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Toshiba launches luminary site program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
November 16, 2000
Marconi adds Infinite Detector to Mx8000
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
November 14, 2000
GE unveils new LightSpeed CT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
November 6, 2000
Tissue diagnostic methods
By Eric Barnes
November 2, 2000
FDG-PET
By Eric Barnes
November 2, 2000
Testing the test: lung cancer staging with CT, PET, TBNA, and mediastinoscopy
By Eric Barnes
Comparing four lung cancer staging methods in a 45-minute talk might seem overambitious, but Dr. Atul Mehta was prepared. The noted pulmonologist reviewed nearly 1,500 studies on CT, PET, transbronchial needle aspiration and mediastinoscopy for a presentation at last week's Chest 2000 conference.
November 2, 2000
Marconi brings multislice CT to Utah
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
October 31, 2000
AHA declines to recommend screening for asymptomatic intracranial aneurysm
By Shalmali Pal
Screening with CT, CT angiography, or MRI is not recommended as a general rule for patients who are suspected of having unruptured intracranial aneurysms, according to new guidelines issued by the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association.
October 31, 2000
CT and MRI aid successful management of fibrolamellar HCC
By Eric Barnes
Accurate pretherapy and follow-up imaging are essential for the successful management of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, according to doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. They found that CT, MRI, and surgery can promote years of tumor-free survival.
October 30, 2000
CT scan clarifies extent of emphysema for chest physicians
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - Compared with other obstructive pulmonary diseases, the course of emphysema remains a bit hazy. Even among heavy smokers, just 40% will develop severe emphysema, say presenters at the Chest 2000 conference this week. But CT scanning has shed new light on the disease by quantifying its severity and determining which patients would benefit from lung volume reduction surgery.
October 25, 2000
Chest specialists weigh pros and cons of CT screening for lung cancer
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - CT can detect smaller lung malignancies and thus improve survival rates, but do the benefits of early screening outweigh the risks? Two clinicians debated the merits and the drawbacks of lung cancer screening Monday at Chest 2000, sponsored by the American College of Chest Physicians.
October 23, 2000
Imatron’s Q3 numbers boom
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
October 23, 2000
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