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JACC: CT calcium screening cost-effective only in men

CT-based coronary artery calcium screening in individuals at intermediate risk of heart disease is probably cost-effective for men but not women, according to a new analysis in the October 11 edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

October 5, 2011

Claron partners with Perfint

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization and analysis software firm Claron Technology has agreed to team with Indian interventional oncology product provider Perfint Healthcare to develop interventional image-guidance products using CT, ultrasound, and MRI.

October 3, 2011

Toshiba nets NY contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems said it has won a contract with a New York hospital for 17 of its systems across multiple modalities.

September 29, 2011

U.S. awards $56.3M for radiation protection

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $56.3 million in contracts toward the development of new drugs to treat injuries associated with acute radiation syndrome.

September 28, 2011

NQF endorses ACR dose measure

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed the dose index registry performance measure developed by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

September 27, 2011

CT radiation may pose lower cancer risk for sicker patients

Patients with shorter life expectancies are at far less risk relative to those with a good prognosis when it comes to radiation dangers from medical imaging, conclude researchers in a new study in Radiology. The results may bring some relief to radiologists who feel that radiation risk has been overemphasized at the expense of clinical need.

September 27, 2011

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JAMA: Men may require earlier colorectal cancer screening

A new analysis of colorectal adenomas found that men have significantly more advanced adenomas and colorectal cancers than women at all age groups, prompting the authors of the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association to recommend that men be screened earlier than women.

September 27, 2011

CAD use consistently boosts VC results

The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) always improves reader sensitivity in virtual colonoscopy datasets, say researchers from the University of Pisa in Italy, who reviewed the literature and found that CAD significantly improved detection of polypoid lesions across the board.

September 26, 2011

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NLST analysis to yield key cost data on CT lung screening

Now that a major study has shown that lung cancer screening reduces mortality, healthcare payors want to find out if it's cost-effective -- and they'll soon know the answer, according to a presentation at last week's American College of Radiology Imaging Network fall meeting in Arlington, VA.

September 25, 2011

CORE 64: Calcium impedes per-segment diagnosis at CCTA

Does the presence of heavy calcification hinder diagnosis with coronary CT angiography (CCTA)? It surely does, and the more calcium per segment, the greater the inaccuracy, concludes a study in the October issue of Radiology that analyzed data from the recent CORE 64 study.

September 25, 2011

ACR to host IT, radiation dose forum

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) will hold its first annual ACR Imaging Informatics Summit and Dose Monitoring Forum on November 3 and 4.

September 22, 2011

Synchrotron scanning offers clues to human brain evolution

By Nicole Pettit

New techniques in synchrotron x-ray imaging have given researchers a surprising glimpse into our collective past: An international group has obtained detailed information about the brain structure of Australopithecus sediba, a new species thought by some to be the true ancestor to modern humans.

September 22, 2011

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