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Smartphones such as Apple's iPhone are showing promise for bringing access to images whenever and wherever it's needed. And they may also help guide transfer decisions for patients with head injuries.
Researchers from Orlando Health in Orlando, FL, have found that digital photographs of CT images on the iPhone can be valuable in the triage of patients with head injuries. Not only would these images have allowed neurosurgeons to make better choices regarding which patients to transfer to a level I trauma center, but they also led to better interobserver agreement.
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In other stories we're featuring this month in your Advanced Visualization Digital Community, a Japanese research team believes it has found a way to lower false positives in lung computer-aided detection (CAD) applications. International editor Eric Barnes has our coverage, which you can access by clicking here.
And learn how image processing software developed by NASA may someday help improve the diagnostic prowess of a number of imaging modalities by clicking here. A Dutch team has also found promising results from applying CAD technology for diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
In breast CAD developments, a recent study found rapid growth in mammography CAD utilization. And the combination of full-field digital mammography plus dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI was found to yield better CAD performance than traditional single-modality CAD.
