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Can guidelines reduce unneeded CT for dental infections?
By Theresa Pablos
Emergency physicians overuse conventional CT scans to rule out dangerous dental infections in patients, according to a recent study in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Is a set of standardized guidelines the answer to reducing unnecessary radiation exposure for these patients?
April 1, 2019
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Cinematic rendering makes strides in cancer evaluation
By Abraham Kim
Cinematic rendering proved to be as accurate as conventional volume rendering and CT angiography for presurgical identification of the potential invasion of soft-tissue tumors into major blood vessels, according to an article published online March 27 in the Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography.
March 31, 2019
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Sexual minorities overlooked in CT lung screening
By Abraham Kim
CT lung screening programs could improve early cancer detection by focusing on sexual minorities, who were twice as likely as heterosexuals to be eligible for a CT screening exam but not receive one, according to an article published online March 23 in Cancer Epidemiology.
March 28, 2019
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Clinical rules reduce need for CTPA during pregnancy
By Abraham Kim
Using a set of clinical rules, researchers from the Netherlands and France helped nearly 40% of pregnant women suspected of having a pulmonary embolism avoid an unnecessary CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) exam, according to a study published in the March 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
March 28, 2019
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Earlier colon screening saves lives -- but at what cost?
By Abraham Kim
Lowering the starting age for colorectal cancer screening from 50 to 45 is a cost-effective strategy to reduce cancer deaths, but improving uptake among those currently eligible would provide even greater benefits, according to U.S. researchers who used a math model to project the outcomes in a study published March 28 in Gastroenterology.
March 28, 2019
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IAEA launches competition for radiation safety
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is taking submissions from healthcare professionals to be included in an upcoming training program on demonstrating radiation safety in medicine.
March 27, 2019
Why are CT colonography use rates trending downward?
By Abraham Kim
Patient awareness and use of CT colonoscopy have continued to dwindle since the start of the decade, whereas the opposite has been true for traditional optical colonoscopy, according to an article published online March 15 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
March 19, 2019
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HeartFlow highlights FFR-CT trial at ACC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow is touting a presentation at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) meeting in New Orleans that reported on the utility of its HeartFlow fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT) analysis software for evaluating coronary artery disease.
March 18, 2019
Canon delivers 1st Aquilion Precision unit in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canon Medical Systems USA has installed its Aquilion Precision ultrahigh-resolution CT scanner at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.
March 18, 2019
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ACC: Study promotes routine PET/CT CAC for cardiac risk
By Abraham Kim
Should coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring be a routine part of PET/CT stress testing for assessing an individual's risk of heart disease? Yes, according to researchers from Utah who explained why in a Saturday presentation at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2019 meeting in New Orleans.
March 15, 2019
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Cardiac risk grows with higher coronary calcium scores
By Abraham Kim
Individuals with high CT coronary artery calcium scores -- at least 1,000 Agatston units -- had a substantially greater risk of all-cause mortality than those with lower scores and nearly triple the risk of those with a score of 0, according to research published online March 15 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
March 15, 2019
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Micro-CT detects early tumor growth in lymph nodes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from Japan were able to detect metastatic tumors in lymph nodes before they spread to other regions of the body by examining contrast visibility on micro-CT scans.
March 13, 2019
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