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PET/MRI tops PET/CT in abdominopelvic lesion conspicuity
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, November 28 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSK08-09 | Room S504CDPET/MRI with ultrafast gradient-recalled echo and spin-echo sequences is superior to PET/CT for lesion conspicuity, thus potentially improving therapy for patients with abdominopelvic cancer, according to a study by Swiss researchers.
November 7, 2012
Facility-wide program cuts CT dose by up to 90%
By Eric Barnes
A San Diego imaging center was able to reduce CT radiation dose by as much as 90% using a combination of dose reduction strategies with or without iterative reconstruction techniques, thus minimizing patient risk, researchers wrote in the November Journal of the American College of Radiology.
November 6, 2012
Road to RSNA preview launches; medical radiation still a hazard; 2013 imaging cuts
By Brian Casey
November 5, 2012
Radiation concerns broaden beyond CT in ECRI 2013 hazards list
By Eric Barnes
Medical imaging radiation once again made the list of the ECRI Institute's top 10 rankings of technology hazards for 2013. But this year, the nonprofit group expanded the category from just CT to include a broader range of imaging-related radiation hazards.
November 5, 2012
Siemens introduces ImageScapes environments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has announced the availability of its ImageScapes customized thematic health environments, designed to calm and comfort patients.
November 5, 2012
Quantification replaces attenuation measurement for characterizing renal masses
By Eric Barnes
Friday, November 30 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SST07-07 | Room E351Iodine quantification at dual-energy CT is a new diagnostic technique that can reduce the cost of additional tests in the characterization of renal masses, researchers from the University of Messina in Italy have found.
November 5, 2012
Single-phase CT of the liver sufficient for melanoma surveillance
By Eric Barnes
Friday, November 30 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SST05-05 | Room E353CSingle portal-venous phase CT is adequate for hepatic metastatic disease surveillance in patients with metastatic cutaneous melanoma, concluded researchers from Utah, who found that arterial-phase CT didn't provide much additional information.
November 5, 2012
Study shows pericardial fat is linked to calcified plaque
By Eric Barnes
Thursday, November 29 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSQ01-09 | Room S502ABPatients with higher levels of pericardial fat are also more likely to have more coronary artery calcium and, hence, greater risk of cardiac events, say researchers from the University of California, San Francisco.
November 5, 2012
New 'LUNG-RADS' scheme sorts out screening results
By Eric Barnes
Thursday, November 29 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSQ10-08 | Room S403AA new "LUNG-RADS" system for lung cancer screening with CT aims to standardize the reporting of findings, both pulmonary and extrapulmonary, according to researchers from the Lahey Institute in Burlington, MA, who developed the system late last year.
November 5, 2012
Flat-panel CT perfusion monitors hepatic blood volume in real-time
By Eric Barnes
Thursday, November 29 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSQ19-06 | Room N227Flat-panel CT can monitor hepatic blood-volume changes right in the angiographic suite with the patient on the table, which could be useful during transarterial chemoembolization procedures, according to researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
November 5, 2012
MBIR takes on ASIR in low-dose chest CT
By Eric Barnes
Thursday, November 29 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSQ03-05 | Room S405ABBoth adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) and model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) improve image quality at low doses, but does GE Healthcare's more advanced MBIR algorithm produce noticeably sharper lung images?
November 5, 2012
DECT reduces metal artifact versus single-energy CT
By Eric Barnes
Thursday, November 29 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSQ15-01 | Room S102CDual-energy CT (DECT) with rapid kV switching significantly reduced metal artifacts in an animal model, regardless of whether metal artifact reduction software was used, according to a study from Canada.
November 5, 2012
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