Thanks to better treatments, survival rates for many pediatric cancers have improved dramatically in recent decades. But the chemotherapy that saves patients' lives can also …
Tag: radiology
AI for imaging: Experts delve into its promise
Will artificial intelligence (AI) replace radiologists? During a session on AI and imaging yesterday at the Big Data in Biomedicine conference, panelists preempted this question (which …
A voyage to inner space: The diagnostics emerging from Stanford
I was 5, or maybe 6. We were standing in line at Disneyland. And, suddenly, I was terrified. I had thought we were in line …
Coming soon: The nation’s first hadron therapy center
Yesterday, Stanford Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System announced that they're collaborating to build the nation’s first hadron therapy center for cancer patients. …
Enlisting artificial intelligence to assist radiologists
Specialized electronic circuits called graphic processing units, or GPUs, are at the heart of modern mobile phones, personal computers and gaming consoles. By combining multiple GPUs …
Not just an image: Radiologists boost communication skills
As a Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivor, I’ve had plenty of CT scans, mammograms, chest X-rays and MRIs during my diagnosis, therapy and 20 years of follow-up …
MRI use flushes gadolinium into San Francisco Bay
The levels of gadolinium in the San Francisco Bay have been steadily increasing over the past two decades, according to a study recently published in Environmental …