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PET/CT fusion images help pinpoint cancer, therapy
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - “What we are seeing with PET/CT just knocks your socks off,” said Dr. William Strauss, professor of radiology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York at an RSNA media briefing.
December 2, 2002
Virtual colonoscopy aces first flat-lesion study
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - In the first study designed to gauge CT's ability to detect superficial lesions, Dr. Nobuyuki Shiraga and colleagues found that virtual colonoscopy detected superficial colonic lesions as well as conventional colonoscopy.
December 2, 2002
CTI Molecular Imaging unveils 16-slice PET/CT system
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - The PET scanner in CTI's new combo system utilizes lutetium oxyorthosilicate crystals rather than conventional bismuth germinate oxide crystals, resulting in higher detection efficiency.
December 2, 2002
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Sputum cytology gives a big boost to CT lung screening
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Researchers from Vancouver General Hospital in BC, Canada, presented a protocol designed to prescreen subjects to find those at higher risk of lung cancer, while improving detection rates for the cancers CT tends to miss.
December 1, 2002
Radiologists, technologists get comparable grades reading virtual colonoscopy
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Radiologists and radiographers were nearly equally accurate in evaluating precancerous lesions in patients undergoing virtual colonoscopy, according to a Dutch study presented at the RSNA conference.
December 1, 2002
Population-based study links coronary calcium and mortality
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - In the first large-scale prospective trial of its kind, Dutch researchers have found a strong association between CT-detected coronary calcium and mortality.
November 30, 2002
New 16-slice scanners fuel CT’s growth surge
By Brian Casey
CT continues to ride a remarkable wave of growth and technical innovation as vendors push the envelope of multislice technology. At the same time, CT's improving diagnostic abilities are raising questions about what doctors should do with the information.
November 30, 2002
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University of Chicago to demonstrate VC CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The radiology department of the University of Chicago will demonstrate a research prototype of its interactive colon computer-aided detection (CAD) workstation at next week's RSNA meeting in Chicago.
November 27, 2002
Multiobserver performance trial assesses utility of screening VC
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis prospectively evaluated multiobserver diagnostic performance and reader agreement for colorectal polyp detection in a cohort of polyp-rich patients, using conventional colonoscopy as the reference standard.
November 26, 2002
Philips launches 10-slice CT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has developed a 10-slice CT scanner and has installed the first system at the University Hospital Health System Geauga Regional Hospital in Chardon, Ohio.
November 21, 2002
Toshiba adds 400-millisecond CT scanning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has incorporated 400-millisecond scanning capability into Aquilion 16, the firm's 16-slice CT scanner.
November 19, 2002
Women develop colorectal polyps later, smokers earlier
By Eric Barnes
Several studies presented earlier this month at the 2002 American College of Gastroenterology Conference in Seattle may help virtual colonoscopy providers better target their services.
November 19, 2002
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