Category: Prostate imaging

Landmark clinical study shows MRgFUS effective for bone mets pain.

A Landmark Study on Palliation of Bone Mets PainWhen a primary cancer such as cancer of the breast, prostate or lung spreads to the bone (bone mets), treatment strategies become complex. In today’s world of oncology, better systemic chemotherapies can add months and even years to a patient’s life; in addition, local cancer control of […] KEEP READING

Understanding cartilage increases awareness of its importance.

What You Should Know About CartilageOne of the most fascinating components of the human body is cartilage, an incredibly versatile material. Trying to describe cartilage is like the six blind men who try to figure out what an elephant is: “The elephant is like a pillar,” said the man who touched his leg. “Oh no! […] KEEP READING

Essential tremor gets worse in stressful situations.

How Stress Makes Essential Tremor WorseEssential tremor (ET) is the most common form of uncontrollable rhythmic shaking, though it is sometimes misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s disease. The involuntary trembling results from abnormal communication between certain areas of the brain (cerebellum, thalamus, and brain stem). It is estimated that 10 million Americans suffer from ET, though many […] KEEP READING

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Benefitting the World of Prostate Cancer

To paraphrase a famous poem, “How can AI serve prostate cancer? Let me count the ways.” In some ways, clinical researchers and software engineers have established a solid foundation for applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the detection, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of prostate cancer (PCa). On the other hand, given the oceanic potential, we’ve only […] CONTINUE

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Competition Improves AI’s Accuracy in Grading Prostate Cancer

According to Swedish and Dutch experts, there’s often a bias problem in Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs designed to grade prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness. That is, those who develop algorithms that are trained on a particular set of data are also the people who evaluate their accuracy. Where’s the objectivity in that method? There’s a risk […] CONTINUE

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Deep Learning Supports Active Surveillance

The Declaration of Independence cites the pursuit of happiness as one of the inalienable rights with which we are all born. Pursuing your happiness is easy when your life is going along as usual. However, an unpredictable unpleasant event such as a diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) slams the brakes on your normal quality of […] CONTINUE

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Circulating Tumor Cells Predict Prostate Cancer Spread

If you look at an MRI image of a prostate gland, what do you see? You see different shades of gray that form into various useful features that a radiologist reads and interprets. However, a computer is not a human reader. Therefore, in order to be useful for Artificial Intelligence, the measurable physical […] CONTINUE

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Designing a Virtual Prostate Biopsy Using MRI Scans

Your PSA blood test came back abnormally high. Your doctor says you might have prostate cancer (PCa) and wants to do a needle biopsy, but guess what? You have a choice. Either: a) He numbs you up and pokes your prostate gland with needles in order to extract tissue samples, or b) He sends you […] CONTINUE

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Can AI Predict Prostate Cancer Outcomes?

If there were an accurate crystal ball, would you want to know your future? And if you knew something bad was going to happen, would you try to take steps to avoid it? The ancient Greek notion that you can’t escape your fate is illustrated by the tragic tale of King Oedipus, who was informed […] CONTINUE

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Mayo Clinic Algorithm Supports MRI Evaluation of Prostate Cancer

Few medical centers are as venerable as the Mayo Clinic. It began when William Worrall Mayo, a physician and chemist, settled his family on the Minnesota prairie in 1864, and opened a small practice. His two doctor sons joined the practice. As other partners came on board, it grew into the Mayo Clinic. Today, its […] CONTINUE

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Can MRI Plus Artificial Intelligence Diagnose Prostate Cancer?

The question posed in the title is a worthy one, given the increasing attraction of applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to medicine, specifically in detecting and diagnosing prostate cancer (PCa). Why do we need this? Is there something lacking in the way doctors have been performing? Well, not exactly. Radiologists and urologists who are experienced in […] CONTINUE

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Global Prostate Cancer Expert Supports AI for Prostate Cancer Imaging

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Artificial Intelligence: What’s Good for Breast Imaging is Good for Prostate Imaging

What do breast cancer (BCa) and prostate cancer (PCa) have in common? As it turns out, they share several characteristics: They are both the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. They are both related to sexuality and reproduction They are both subject to hormone-driven cancers that respond to drugs that affect hormone […] CONTINUE

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