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ACR to offer CT lung cancer screening registry
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) next year will offer resources to help radiology professionals provide and receive payments for CT lung cancer screening.
November 12, 2014
Mobile App Spotlight: CTisus iLecture Series
By Erik L. Ridley
AuntMinnie.com presents the next article in an ongoing series highlighting notable mobile apps in radiology. In this installment, we take a look at CTisus iLecture Series: The HD Edition, an iOS app that offers hundreds of educational lectures on a variety of CT topics.
November 12, 2014
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Second Opinion: Medicare CT screening decision raises questions
By Frederic W. Grannis Jr.
"The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away." That quote by musician Tom Waits could well be applied to this week's decision approving Medicare payment for CT lung cancer screening, according to thoracic surgeon Dr. Frederic W. Grannis Jr., who believes that many people at risk of lung cancer may not get the scans they need.
November 12, 2014
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MeVis readies 2 products for RSNA 2014
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions plans to introduce two new products at the RSNA 2014 meeting.
November 11, 2014
How does PET/MR compare with PET/CT for breast cancer follow-up?
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 30 | 11:55 a.m.-12:05 p.m. | SSA12-08 | Room S504CDHow does whole-body PET/MR compare with PET/CT in terms of diagnostic performance for breast cancer treatment follow-up? Italian researchers will address this question during this Sunday morning scientific session.
November 11, 2014
CT use during pregnancy has declined
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 30 | 11:35 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | SSA10-06 | Room E353BCT use in pregnant women has declined 50% over the past four years, as awareness of the need to watch radiation dose has increased among patients and doctors, according to this presentation to be given on Sunday morning.
November 11, 2014
CMS does the right thing on CT lung cancer screening; rolling on the Road
By Brian Casey
November 10, 2014
DWI-MRI matches FDG-PET/CT for lymphoma staging
By Wayne Forrest
Friday, December 5 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SST11-09 | Room S505ABDiffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) may be a viable alternative to FDG-PET/CT for pretherapeutic lymphoma staging, according to a study from the Medical University of Vienna.
November 10, 2014
PET/MRI compares well with PET/CT for pancreatic cancer staging
By Wayne Forrest
Thursday, December 4 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSQ06-08 | Room E350Italian researchers are adding to the evidence that PET/MRI can benefit cancer patients for use in tumor-node-metastasis staging.
November 10, 2014
Time-of-flight PET/MRI could help with a variety of clinical applications
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, December 3 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSK18-05 | Room S505ABTime-of-flight PET/MRI provided comparable image quality and diagnostic ability to PET/CT in several clinical applications in a study from Stanford University.
November 10, 2014
FDG-PET/MRI, FDG-PET/CT top choices for lymphoma diagnostic workup
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, December 3 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSK18-01 | Room S505ABFDG-PET/MRI and FDG-PET/CT topped diffusion-weighted MRI in the diagnostic workup of lymphoma patients in this study from Swiss researchers at the University Hospital of Zurich.
November 10, 2014
Study questions efficacy of CT, MRI for psychosis
By Wayne Forrest
Tuesday, December 2 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSG11-07 | Room N227Because neuroimaging of first-episode psychotic subjects appears to have "very little value" in diagnosing the cause of the psychosis, a head CT or MRI should not be given great consideration, researchers in Canada have concluded.
November 10, 2014
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