Clinical News: Page 1412

Beeping alarm cuts dose; 2015 codes for breast biopsies; many CT malignancies from suspicious chest x-rays

By Brian Casey

December 22, 2014

Chest CT referrals from x-ray yield high rate of abnormalities

By Eric Barnes

Nearly half of patients who receive radiologist recommendations for chest CT to evaluate abnormal findings on chest radiography have clinically relevant findings at CT, including a substantial number of new malignancies, according to a new study in Radiology.

December 22, 2014

Radiation alarm Bleeper Sv reduces dose to cardiac cath staff

By Brian Casey

A beeping radiation dose monitor that is worn by healthcare personnel during cardiac catheterization procedures successfully reduced dose in a trial conducted by Texas researchers. Called Bleeper Sv, the monitor emits a warning sound that becomes louder and more frequent as exposure to radiation grows -- giving personnel a chance to modify their work habits to reduce dose.

December 22, 2014

Novel CT technique emerges for acute appendicitis

By Philip Ward

Abdominal CT with compression to the right lower quadrant has a high diagnostic accuracy in cases of acute appendicitis, and it can be considered as a CT counterpart of graded compression ultrasound, Turkish researchers reported at the recent RSNA 2014 meeting.

December 21, 2014

Elekta notches 3 Australian installations

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta said that three centers in Australia have installed its Versa HD radiotherapy system.

December 18, 2014

Quantum completes DR installation in Ark.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Quantum Medical Imaging has installed a Quantum Q-Rad-Digital DRX digital radiography (DR) system at Little Rock Hematology/Oncology.

December 18, 2014