Dear Advanced Visualization Insider,
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology is valued for its ability to help detect missed cancers. And that may also be the case for PET/CT scans, according to research from Japan.
A study team found that applying a combined CAD system to both modalities instead of just PET or CT alone nearly doubled the number of solitary pulmonary nodules detected.
Our coverage of this PET/CT CAD research is the subject of this month's Insider Exclusive, which you can access before our other members by clicking here.
In other Advanced Visualization Digital Community articles we're featuring this month, research from the University of Maryland in Baltimore indicates that the use of hardware acceleration can dramatically improve the performance of 3D image registration.
Also, associate editor Kate Madden Yee has our coverage of new data from the landmark Computer-Aided Detection Evaluation Trial II (CADET II). Researchers from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland found that double readers outperformed a single reader with CAD in finding parenchymal deformities. Single reading with CAD did do better in finding cancers that presented as asymmetric densities.
In other news, three workstations were found to deliver different soft-plaque results in cardiac CT angiography exams. International editor Eric Barnes has the details, which you can find here.
A CAD tool was also recently shown to help with MRI-based herniated disk diagnosis. And read about why many feel Apple's iPad offers so much potential for use in radiology.
Do you have any interesting images or clips that might be suitable for our AV Gallery? I invite you to submit them by clicking here.
