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White children get more head CT scans for trauma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The odds of undergoing head CT for minor blunt head trauma were higher for white children than for Hispanic or non-Hispanic blacks, but minority kids might actually be better off due to the disparity, according to a new data analysis in the August Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
August 5, 2012
Lung cancer screening bill gains support in Congress
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Lung Cancer Alliance said on Friday that support continues to grow for the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act (S 752, HR 1394).
August 5, 2012
AuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy Insider
By Eric Barnes
August 2, 2012
Covidien opens R&D center in Shanghai
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Covidien has opened a new research and development facility in Shanghai.
August 1, 2012
Japanese team finds more flat polyps with virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
Flat colorectal lesions aren't easy to detect at virtual colonoscopy. But a group from Japan did quite well finding them after patients underwent bowel cleansing and automated insufflation before CT scanning, according to a new study in Acta Radiologica.
July 31, 2012
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GE teams with Intermountain on CT dose reduction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare are working together to reduce CT radiation dose at Intermountain's facilities by up to 50%.
July 31, 2012
AAPM: CT technique helpful for joint replacement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new CT reconstruction technique could produce significantly improved images of knee, spine, and hip implants and also lower radiation exposure, suggests preliminary research being presented on Wednesday at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting.
July 31, 2012
Australian center halves CCTA dose using simple techniques
By Eric Barnes
An academic heart center in Australia has cut its coronary CT angiography (CCTA) dose in half over three years using simple techniques that emphasize prospective triggering, low kV settings, and aggressive beta-blockage, according to research presented at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Baltimore.
July 29, 2012
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AuntMinnie.com CT Insider
By Eric Barnes
July 25, 2012
Radiation exposure extraction tools enable dose monitoring, QA
By Cynthia E. Keen
The digitization of radiology has made the concept of efficient, cost-effective data mining possible, while the development of informatics tools is making such activity realistic. Two articles in the August issue of Radiology describe tools to extract radiation dose data.
July 25, 2012
ROMICAT II: CCTA more efficient to triage chest pain patients
By Eric Barnes
It's more efficient to use coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to rule out coronary artery disease for chest pain patients, according to results of the long-awaited Rule Out Myocardial Ischemia/Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) II trial, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
July 24, 2012
SCCT: Dual-energy CTA may offer more accurate look at plaque
By Eric Barnes
A new dual-energy CT angiography (DECTA) protocol may provide a more accurate look at coronary artery calcium by eliminating artifacts that can bedevil more conventional CTA approaches, according to researchers from Virginia at this week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting in Baltimore.
July 23, 2012
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