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AuntMinnie.com CT Insider
By Abraham Kim
February 20, 2019
Medsquare upgrades dose monitoring software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation dose management firm Medsquare plans to show an upgraded version of its patient radiation dose monitoring software at ECR 2019 next week in Vienna.
February 19, 2019
ACR backs CT colonography ahead of USPSTF review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) emphasized its support for CT colonography in response to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF) draft research plan for reviewing its colorectal cancer screening recommendations.
February 18, 2019
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CT confirms authenticity of ancient African sculptures
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT scans helped pinpoint the approximate age and also verify the authenticity of five African terra-cotta sculptures unearthed in Mali by researchers from Illinois.
February 18, 2019
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Study: Japanese men have lowest CAC progression
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
White men in the U.S. have significantly higher progression of coronary artery calcium (CAC) than Japanese men, according to research published online February 14 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.
February 18, 2019
Could self-rated health improve CT CAC scoring?
By Abraham Kim
Combining self-rated health assessments with CT coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring enhanced the test's ability to predict a person's risk of adverse cardiac events -- almost matching the accuracy of traditional risk estimation, according to an article published online February 15 in JAMA Network Open.
February 18, 2019
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Week in Review: CT CAC scoring gets support | Mammography really does work | Multimedia reporting
By Brian Casey
February 15, 2019
TexLab AI algorithm predicts ovarian cancer survival
By Abraham Kim
By analyzing tumor characteristics such as structure, shape, and size, an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm called TexLab 2.0 is able to predict which patients with ovarian cancer have the best prognosis. The prediction can then be used to direct patient therapy, according to an article published online February 15 in Nature Communications.
February 14, 2019
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Lung cancer imaging on the upswing in China
By Abraham Kim
CT appears to be taking over for x-ray as a tool for the diagnosis of lung cancer in China, where imaging utilization rates have generally trended upward over the past decade -- most notably in underdeveloped regions of the country, according to an article published online February 8 in Thoracic Cancer.
February 14, 2019
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Heart societies endorse CT CAC for risk assessment
By Abraham Kim
The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have reaffirmed their support for the use of CT coronary artery calcium (CAC) testing to estimate heart disease risk, according to an article published online February 11 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
February 11, 2019
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Canon extends radiation therapy CT simulation offerings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canon Medical Systems USA has added its Aquilion Prime SP and Aquilion Lightning 80 to the list of CT scanners that provide simulation capabilities for radiation therapy.
February 10, 2019
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AI may predict lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer
By Erik L. Ridley
The combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and radiomics features on CT images can outperform current methods for preoperatively predicting lymph node metastasis from gastric cancer, according to research published online February 4 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
February 7, 2019
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