Items tagged with Diagnostics

First specific PET scan for TB could enable more effective treatment (post)

A more accurate way to scan for tuberculosis (TB) has been developed by UK and US researchers, using positron emission tomography (PET).

AI model can estimate lung function from chest radiographs with high accuracy (post)

If there is one medical exam that everyone in the world has taken, it's a chest x-ray. Clinicians can use radiographs to tell if someone has tuberculosis, lung cancer, or other diseases, but they can't use them to tell if the lungs are functioning well.

Whispers in the wind: diagnosing TB in children (post)

Method for the detection of tuberculosis (TB) in children using modified FFP2 masks shows that children suffering from TB are unlikely to produce aerosols responsible for the transmission of this lung disease.

Consensus statement: The inclusion of children and adolescents in TB diagnostic development and evaluation (post)

Using an online Delphi process, stakeholders from academia, industry, government, funding agencies, and advocacy achieved consensus on an approach to include children and adolescents in TB diagnostic tool development and evaluation.

South Africa: 'We were the first ones to do it': Innovative study takes TB testing to people’s homes (post)

Most TB tests still require a trip to the clinic. Now, new technology has made it possible to test people at home. This could be a big deal for South Africa, where much TB goes undiagnosed.

Comparative study evaluates AI products for detecting TB on chest X-rays (post)

Five out of 12 artificial intelligence (AI) products demonstrated higher than an 86 percent area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for detecting tuberculosis (TB) on X-rays in a South African patient population with a high TB and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden.

Salcit Technologies explores TB detection with Google’s AI bioacoustic model (post)

Aug 21, 2024 -- Search giant Google said on Tuesday that respiratory healthcare startup Salcit Technologies is exploring using its Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) bioacoustic foundation model to enhance early detection of tuberculosis based on cough sounds.

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Diagnostic tests for active tuberculosis (post with image)

This article descibes the tests that are used to diagnose active TB.

My experience with the health system and TB (post with image)

Lihle Dlamini is the Deputy General Secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign. Her HIV activism started in 2002 when she was diagnosed with TB and experienced the horrors of the South African public health system.