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New imaging software improves lung diagnosis for 30% of patients who can't tolerate contrast dye - EurekAlert


<p>For up to 30% of patients who are allergic to medical contrast dye or have a dye restriction because of other health conditions, they might find that it takes longer to get a diagnosis when it comes to life-threatening lung issues such as pulmonary embolism. That&rsquo;s because imaging methods that detect lung problems but don&rsquo;t use contrast dye aren&rsquo;t as accurate and can be more time-consuming to administer. Now, new imaging software, developed by pulmonologist Girish Nair, M.D., with Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, and biomedical engineer Edward Castillo, Ph.D., with The University of Texas at Austin, is addressing the industry-wide issue and giving patients a more reliable alternative with faster, more up-front diagnoses.</p>

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