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How does PET/MR compare with PET/CT for breast cancer follow-up?

By Kate Madden Yee

Sunday, November 30 | 11:55 a.m.-12:05 p.m. | SSA12-08 | Room S504CDHow does whole-body PET/MR compare with PET/CT in terms of diagnostic performance for breast cancer treatment follow-up? Italian researchers will address this question during this Sunday morning scientific session.

November 11, 2014

CT use during pregnancy has declined

By Kate Madden Yee

Sunday, November 30 | 11:35 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | SSA10-06 | Room E353BCT use in pregnant women has declined 50% over the past four years, as awareness of the need to watch radiation dose has increased among patients and doctors, according to this presentation to be given on Sunday morning.

November 11, 2014

Supplemental ultrasound for dense breasts yields low PPV

By Kate Madden Yee

Sunday, November 30 | 11:15 a.m.-11:25 a.m. | SSA01-04 | Arie Crown TheaterThe positive predictive value (PPV) of screening ultrasound after mammography in women with dense breast tissue is low, which suggests that further studies are needed to identify those who really benefit from the exam, according to researchers from New York University.

November 11, 2014

Conn. 'experiment': Ultrasound keeps finding cancers in dense tissue

By Kate Madden Yee

Sunday, November 30 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | SSA01-03 | Arie Crown TheaterFour years after breast density notification legislation was enacted in Connecticut, the addition of screening breast ultrasound for women with dense tissue has continued to improve breast cancer detection compared with mammography alone, according to research to be presented on Sunday.

November 11, 2014

Road to RSNA 2014: Women's Imaging Preview

By Kate Madden Yee

If you have questions about how women's imaging technology intersects with clinical practice, RSNA 2014 has answers. Presentations will cover everything from primary care physicians' awareness of breast density notification laws to whether breast MR can effectively rule out malignancy in BI-RADS 0 cases, as well as PET/MR and PET/CT for breast cancer follow-up, digital breast tomosynthesis, and breast ultrasound.

November 11, 2014

Practice of Ultrasound: Part 18 -- A point of caring

By Dr. Jason Birnholz

AuntMinnie.com presents the 18th in a series of columns on the practice of ultrasound from Dr. Jason Birnholz, one of the pioneers of the modality. Wherever a physician encounters a patient is his or her "point of care," he explains in this column.

November 11, 2014

MRI accident in India injures 2 employees

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A routine MRI scan turned into a near tragedy at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India.

November 10, 2014

AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider

By Wayne Forrest

November 10, 2014

GE, Takeda team up to tackle liver disease

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare and Takeda Pharmaceutical have inked an agreement to develop new therapeutic drugs for liver disease.

November 10, 2014

CMS does the right thing on CT lung cancer screening; rolling on the Road

By Brian Casey

November 10, 2014

Road to RSNA 2014: MRI Preview

By Wayne Forrest

At this year's landmark 100th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), MRI is featured predominantly across virtually all subspecialties, including oncology, cardiology, neurology, and pediatrics, as well as new developments in the quest to better understand and identify cognitive abnormalities, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.

November 10, 2014

DWI-MRI matches FDG-PET/CT for lymphoma staging

By Wayne Forrest

Friday, December 5 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SST11-09 | Room S505ABDiffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) may be a viable alternative to FDG-PET/CT for pretherapeutic lymphoma staging, according to a study from the Medical University of Vienna.

November 10, 2014

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