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ACR, RBMA object to Aetna policy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) are taking issue with Aetna's new claims policy that will gradually reduce reimbursement for multiple ultrasound, CT, and MRI scans.
January 27, 2011
U.S. imaging market to grow by 5%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Despite reimbursement cuts and poor economic conditions, the U.S. diagnostic imaging market will see unit growth of approximately 5% over the next five years, according to Millennium Research Group.
January 27, 2011
CT iterative reconstruction cuts radiation dose to eye lens
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from Japan have found they can significantly reduce radiation exposure to the eye lens during sinus MDCT scans using an iterative reconstruction method. The technique could reduce damage such as cataracts to this radiosensitive organ.
January 27, 2011
KLAS: Imaging purchases to increase in 2011
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Purchasing of diagnostic imaging equipment will increase by as much as 10% in 2011, according to a new study from healthcare technology research firm KLAS. And buyers won't be so loyal to particular vendors, the company found.
January 26, 2011
IMRT reduces acute toxicities to anal cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Using intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) instead of conventional radiation therapy to treat anal cancer reduces severe acute skin and gastrointestinal toxicities that many patients experience, according to research presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
January 26, 2011
Dose reduction trumps horsepower at French CT symposium
By John Brosky
NANCY, FRANCE - The word of the day was "dosimétrie," or the measure of radiation dose, at this week's annual Volumetric Scanner Symposium in France. The new focus on dose control represents a sharp shift from previous meetings, which were dominated by discussions of growing CT scanner horsepower.
January 26, 2011
Study touts novel solution to low colonoscopy compliance
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Colorectal cancer screening compliance doubles when primary care physicians do their own patients' colonoscopies -- under expert supervision. What's more, exam quality is "outstanding," said an internal medicine physician describing what he called a "radical" colorectal cancer screening solution.
January 24, 2011
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CMS continues to eye imaging overutilization
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to keep its eye on imaging utilization: The agency is planning a meeting for January 31 to discuss whether to add new imaging exams to a data reporting program designed to track overutilization.
January 24, 2011
Maryland court upholds state self-referral law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Maryland State Court of Appeals has ruled against the practice of self-referral of advanced medical imaging and radiation therapy, reaffirming the state's physician self-referral law, according to the American College of Radiology.
January 24, 2011
CT alters management, cuts hospital admissions in the ED
By Eric Barnes
CT not only improves the management of abdominal pain patients in the emergency department (ED), it also reduces hospital admissions significantly while boosting diagnostic confidence, according to a new study published in the February edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 23, 2011
Study confirms accuracy of VC for bone mineral density exams
By Eric Barnes
CT data from virtual colonoscopy (VC) studies are ideal for assessing bone mineral density, say researchers from the University of Wisconsin. They found that VC data from the lumbar spine showed excellent correlation with bone density's gold standard, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.
January 19, 2011
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High-pitch CT cuts dose for patients with low heart rates
By Eric Barnes
Austrian radiologists have found a way to cut the radiation dose of coronary CT angiography studies to as low as 1 mSv by using a high-pitch scanning protocol on a 128-slice scanner for patients with low heart rates.
January 16, 2011
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