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IV contrast blush on pediatric CT important in blunt trauma

(Radiology Review) Children affected by blunt abdominal trauma with active extravasation of intravenous (IV) contrast (blush) demonstrated on abdominal CT are at greater risk than those not demonstrating a blush, according to doctors at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas.

July 28, 2003

Virtual colonoscopy billboards make a big deal out of screening

Virtual colonoscopy has become big business in three suburban communities in Florida, where the Community Hospital in New Port Richey has launched an outsized campaign to advertise VC to commuters.

July 24, 2003

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Virtual colonoscopy techniques evolve with technology

In a talk at the 2003 International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT, NYU virtual colonoscopy veteran Dr. Michael Macari discussed what has worked in VC and what hasn't, as seen through the prism of hundreds of patients and continuously evolving technology.

July 24, 2003

CT features not entirely reliable as predictors of stomach malignancy

The ability to sort out benign stomach conditions from malignancies is an important goal of imaging. Writing in Radiology, a group from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia assessed the sensitivity and specificity of contrast CT findings in patients with stomach lesions.

July 22, 2003

AuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology Insider

Dr. Michael Macari from the New York University Medical Center recently discussed virtual colonoscopy acquisition at the Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco.

July 20, 2003

Toshiba expands Aquilion line

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems has added an eight-slice unit to its Aquilion multislice CT product line.

July 20, 2003

Voxar signs Wake

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Three-dimensional-software developer Voxar has added Wake Radiology of Winston-Salem, NC, to its client list.

July 15, 2003

Colon screening’s star turn pays off

When Today show host Katie Couric underwent colonoscopy on national television, some U.S. healthcare providers saw colon screening rates among the general population increase by up to 20% in the following months

July 15, 2003

E-Z-EM, Berlex to partner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Virtual colonoscopy and contrast developer E-Z-EM of Lake Success, NY, has inked a deal with Berlex Laboratories, a U.S. subsidiary of Berlin-based Schering, for Berlex’s x-ray diagnostic contrast agent Ultravist (iopromide).

July 14, 2003

RARE technique shows benefits in MR colonography

Researchers from the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong used MRI with air as a contrast agent to look for colorectal polyps and carcinomas in 22 patients. The RARE protocol offers visualization benefits, they said, but other issues may have kept the sensitivity low for the detection of lesions 1 cm and smaller.

July 14, 2003

Reimbursement gains, competition prime CAD market

By Erik L. Ridley

The U.S. computer-aided detection (CAD) market more than doubled in 2002, turning in $65.2 million in revenues, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan. Frost segmented the CAD market into mammography, chest/lung, and virtual colonoscopy applications.

July 14, 2003

'Katie Couric effect' raises colon screening rates

A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that significantly higher screening rates, dubbed the "Katie Couric effect," persisted throughout the U.S. for at least nine months after the Today show episode in which the popular host underwent colon cancer screening.

July 13, 2003

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