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Digirad urges PDI to reconsider offer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digirad has sent a letter to healthcare commercialization services company PDI urging it to reconsider an acquisition offer from Digirad that PDI summarily rejected within hours after receipt on October 29.
November 2, 2014
Chest statement calls for lung screening of Medicare patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Chest has published a policy statement on lung cancer screening that calls on the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to approve screening in Medicare-aged individuals.
November 2, 2014
Software leverages CT scans to generate bone density data
By Eric Barnes
Fresh off the receipt of 510(k) clearance in August for its QCT Pro bone densitometry software, MindwaysCT is hoping to accomplish a goal that has long eluded healthcare professionals: increasing the dismal screening rate for osteoporosis by enabling the generation of bone density data from CT exams.
November 2, 2014
Cloud-based tool provides breast density analysis
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, December 3 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSM13-01 | Room S403AIn this talk, Dr. Jason Balkman of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center will describe how cloud computing can be utilized to provide analysis of breast density on MRI and mammography.
November 2, 2014
Template aids dose analysis in interventional radiology
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, December 3 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSK12-08 | Room S405ABIn this presentation, researchers will explain how a standard template for recording radiation dose metrics has facilitated dose monitoring analysis in the interventional radiology section at Georgetown University.
November 2, 2014
Tracking software aids CT dose management in adults
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, December 3 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSK12-07 | Room S405ABIn this talk, researchers from Ireland will share their experience in using Web-based radiation dose tracking software to monitor CT studies in adults.
November 2, 2014
Mammo, DBT dose tracking system yields insights
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, December 3 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSK22-04 | Room S404ABIn this session, a group from the University of Pennsylvania will reveal findings gathered from the use of their automated dose tracking system for mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) studies.
November 2, 2014
Method detects radiation dose exposure anomalies
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, December 3 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSK12-03 | Room S405ABIn this talk, researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health will discuss their method for the early detection of anomalous radiation dose exposure.
November 2, 2014
Radiology report analysis may expand understanding of disease
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, December 2 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSJ13-06 | Room S402ABResearchers from Massachusetts General Hospital will report on how natural language processing analysis of radiology reports may offer insight into the varying clinical courses of different genotypes of colon cancer.
November 2, 2014
Electronic tools aid oncology patient management
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, December 1 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSE13-01 | Room S402ABIn this talk, researchers will show how an electronic-based workflow can decrease variability in the selection of oncology index lesions used to measure treatment response.
November 2, 2014
Initiative slashes ED CT report turnaround times
By Erik L. Ridley
Sunday, November 30 | 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | INS134 | Lakeside Learning CenterThis poster presentation will share how Florida Hospital realized significant improvements in report turnaround times for CT studies from the emergency department (ED).
November 2, 2014
Module teaches grading of lumbar spine degeneration
By Erik L. Ridley
Sunday, November 30 | 12:05 p.m.-12:15 p.m. | SSA11-09 | Room S403AIn this talk, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania will present Centaur, a free, Web-based module that provides instruction on how to grade the degeneration of the lumbar spine on MRI.
November 2, 2014
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