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AuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy Insider
By Eric Barnes
April 12, 2012
NeuroLogica partners with Stryker
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable scanner developer NeuroLogica has announced a partnership with Stryker Navigation.
April 12, 2012
Routine CT lung cancer screening a low-cost lifesaver
By Eric Barnes
Routine CT lung cancer screening of high-risk individuals would save thousands of lives per year for less than a dollar a month per patient if it were implemented throughout the U.S. -- and would be even cheaper than breast screening, concludes a new study in the April issue of Health Affairs.
April 10, 2012
Taiwan study offers insight into reasons for repeat imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Repeated imaging scans are a big contributor to rising healthcare costs. Researchers from Taiwan investigated the phenomenon in a study of 2 million patients, and offer guidelines for appropriate repeat rates in a study in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
April 10, 2012
MITA commends CT cost study in Health Affairs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has applauded an actuarial cost-benefit analysis conducted by Milliman about low-dose spiral CT of individuals at high risk for lung cancer.
April 9, 2012
Stanford: Ventriculography is expensive and overused
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Left ventriculography is an expensive and often unnecessary test that is routinely overused, according to a new study in the American Heart Journal from Stanford University. It's also invasive, adding unnecessary risks and costs to the cardiac workup.
April 8, 2012
Antibody halts GI radiation damage in mice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An injected monoclonal antibody is offering hope of preventing gastrointestinal syndrome in patients exposed to high levels of ionizing radiation, according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
April 5, 2012
Imaging finds items not on the menu for BBQ lovers
By Wayne Forrest
Why were people who had recently eaten grilled meat showing up at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence with abdominal pain and painful swallowing? Radiologists and emergency room physicians used x-ray and CT to find the answer -- they had ingested wire bristles from metal brushes used to clean the grills.
April 4, 2012
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Virtual colonoscopy delivers in laparoscopy planning
By Eric Barnes
Italian researchers have found that virtual colonoscopy outperforms conventional colonoscopy for planning laparoscopic surgery in patients with colorectal cancer or complicated diverticular disease.
April 3, 2012
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Reference card puts radiation dose into perspective
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiologists at the University of Colorado Hospital have developed a reference card designed to give patients and referring physicians some perspective about the risks of medical radiation, according to an article in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
April 2, 2012
Siemens gets FDA nod for Stellar CT detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its Somatom Definition Flash dual-source CT scanner equipped with the vendor's new Stellar detector.
April 2, 2012
MDCT generates few new cancers among Medicare patients
By Eric Barnes
Medicare-aged adults get more multidetector-row CT (MDCT) scans than anyone else, but it doesn't seem likely that the scans will kill them, according to a study on the risks of radiation dose in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
April 2, 2012
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