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Single-pass triphasic body technique improves multitrauma scanning
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 27 | 10:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | SSA05-01 | Room N227A triphasic, single-pass, whole-body scanning protocol is better than the conventional method of scanning multitrauma patients, researchers from Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, will report at the RSNA 2011 meeting.
November 9, 2011
CCTA outpaces calcium scoring in acute chest pain
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 27 | 10:45 a.m.-10: 55 a.m. | SSA02-01 | Room S502ABThere is little value in coronary artery calcium scoring by itself in patients presenting with acute chest pain. In a head-to-head comparison, it's clear that only coronary CTA (CCTA) can replace angiography in diagnosing these patients, according to researchers from Italy.
November 9, 2011
Mature CT angiography looks to new frontiers
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 27 | 8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. | PS10 | Arie Crown TheaterAs part of the RSNA president's address and opening panel on Sunday morning, Dr. Geoffrey Rubin will look at the history of CT angiography (CTA) as a prologue to its future. CTA has more work to do and more frontiers to explore, according to Rubin, who is chairman of radiology at Duke University.
November 9, 2011
CBCT comparable to MRI in classifying breast lesions
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, November 30 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSM01-05 | Arie Crown TheaterResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh have found that conebeam CT (CBCT) and MRI are comparable in their ability to classify breast lesions as benign or malignant.
November 8, 2011
Breast CT plus CAD offers breast screening alternative
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 28 | 3:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m. | SSE21-04 | Room S403AResearchers at the University of Chicago have determined that breast CT plus computer-aided detection (CAD) could be a viable alternative to traditional breast screening modalities.
November 8, 2011
Get on the Road to RSNA; CT scans a very large (and very dead) patient
By Brian Casey
November 7, 2011
CT of mastodon helps rewrite North American prehistory
By Heather Hokenson
Anthropologists and archaeologists have discovered new evidence regarding the first humans and hunters in prehistoric North America, thanks to CT scans of the remains of a mastodon. The first-known hunters on the continent can now be dated back nearly 14,000 years, according to a recent study in the journal Science.
November 7, 2011
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DECT accurate for gout detection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dual-source, dual-energy CT (DECT) is highly sensitive and specific for detecting gout, though it produces some false negatives, according to a study presented on Monday at the American College of Rheumatology's annual scientific meeting in Chicago.
November 6, 2011
Acceptance grows for VC among patients, referring physicians
By Eric Barnes
A large survey of patients who underwent virtual colonoscopy at three U.S. centers found high acceptance of the noninvasive exam, as well as a reluctance to undergo conventional colonoscopy, according to results presented at the 2011 International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy.
November 6, 2011
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Model predicts fidelity of JPEG 2000-compressed abdominal CT images
By Erik L. Ridley
Thursday, December 1 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSQ08-05 | Room S403AA Korean research team will describe how a multiple logistic regression model can use DICOM header information to predict the fidelity of JPEG 2000-compressed abdominal CT images.
November 6, 2011
iPad can handle on-the-go emergency CT reporting
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 29 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | MSVR31-16 | Room N228In this scientific paper presentation, U.K. researchers will discuss their results indicating that the iPad can be used for interpreting emergency CT studies.
November 6, 2011
iPad meets need for on-call brain CT reading
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 29 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | MSVR31-15 | Room N228A team from Rambam Medical Center in Israel found that the iPad was suitable to use for on-call interpretation of brain CT exams.
November 6, 2011
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