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Anesthesia use spikes for endoscopy patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of anesthesia services in endoscopy -- both colonoscopy and upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy -- has increased substantially in recent years, according to a new study in the March 21 Journal of the American Medical Association.
March 19, 2012
MedPAC report confirms imaging drop, but focuses on long term
By Erik L. Ridley
Although imaging volume per Medicare beneficiary fell by 2.5% from 2009 to 2010, the decline represents just a fraction of the overall rapid growth of imaging procedures over the past decade, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) annual report to Congress.
March 15, 2012
CMS tool may overestimate number of unnecessary brain CTs
By Cynthia E. Keen
There may be flaws in a new statistical tool developed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that's designed to measure how often hospitals perform appropriate brain CT studies on emergency patients presenting with headaches, according to an article published online February 24 in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
March 15, 2012
ACR to hold high-res chest CT course
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center announced it is offering a course on high-resolution CT of the chest.
March 14, 2012
SCCT takes applications for Toshiba award
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has begun accepting applications for the sixth annual Toshiba Young Investigator Award.
March 12, 2012
ED physicians vary widely in use of head CT
By Cynthia E. Keen
Emergency department (ED) physicians vary widely in their ordering patterns for head CT scans of patients, according to a study in the American Journal of Medicine. Ordering rates varied by as much as 300% for patients who presented with atraumatic headache, even between ED physicians in the same institution.
March 12, 2012
Bill would require Medicare to pay for virtual colonoscopy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would require Medicare payments for virtual colonoscopy screening.
March 8, 2012
GE promotes ECR CT contrast media study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is touting a French study in which an abdominal CT scanning protocol used less radiation dose and less contrast agent. Results were presented at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.
March 4, 2012
Iterative reconstruction cuts critical eye lens dose
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - The use of iterative reconstruction significantly reduces radiation exposure to the eye lens in head CT exams, investigators from the Czech Republic reported on Monday at the 2012 European Congress of Radiology.
March 4, 2012
Goodman captivates ECR attendees with insight on venous thromboembolism
By Philip Ward
VIENNA - It may seem hard to believe, but the first reference to venous thromboembolism was made between 600 and 900 B.C. in a Sanskrit text. This was one of many fascinating facts presented by Dr. Lawrence Goodman during Sunday's Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Honorary Lecture.
March 4, 2012
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Diagnostic reference levels outdated in Irish Republic
By Rebekah Moan
VIENNA - Radiation dose is always a concern, and diagnostic reference levels are helpful in keeping dose in check; however, some places such as the Republic of Ireland are working with outdated guidelines that need to be updated, according to a presentation on Sunday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 3, 2012
Low-dose MBIR beats ASIR recon in most image-quality categories
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - The new model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) technique handily outperformed adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) in one of the first head-to-head series, researchers reported on Saturday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 3, 2012
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