Re:One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans
by duxup on Monday May 20, 2019 @03:12PM
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> internal organs shift to the point that it is impossible to automatically compare
I didn't even know that is a thing, I just sorta assumed they stayed put.
Re:One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans
by rolleiflex on Monday May 20, 2019 @03:31PM
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You are a wet squishy clump of really advanced bacteria trying their damned best to physically hold together, barely alive. Don’t expect much. Human politics is the literal definition of shipping the org chart.
Re:One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans
by pgeorgi on Monday May 20, 2019 @04:11PM
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When undergoing abdominal radiation treatment, patients are asked to stop breathing to keep organs at their place (and not radiate healthy tissue), but apparently that still isn't good enough: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27773445
Re:One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans
by cameronbrown on Monday May 20, 2019 @06:00PM
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> internal organs shift to the point that it is impossible to automatically compare.
Seems like a good area to apply machine learning if we had enough data?
In the case of blood chemistry that is caused by fluctuations due to time of day, time of month, season, what you recently ate and so one.
In the case of MRI the problem is that internal organs shift to the point that it is impossible to automatically compare. And a experienced doctor comparing the scan millimeter for millimeter takes hours and would be very expensive. Even just tracking the volume of a known tumor in the brain (that shifts very little) to track the effect of radiation is tedious, time consuming and error prone.