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RadLex Playbook can boost radiation dose reporting
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 28 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSG07-05 | Room N230BThe RadLex Playbook shows promise for streamlining and improving the monitoring and reporting of radiation dose from CT scans, according to researchers from Stanford University.
November 1, 2017
Voltage-tailored contrast protocol aids CCTA
By Abraham Kim
Tuesday, November 28 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSG02-04 | Room S504ABCustomizing CT contrast dose while also improving efficacy and patient safety is an ongoing challenge. In this presentation, U.S. researchers will offer a way to do just that for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) exams.
November 1, 2017
Low- or standard-dose CT for diagnosing appendicitis?
By Abraham Kim
Monday, November 27 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSE09-05 | Room E353BIn this afternoon session, South Korean researchers will compare the diagnostic performance of low-dose CT with standard-dose CT for appendicitis in all age groups.
November 1, 2017
Study finds CT is overused for minor head injuries
By Abraham Kim
Monday, November 27 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE19-02 | Room N230BA majority of CT scans of the head used to evaluate minor injuries may be unnecessary, say Italian researchers.
November 1, 2017
Relaying CT info reduces stay for rule-out appendicitis
By Abraham Kim
Monday, November 27 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE13-02 | Room S104BDirectly communicating findings on CT scans for suspected appendicitis boosts the speed at which patients are appropriately treated or discharged from the emergency department, according to Boston researchers.
November 1, 2017
CT sheds light on mass disaster victims
By Abraham Kim
Monday, November 27 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE06-02 | Room N228In this presentation, Italian researchers will share how mobile CT scanners can play a pivotal role in the personal identification of cadavers in mass disasters.
November 1, 2017
Postmortem CT challenges autopsy to spot cause of death
By Abraham Kim
Monday, November 27 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSE06-01 | Room N228Postmortem CT may be just as accurate as conventional autopsy for identifying cause of death, Dutch researchers have found.
November 1, 2017
CT dose excellence program yields optimized dose
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, November 27 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | QS110-ED-MOA2 | Lakeside, QS Community, Station 2A Swiss team will describe how it successfully implemented an initiative to standardize CT scanning protocols and optimize radiation dose.
November 1, 2017
Can CT differentiate low- from high-grade renal tumors?
By Abraham Kim
Monday, November 27 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSC06-06 | Room N230BRadiologists can combine subjective and quantitative analyses of CT scans to help them grade chromophobe renal cell carcinomas, Canadian researchers will report in this Monday morning presentation.
November 1, 2017
Study refines lung hamartoma diagnosis on CT
By Abraham Kim
Monday, November 27 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSC03-06 | Room S504CDA team of researchers from Israel is proposing an increase in the current threshold for identifying fat in suspected cases of lung hamartoma to improve accuracy.
November 1, 2017
Dynamic stress CT perfusion predicts adverse cardiac events
By Abraham Kim
Monday, November 27 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSC02-05 | Room S504ABIn this session, researchers from Japan will describe how they successfully used dynamic stress CT myocardial perfusion to predict major adverse cardiac events in patients suspected of having coronary artery disease.
November 1, 2017
Muscle attenuation on CT predicts mortality
By Abraham Kim
Monday, November 27 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSC09-01 | Room E450BResearchers have discovered that the condition of paraspinous muscles on CT reveals a difference between the sexes: Muscle attenuation around the spine is associated with mortality in males but not females.
November 1, 2017
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