Clinical News: Page 1749

Contrast-induced nephropathy incidence is overestimated
By Eric Barnes
Tuesday, November 27 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSG08-03 | Room S102DCarefully performed studies suggest that the incidence and severity of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) after IV contrast injection for CT studies has been overestimated, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, who examined the incidence and severity of CIN in a meta-analysis.
November 5, 2012
Dynamic bow-tie attenuation filter improves CT resolution
By Eric Barnes
Tuesday, November 27 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSG17-01 | Room S404ABIn a proof-of-concept experiment, use of a new dynamic bow-tie filter yielded lower doses and higher CT image resolution. Details of the University of Wisconsin research will be presented in this Tuesday scientific session.
November 5, 2012
Tweaking criteria fine-tunes definition of resectable pancreatic cancer
By Eric Barnes
Tuesday, November 27 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSG07-01 | Room E353CDecision-making in borderline resectable pancreatic cancers may benefit from refinement of the preoperative CT criteria for venous involvement, concluded researchers from Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai, India.
November 5, 2012
Photon-counting CT improves vulnerable plaque detection
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 26 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE21-02 | Room S403APhoton-counting CT detectors can enhance vulnerable coronary plaque detection and enable differentiation between plaque types, say researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
November 5, 2012
128-detector-row CT permits sharp contrast dose reductions for CTPA
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 26 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE05-02 | Room S404CDCutting the contrast dose by two-thirds doesn't degrade image quality in CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) acquired on a 128-detector-row scanner, say researchers from Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve Medical School.
November 5, 2012
Technique categorizes pleural effusion size at CT
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 26 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSC04-09 | Room S404CDA simple system for quantifying pleural effusions on CT could improve physician agreement and reporting of findings, while helping to guide patient management, according to a new study from Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
November 5, 2012
Myocardial disease may explain higher event rates in blacks
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 26 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSC02-08 | Room S504ABGenerally higher myocardial measurements may explain the greater prevalence of cardiac events in blacks compared with whites, according to research from the Medical University of South Carolina, Heidelberg University, and three other centers.
November 5, 2012
MBIR tops ASIR for ultralow-dose CT enterography
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 26 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSC05-04 | Room E353ARadiation doses from CT enterography can be dramatically reduced with the use of iterative reconstruction. Find out how model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) came out on top in this Monday scientific session.
November 5, 2012
Low-attenuation clusters at CT aid in quantifying emphysema in COPD patients
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 26 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSC03-01 | Room S404ABLow-attenuating lung regions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients do correlate with the presence of emphysema and spirometric measurements, concluded researchers from Japan.
November 5, 2012
ECG-gated DSCT angiography cuts dose in atrial fibrillation patients
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 26 | 10:30 a.m.-10: 40 a.m. | SSC01-01 | Room S405ABProspective dual-source coronary CT (DSCT) angiography can reduce radiation dose and produce high-quality images even in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to researchers from China.
November 5, 2012
CT fused with CEUS boosts enhancement before TACE
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 25 | 2:50 p.m.-3:00 p.m.| VSIO11-06 | Room S405ABFusing contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) with CT images improves assessment after embolization, according to research from University Medical Center Regensburg in Germany.
November 5, 2012
Contrast CT distinguishes benign from malignant adrenal masses
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 25 | 10:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | SSA09-01 | Room E351Adrenal masses are commonly seen at contrast-enhanced CT and most are benign, but when confirmation is critical, additional exams such as unenhanced CT, MR, washout CT, and PET are often ordered to make the call. But can contrast-enhanced CT do the job reliably without more tests?
November 5, 2012
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