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VC shows advantage for recurrent rectal cancer surveillance
By Eric Barnes
A recently published study that followed 434 rectal cancer patients with virtual colonoscopy and colonoscopy found that VC was 100% sensitive for detecting recurrent cancer, catching a few cases that were negative or indeterminate on optical colonoscopy, but also producing a few indeterminate results that were in fact negative.
March 7, 2006
PET/CT shows slight edge over MRI in melanoma staging
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VIENNA - A recent prospective study comparing whole-body MRI with whole-body PET/CT in staging newly diagnosed malignant melanoma demonstrated that PET/CT has a slight edge in accuracy, but that both modalities missed local and distant metastases.
March 7, 2006
Flat-panel detector CT bests MDCT in the skull base
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - In a study presented today at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), researchers from Hannover Medical School in Germany compared flat-panel-based volume CT (fpVCT) to thin-section 16-row multidetector CT images of the whole human skull base. Flat-panel imaging beat 16-slice MDCT hands down in a subjective visualization of 21 structures in the skull base.
March 6, 2006
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ECR highlights latest radiology research
By Brian Casey
Radiology's premier pan-European conference drew to a close today after five days of presentations on the latest in radiology research.
March 6, 2006
Siemens to distribute iCAD's TotalLook
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions and computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD of Nashua, NH, have inked a distribution deal.
March 6, 2006
Zonare releases new transducer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VIENNA - Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems unveiled a new transducer for its ultrasound systems this week at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 6, 2006
CIVCO releases new needle guidance systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound device developer CIVCO Medical Solutions has released needle guidance systems for use with P10/8-4 and P17/5-1 transducers from SonoSite of Bothell, WA.
March 6, 2006
Interventional radiology needs rebranding, revitalizing
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VIENNA - Interventional radiology, according to Dr. Frederick Keller, is in need of an extreme makeover. Keller delivered the Josef Rösch honorary lecture at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) on Monday. He detailed four threats to interventional radiology and the changes needed for the specialty's survival.
March 6, 2006
New endovascular repair CPT codes for 2006
If your facility performs endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms, prepare for new and revised Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes in 2006. Endovascular repair of the abdominal aorta has had its own Category I codes for several years, but repair of the thoracic aorta has had only Category III codes (0033T-0040T). On January 1 of this year, however, new Category I codes for the thoracic aorta procedures took effect.
March 6, 2006
Skin condition after breast radiation requires clarification
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - Acquired lymphangiectasis is the diffuse dilation of lymphatic channels by an external cause. It is a common complication in patients who have undergone radiation treatment for cervical cancer. A poster presentation this week at the American Academy of Dermatology described a case of acquired lymphangiectasis after breast radiotherapy.
March 5, 2006
ONI debuts MSK Extreme scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Extremity MRI developer ONI Medical Systems has introduced MSK Extreme, a 1-tesla dedicated extremity MRI device for musculoskeletal radiology applications.
March 5, 2006
CAD finds breast cancers that radiologists missed for years
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - When breast computer-aided detection (CAD) software took a second look at mammograms containing a malignancy, it found most of the cancers radiologists had missed until they detected it in a later exam, according to a study presented at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR). In some cases, CAD found cancers that weren't detected until three to four years later.
March 5, 2006
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