UT Health Science Center study will assess Mexican Americans and dementia risk

July 20, 2023

The San Antonio Heart and Mind Study is an extension of previous research conducted from 1979 to 2006. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (July 20, 2023) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has received a five-year, $15.5 million grant to conduct the San Antonio Heart and Mind Study, […]

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UT Health San Antonio develops tool that counts brain lesions in seconds

July 14, 2023

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio accurately counts brain lesions on MRI scans within seconds. Once it is adapted to the clinic, the AI tool should help neuroradiologists to evaluate patients’ brain diseases at earlier stages.




UT Health Science Center San Antonio develops tool that counts brain lesions in seconds

July 13, 2023

Novel AI algorithm precisely quantifies perivascular spaces that signal risk of stroke. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (July 13, 2023) — An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio accurately counts brain lesions on MRI scans within seconds. Once it is adapted to the […]




Olvera to become psychiatry department chairman in the Long School of Medicine

July 11, 2023

  Rene L. Olvera, MD, MPH, will assume duties as chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio effective Sept. 1. Robert A. Hromas, MD, FACP, dean of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and vice president for medical […]