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By Wayne Forrest
March 9, 2011
UnitedHealthcare clarifies breast screening coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UnitedHealthcare has issued a clarification of its breast screening and imaging coverage policies, according to an update published March 3 by the insurance giant.
March 7, 2011
CIRTACI: 40% of contrast agent reactions are true allergies
By Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - A 54-month prospective study in France has found that 40% of immediate hypersensitive reactions to the administration of iodine- and gadolinium-based contrast agents are true allergies, according to a Monday presentation at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 6, 2011
MR images of edema can assess pathology response to chemo
By Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - Using conventional T1-weighted dynamic MRI to evaluate edema in breast cancer patients, radiologists and physicians can accurately assess pathology response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study presented Sunday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 5, 2011
High-relaxivity MRI contrast agents benefit clinical applications
By Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - Contrast agents with higher relaxivity are capable of providing greater tissue enhancement than conventional gadolinium-based contrast agents at equivalent doses, according to several studies presented Saturday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 5, 2011
Pre-op MRI finds added tumors with no major delay in surgery
By Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - Canadian researchers have found preoperative MRI scans can discover additional tumors in breast cancer patients without adversely delaying necessary surgery, according to a study presented Friday at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 3, 2011
GE wins FDA OK for new MRI units
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Optima MR360 and Brivo MR355 MRI systems, both 1.5 tesla.
March 3, 2011
Women's quality of life improves after uterine fibroid treatment
By Kate Madden Yee
Women who received one of three treatments for uterine fibroids at Brigham and Women's Hospital said their symptoms diminished and their quality of life significantly increased, according to a new study published online today in Radiology.
February 28, 2011
Direct patient contact could improve radiology's visibility
By Kate Madden Yee
Patients want CT and MR imaging results sooner than they're currently getting them, but they don't care whether results are communicated by radiologists or referring physicians, according to a new study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
February 28, 2011
Dynamic cardiac CT stress perfusion equivalent to MRI
By Eric Barnes
Cardiac MRI may be the gold standard for evaluating myocardial perfusion, but there's no reason CT can't eventually take over much of MRI's workload in patients suspected of coronary artery disease, say researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina and two other centers.
February 28, 2011
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CMS keeps MRI rules for pacemakers, ICDs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule indicating that there is not enough data to change current policy against reimbursing for the use of MRI for patients with implanted permanent pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).
February 24, 2011
New data show worrisome use of imaging for prostate cancer
By Edward Susman
New research presented at this month's Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in Orlando, FL, indicates that imaging could be both overused and underused for prostate cancer patients, generating millions in unnecessary costs while also depriving some high-risk men of the benefits of imaging.
February 24, 2011
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