Dear AuntMinnie Member,
One of the most frightening aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the condition commonly known as "long COVID" -- a set of debilitating symptoms that continue to affect individuals long after they have recovered from the acute phase of their illness.
Our top story for the past week indicates how ultrasound provides some insight into the origins of long COVID. Researchers from Spain used ultrasound to pinpoint morphological changes to the vagus nerve that could be signs of longer COVID-related symptoms.
While you're in our Ultrasound Community, check out these stories:
- Transvaginal ultrasound measures up to MRI for accurately measuring myometrial invasion.
- Sonography can detect changes in the back muscles of healthcare workers that could be a sign of low back pain.
Cinematic rendering
Cinematic rendering -- a data processing technique that creates photorealistic images from medical imaging data -- is one of the more fascinating new technologies in radiology. In a new article in our Advanced Visualization Community, researchers from Switzerland compared cinematic rendering with a mainstay of 3D imaging, volumetric rendering.
University of Zurich researchers produced cinematic-rendered images of CT or conebeam CT scans of the facial skeleton, then had a panel of dentists rate them. The results may surprise you.
For more highlights from AuntMinnie.com from the past week, check out the following:
- Learn how delays in cancer screening exams could be leading to a stage shift when cancers are finally detected, with a higher rate of late-stage disease.
- Discover the latest new application of photon-counting CT.
- See how to differentiate COVID-19 from electronic cigarette or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI).
- Find out who the winners were in the EuroMinnies, the annual awards event hosted by our sister site, AuntMinnieEurope.com.
