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VC gets long-awaited reporting standards

BOSTON - Reporting standards for virtual colonoscopy have finally arrived, thanks to the CT Colonography Reporting and Data System (C-RADS) working group. The C-RADS group has established recommendations aimed at defining VC findings and patient management criteria. Dr. Michael Zalis presented an overview at the International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy.

November 1, 2004

Analogic to delay its annual 10-K report

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Analogic Corporation announced last week that it would delay the filing of its annual 10-K report with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2004. The company is seeking a 15-day extension to file the report, which was originally due on October 14.

October 31, 2004

ASTRO produces colon cancer treatment brochure

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published a patient information handbook that discusses colorectal cancer treatment options.

October 31, 2004

Duke VC trial results disappointing

BOSTON - VC fell short in the largest study to be reported at this year's International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy. At Thursday's opening session, Dr. Erik Paulson presented the results of the prospective comparison of virtual colonoscopy, conventional colonoscopy, and air-contrast barium enema (ACBE).

October 31, 2004

GE releases AdvantageCTC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has introduced AdvantageCTC, the next generation of its CT colonography technology.

October 27, 2004

Medicsight gets FDA nod for Colon CAR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image analysis software developer Medicsight has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration marketing clearance for its Colon Computed Assisted Reader (CAR) 1.2 software.

October 26, 2004

Vital Images, iCAD to integrate CT colon CAD tech

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Three-dimensional-software developer Vital Images has an agreement with computer-aided detection developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, to integrate iCAD's Second Look CT Colon CAD application into Vital Images' Vitrea 2 imaging software.

October 25, 2004

MDCT offers one-stop rectal cancer staging

There are a number of reasons why multidetector-row CT is making inroads in rectal cancer staging. Perhaps none is more compelling, though, than the ability to look for metastases and stage the cancer based on a single CT scan.

October 24, 2004

DeJarnette adds 10th dyseCT customer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

DeJarnette Research Systems of Towson, MD, said that University Hospitals of Cleveland has become the 10th customer of its dyseCT product.

October 21, 2004

Overexposed? CT in the emergency room

SAN FRANCISCO - Multislice CT scanners can scan a trauma patient from stem to stern in less than a minute. But is trauma CT being overused, or used for the wrong indications? At a talk on Wednesday at the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting, Dr. Gene Hern led a whirlwind tour of CT in the trauma setting, offering evidence-based recommendations.

October 20, 2004

Beyond CT: Diagnosing the unusual stroke

SAN FRANCISCO - In the fevered race to diagnose patients with vague neurological symptoms, emergency doctors must keep an eye out for unusual stroke types that can require different imaging exams or treatment approaches, according to Dr. E. Bradshaw Bunney, who spoke at the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting on Tuesday.

October 19, 2004

ACR suspends prominent radiologist for malpractice testimony

By Tracie L. Thompson

The American College of Radiology has suspended one of its fellows for providing what the ACR says was clinically inaccurate testimony as an expert witness against another radiologist.

October 19, 2004

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