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CT's growth rate slows, but users remain optimistic
By James Brice
The growth rate for CT procedure volume has slowed markedly from the double-digit pace of a decade ago, but use of the modality is still growing, and CT users are generally optimistic, according to a new market research report from IMV Medical Information Division.
June 4, 2012
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Emergency departments reserve CT for complex cases
By Eric Barnes
The vast majority of CT exams of the abdomen and pelvis in U.S. emergency departments are ordered for clinically complex cases, suggesting that fears of CT overuse in simple clinical cases are largely unsupported, according to a study in the June Journal of the American College of Radiology.
May 31, 2012
ContextVision promotes study on CT dose reduction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image enhancement developer ContextVision is collaborating with Dr. Lars Borgen and Buskerud University College in Norway to explore technologies to enhance images in cases of reduced radiation dose.
May 30, 2012
Survey finds Irish more positive on CT lung screening
By James Brice
A survey of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Republic of Ireland suggests that better access to healthcare and more firsthand experience with CT may explain why they expressed a greater willingness to undergo low-dose CT lung cancer screening than current and former smokers in the U.S.
May 29, 2012
CT screening debate continues; breast density and imaging
By Brian Casey
May 23, 2012
ATS: Lung cancers arise from tissue damaged by emphysema
By James Brice
SAN FRANCISCO - Preliminary research from the University of Pittsburgh shows that lung cancers originate in areas of the lung damaged by emphysema. The finding, presented at this week's American Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting, adds to evidence suggesting that a common underlying mechanism links the two diseases.
May 23, 2012
Analysis: Don't screen low-risk people for lung cancer -- ever
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Screening lower-risk individuals snuffs out the benefit of CT lung cancer screening while multiplying the costs and risks of the technology, according to a presentation on Tuesday at the 2012 American Thoracic Society meeting.
May 22, 2012
Radiology use drops at private payors; CT lung screening gets boost -- or does it?
By Brian Casey
May 21, 2012
Philips wraps consulting project in Mass.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare Consulting has finished an operational improvement project for radiology workflow with Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, MA.
May 21, 2012
Lung cancer group blasts CT screening guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lung cancer advocacy group Lung Cancer Alliance is criticizing guidelines for CT lung screening from a recently released study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, calling the guidelines "pessimistic."
May 21, 2012
DDW: Patients prefer conventional colonoscopy versus VC
By Eric Barnes
Gastroenterologists from British Columbia were surprised to find that patients undergoing same-day virtual colonoscopy followed by conventional colonoscopy preferred the latter, according to a presentation on Sunday at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting in San Diego.
May 21, 2012
New guidelines support CT lung screening -- with caveats
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - New clinical guidelines released this week support the use of CT to screen high-risk individuals for lung cancer. But while the guidelines are the next step toward large-scale screening, they advise the scans only for individuals ages 55 to 74 who have more than 30 pack-years of smoking history.
May 20, 2012
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