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AuntMinnie.com CT Insider
By Eric Barnes
September 15, 2015
Toshiba grows revenues in healthcare unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The healthcare business of Japanese industrial conglomerate Toshiba was a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy financial picture for the company's first quarter of fiscal 2015.
September 15, 2015
Samsung lands Premier purchasing deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Samsung Electronics has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for general radiography, CT, and ultrasound with Premier, effective October 1.
September 13, 2015
Risk score decides who gets invasive colorectal screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new risk assessment system could decide who needs to be screened for colorectal cancer with invasive colonoscopy versus a noninvasive test, according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
September 10, 2015
Optical colonoscopy misses polyps detected on CTC
By Eric Barnes
More than 20% of polyps detected at CT colonography (CTC) may be missed at subsequent optical colonoscopy, according to a study in Radiology. What's more, most of the missed polyps were large and clinically significant.
September 9, 2015
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Philips gets FDA nod for spectral CT software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for Spectral Diagnostic Suite, a software suite of advanced visualization and analysis tools available for its IQon spectral CT scanner.
September 8, 2015
U.S. NRC starts review of LNT radiation theory
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reviewing the linear no-threshold (LNT) model of the health effects of radiation and the idea that LNT should be replaced with a radiation hormesis model.
September 7, 2015
Liver metastases tracking software shows high accuracy
By Eric Barnes
Tracking liver metastases on follow-up CT scans is a critical task for clinicians, but the process is time-consuming and often inefficient. A new automated method for detecting and segmenting liver metastases may help, according to an article published online in the Journal of Medical Imaging.
September 3, 2015
From coins to knives: Foreign bodies run the gamut
By Kate Madden Yee
A patient presenting with a foreign body -- an object that has been swallowed, breathed in, or inserted -- is a common scene in the emergency room (ER). And radiologists are just the experts to coach ER doctors on how to diagnose these patients, according to a review published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
September 2, 2015
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Patients with CIN after CT show poor 1-year outcomes
By Eric Barnes
Patients who develop contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) are at high risk of major adverse events one year after imaging with contrast-enhanced CT, according to a new study in the September Annals of Emergency Medicine. The experience in more than 600 patients who underwent contrast CT suggests the problem is both serious and underrecognized.
September 1, 2015
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Appendix CT scans predict resource utilization
By Eric Barnes
Initial CT findings in patients suspected of having appendicitis are a largely untapped source for predicting hospital costs and resource utilization down the line, according to a new study in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 25, 2015
iPhone works well in a pinch for cardiovascular emergencies
By Erik L. Ridley
Cardiovascular emergencies such as acute aortic syndromes need to be diagnosed quickly. Fortunately, mobile devices such as the iPhone can be used for on-the-go diagnosis and triage of patients with these life-threatening conditions, according to an article published online August 3 in the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
August 25, 2015
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