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Radiologists may not always comply with Fleischner guidelines
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - The vast majority of radiologists appear to understand the Fleischner Society's guidelines on management of small pulmonary nodules incidentally detected on routine chest CT scans. But that knowledge may not necessarily translate into actual conformance, according to research presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 2, 2009
IBA lands Italian install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has announced a contract with ATreP (Agenzia Provinciale Per la Protonterapia) to open the first gantry-equipped proton therapy center in Italy.
December 2, 2009
Compression ratio not the best quality indicator for lossy images
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - There may be a better way to judge the quality of a lossy-compressed JPEG 2000 image than its traditional compression ratio, according to research presented Thursday at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 2, 2009
Radiology reports: What do physicians really want?
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - What do referring physicians think of the radiology reports they receive, and how do they use them? Radiologists at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA, conducted a survey to find out whether the reports they prepared met the needs of clinicians who received them.
December 2, 2009
Medtronic hires new VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has announced the appointment of Michael Coyle as executive vice president and group president of its cardiology businesses.
December 2, 2009
Time Medical gets FDA nod for MR scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR firm Time Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its hybrid Mona 0.2-tesla MRI and high temperature superconducting (HTS) orthopedic RF coil.
December 2, 2009
'Gatekeeper effect' key to RBMs' ability to slow imaging use
By Kate Madden Yee
CHICAGO - Radiology benefits management (RBM) firms can help slow the rapid increase in advanced imaging use, in part because of a "gatekeeper effect" that prompts physicians to think twice about ordering exams, according to research presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting.
December 2, 2009
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Liver metastases more conspicuous at low-energy DSCT
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Hypovascular liver lesions are better visualized at lower photon energies in dual-source CT (DSCT), say researchers from New York City.
December 2, 2009
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Study recommendations improve injection-to-scan time, PET quantification
By Wayne Forrest
CHICAGO - Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center have found that injection-to-scan time in FDG-PET is "critically important" for accurately and quantitatively evaluating response to therapy, but optimum target times are complicated by patient and technology challenges.
December 2, 2009
Panel of radiologists rejects USPSTF mammogram guidelines
By Charlene Laino
CHICAGO - A panel of breast cancer screening experts today told a special news briefing at the RSNA annual meeting that the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines recommending against routine annual mammograms are flat-out wrong.
December 1, 2009
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Chest x-ray CAD fails to boost observer performance
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - Computer-aided detection (CAD) software may not produce significant improvement in detecting suspicious lesions on chest radiographs, but it's not necessarily the technology's fault, according to research presented Wednesday at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 1, 2009
Patients develop moderate distortion after breast cancer brachytherapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - The majority of breast cancer patients who received MammoSite balloon brachytherapy treatment developed symptoms of moderate breast distortion within two years of treatment, according to an RSNA presentation on Tuesday.
December 1, 2009
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