk at extremely early stages. Developed at Northwestern University (NU; Chicago, IL, USA; www.northwestern. edu) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL; Lemont, IL, USA; www.anl.gov), the new method is based on high-throughput optical
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Cloud-Based System Monitors Vital Signs n innovative wireless device communicates with smartphones or third-party customized applications, sending raw vital signs data to the cloud for computation. The DynoSense (San Jose, CA, USA; www.dynosense.com) Vital Signs Measuring System collects a variety of input data representing a range of health metrics, including electrocardiogram (ECG) readings, respiration rate (RR),
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new multicontrast MRI A technique called echo planar image mix (EPIMix) can
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cut down the time for a scan to about one minute. EPIMix is capable of acquiring an entire MR image in only a fraction of a second and generating highquality images that provide reduced imaging time, decreased motion artifact, and display of rapid physiologic processes of the body. See article on page 3
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