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ImagingU offers new bundled CT education and training package
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ImagingU has launched a new online postprimary pathway course for aspiring CT technologists that includes mock board testing and can be paired with ScanLab's ScanLabCT.
July 12, 2024
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CMS proposes coverage of CT colonography screening
By Kate Madden Yee, Erik L. Ridley
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed to provide Medicare reimbursement for CT colonography for colorectal cancer screening.
July 11, 2024
Colon Cancer
Lung cancer ranks highest among cancers attributable to risk factors
By Kate Madden Yee
Forty percent of cancer cases and almost half of all deaths in the U.S. are linked to disease caused by modifiable risk factors -- and lung cancer tops the list.
July 11, 2024
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E-cigarette users less likely to undergo lung cancer screening
By Kate Madden Yee
Individuals who use e-cigarettes are less likely to undergo lung cancer screening, researchers have reported.
July 2, 2024
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How to comply with CMS's CT radiation dose measure
By Marc Kohli, MD, Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD
Inconsistency in CT radiation doses represents a modifiable health risk, and doses can be standardized through auditing and feedback to hospitals and physicians.
June 27, 2024
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Medical groups sound off on ruling over preventive service coverage
By Amerigo Allegretto
Medical advocacy groups are sounding off on a recent federal court ruling over challenges to zero-cost coverage of preventive services.
June 25, 2024
Patient Elderly Medical Bill
Deep-learning model ties muscle quality on CT to TAVI mortality risk
By Amerigo Allegretto
Deep learning can assess low muscle quality on CT images as a predictive tool of mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
June 18, 2024
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CT-based BMD assessment benefits men, too
By Kate Madden Yee
A bone mineral density (BMD) assessment performed using CT imaging data can effectively identify, track, and support treatment of osteoporosis in men.
June 13, 2024
Hip Joint
ACS: States with higher lung cancer burden show low screening rates
By Kate Madden Yee
The prevalence of up-to-date lung cancer screening with low-dose CT remains low -- especially in U.S. states that tend to have higher mortality rates of the disease.
June 10, 2024
Lung Cancer
'Real-world' study confirms that lung cancer screening saves lives
By Kate Madden Yee
A "real-world" study of more than 57,000 U.S. veterans diagnosed with lung cancer shows that lung cancer screening (LCS) saves lives.
June 10, 2024
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UC Berkeley researchers develop CT-based 'virtual stress test' for BMD
By Kate Madden Yee
A team of University of California, Berkeley researchers has developed a "virtual stress test" that uses CT image data to assess bone mineral density (BMD) for evaluating osteoporosis.
June 7, 2024
Tony Keaveny, PhD, of the University of California, Berkeley.
Ground-glass opacity on CT lung cancer imaging means better prognosis
By Kate Madden Yee
The presence of ground-glass opacities rather than pure-solid nodules on CT lung cancer imaging is an encouraging prognostic factor in NSCLC.
May 29, 2024
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