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DDW: Patients prefer conventional colonoscopy versus VC
By Eric Barnes
Gastroenterologists from British Columbia were surprised to find that patients undergoing same-day virtual colonoscopy followed by conventional colonoscopy preferred the latter, according to a presentation on Sunday at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting in San Diego.
May 21, 2012
Proton therapy offers hope to pediatric brain cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
At Massachusetts General Hospital, the Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center allocates 40% of its available treatment time to 10% of its cancer patients. Who are these patients? They're children fighting to survive and someday be able to live a normal life.
May 21, 2012
KLAS issues report on U.S. proton therapy market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A report from market research firm KLAS suggests that concerns about market saturation and the estimated cost of $150 million to $200 million to build proton therapy centers will inhibit their proliferation in the U.S. over the next five years.
May 20, 2012
Cook expands line of biopsy histology needles
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cook Medical has added a 25-gauge needle to its EchoTip ProCore line of fine-needle biopsy histology devices for use in endoscopic ultrasound procedures.
May 20, 2012
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
May 20, 2012
New guidelines support CT lung screening -- with caveats
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - New clinical guidelines released this week support the use of CT to screen high-risk individuals for lung cancer. But while the guidelines are the next step toward large-scale screening, they advise the scans only for individuals ages 55 to 74 who have more than 30 pack-years of smoking history.
May 20, 2012
MRI may trump dual-energy CT for bone marrow lesions in ankle
By Wayne Forrest
Dual-energy CT achieves high sensitivity and excellent negative predictive value in more overt cases of traumatic bone marrow lesions in ankle joints, but it performs poorly with more subtle changes as seen on MRI, researchers reported online May 8 in Radiology.
May 20, 2012
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Colonoscopy video improves patient compliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients who watch an online instructional video about their upcoming colonoscopy screening are more likely to keep their appointments, according to a study presented at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2012 meeting in San Diego.
May 18, 2012
See Spot think: fMRI shows how dogs respond to rewards
By Nicole Pettit
Ever wonder what man's best friend is really thinking? Georgia researchers are perhaps a step closer to the answer: Using functional MRI (fMRI) for the first time in unrestrained, unsedated dogs, they found that a hand signal associated with reward led to activation in a specific part of the dog's brain.
May 17, 2012
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JACC: Prospective CCTA cuts radiation dose by two-thirds
By Eric Barnes
Confirming the results of several smaller studies, the multinational PROTECTION III study found that applying prospective electrocardiogram triggering to coronary CT angiography (CCTA) reduced radiation dose by two-thirds without any drop in image quality, according to a study in the May JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
May 17, 2012
AuntMinnie.com Radiation Oncology Insider
By Cynthia E. Keen
May 16, 2012
CT of 154-year-old brain injury offers lessons for today
By Eric Barnes
Railroad supervisor Phineas Gage suffered a terrible accident in 1848 when an explosion drove a metal rod though his left cheek and out the top of his head. But Gage didn't die from the accident, and his case now offers valuable insight into brain function, according to an article in PLoS One.
May 16, 2012
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