A statewide quality improvement and financial incentive program in Michigan helped reduce the use of chest x-rays in children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and croup by nearly 40% in a statewide ...

It’s 1984 and the patient, undergoing an annual physical, has had weight and vital signs documented. The doctor is now conducting a physical assessment that includes checking ears, eyes, mouth, ...

Chest X-rays have become a common practice these days, whether it is for routine check-ups or for the medical examination of a new job. But are these screenings actually healthy or do they carry ...

Osteoporosis is a silent disease where bone loss develops gradually before fractures occur. Current clinical screening recommendations mainly focus on older women and selected high-risk groups, ...

Radiographs of the heart and lungs also capture parts of the liver, allowing for deep learning models to detect fatty liver disease. Fatty liver disease, caused by the accumulation of fat in the liver ...

Researchers in Japan created an AI that can detect fatty liver disease from ordinary chest X-rays—an unexpected and low-cost method that could transform early diagnosis. The model proved highly ...

At similar radiation doses, ultra-low-dose CT (ULDCT) achieved superior image quality using AI-enhanced iterative reconstruction than chest x-rays for assessing cystic fibrosis-related lung disease in ...