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New lung screening trial combines blood test with CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new trial at National Jewish Health in Denver is combining CT with a blood test in an effort to detect lung cancer earlier and more effectively.
May 3, 2012
ARRS: MGH study affirms value of clinical decision-support software
By Cynthia E. Keen
When the clinical indications for ordering a CT chest exam receive a high "appropriateness" score from a clinical decision-support system, the probability that the exam will be positive is also high, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Vancouver.
May 2, 2012
Simple falls, assaults don't require cervical spine CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Emergency department physicians should skip the CT scans for patients who show up after a simple fistfight assault or ground-level fall, researchers said on Thursday at the 2012 American Roentgen Ray Society meeting in Vancouver.
May 2, 2012
ARRS: CBCT outperforms MDCT for hearing loss
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Conebeam CT (CBCT) surpassed MDCT for diagnosing hearing loss related to superior semicircular canal dehiscence, a small hole in the bony wall of the inner ear bone that can cause dizziness and hearing loss, researchers reported at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting on Wednesday.
May 1, 2012
ARRS: Low-dose CT beats x-ray for multiple myeloma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Low-dose whole-body CT detected almost four times as many lesions as the gold standard, radiographic skeletal survey, in multiple myeloma patients, researchers reported on Wednesday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Vancouver.
May 1, 2012
Stroke victims not receiving timely imaging
By Eric Barnes
"Time is brain" in stroke care -- and far too much of both are being lost, according to a neurologist-led study in Stroke that documents the delays most patients are experiencing in many hospitals before the critical step of brain imaging occurs.
May 1, 2012
CT doses are lower in dedicated pediatric radiology departments
By Eric Barnes
Radiation exposure from CT was significantly lower when abdominal scans were performed in a dedicated pediatric radiology department compared to scans performed in a department serving both children and adults, researchers report in this month's Journal of the American College of Radiology.
May 1, 2012
ARRS: Patients at risk for nephrotoxicity identified
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting found that patients who are more likely to suffer from renal insufficiency are more likely to be at risk to develop contrast-induced nephrotoxicity.
April 30, 2012
App uses smartphones to detect radiation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image analysis software developer Image Insight has developed a smartphone application that uses a phone's camera to measure radioactivity levels in the environment.
April 30, 2012
Brit teams with Medic Vision for CT software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS provider Brit Systems has signed on to support U.S. installations of Medic Vision Imaging Solutions' SafeCT image enhancement software.
April 30, 2012
ARRS: CT radiation far less risky than underlying disease
By Eric Barnes
The long-term risk of future cancers associated with CT scans has been under scrutiny for years, but those risks aren't remotely as serious as the risk of dying from the diseases CT is used to diagnose, concluded a study presented on Tuesday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Vancouver.
April 30, 2012
ARRS: CT useful when abdominal US is inconclusive
By Eric Barnes
About a third of CT exams performed after inconclusive abdominal ultrasound are positive, making CT a good choice for follow-up in many patients, researchers said on Monday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Vancouver.
April 29, 2012
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