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Lack of Medicare CTC coverage affects people of color
By Kate Madden Yee
The number of screening CT colonography (CTC) exams appears to decrease after age 65 -- a trend that may have a disproportionate impact on Black patients and those of other racial minorities, according to a study published October 18 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
October 20, 2020
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Philips signs 7-year agreement with Indonesian hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Royal Philips and Mandaya Royal Hospital Puri in Jakarta have signed a seven-year strategic partnership agreement that includes imaging and image-guided therapy technologies, integrated informatics, and connected monitoring software.
October 19, 2020
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CT shows manifestations of recreational drug use
By Kate Madden Yee
CT illuminates the dangerous abdominopelvic complications caused by recreational drug use, including disseminated infections, gastrointestinal ischemia, and visceral infarction, according to a review published October 16 in RadioGraphics.
October 18, 2020
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Incidental findings on LDCT are worth working up
By Kate Madden Yee
Low-dose CT (LDCT) for lung cancer screening occasionally finds other malignancies outside the lungs, according to a study published October 12 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
October 13, 2020
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COVID-19 outweighs radiation for death risk
By Kate Madden Yee
The risk of death from COVID-19 far outweighs the risk of death from imaging exams that impart radiation such as chest x-ray or CT, according to a study published October 7 in the Journal of Radiological Protection.
October 12, 2020
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AI algorithm detects COVID-19, flu, other pneumonia
By Erik L. Ridley
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm yielded a high level of accuracy for distinguishing between cases of COVID-19, influenza A/B, nonviral community-acquired pneumonia, and healthy subjects on CT exams, Chinese researchers reported in an article published online October 9 in Nature Communications.
October 11, 2020
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Rads offer key support to domestic violence victims
By Kate Madden Yee
Isolation protocols implemented to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2 over the past year have had an unfortunate effect: an increase in rates of intimate partner violence, which is defined as actions between partners that inflict physical, psychological, or sexual harm, according to a paper published on October 6 in European Radiology.
October 8, 2020
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Elucid's vascuCAP added to IBM Imaging AI marketplace
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Elucid Bioimaging's vascuCAP artificial intelligence (AI) software has been added to the IBM Imaging AI Marketplace.
October 7, 2020
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Prediction model plus CT forecasts COVID-19 progression
By Kate Madden Yee
Using a prediction model with CT helps risk-stratify patients with moderate COVID-19 disease, according to a study conducted by Chinese researchers and published October 2 in Nature Communications.
October 7, 2020
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SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in CT components
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RNA from the SARS-CoV-2 virus was found among internal components of a CT scanner that had performed a high volume of exams on COVID-19 patients, according to research published online on October 1 in European Radiology Experimental. In good news, the RNA was discovered only in the inward airflow filter.
October 6, 2020
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CT scans can predict CVD risk in breast cancer patients
By Theresa Pablos
Clinicians used CT scans of coronary artery calcium to predict which patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer were at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to study findings presented on October 2 at the 2020 European Breast Cancer Conference.
October 6, 2020
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Severe COVID-19 puts patients at risk of encephalopathy
By Kate Madden Yee
A third of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 experience various forms of encephalopathy, or altered mental states, including an inability to reason, difficulty concentrating, or memory loss, according to a study published October 5 in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.
October 6, 2020
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