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RSNA presentations highlight mixed views on full-body CT screening
CHICAGO - A marketing study at this week's RSNA conference shows that potential patients are interested in full-body CT screening, but other researchers find modest results.
December 3, 2002
Imaging agent aids diagnosis of Parkinson’s
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - European researchers said the use of a new nuclear imaging agent dramatically improves the ability to diagnose which patients with early signs of tremor have Parkinson’s disease.
December 3, 2002
High-throughput CR from Fuji set to challenge DR
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - The vendor this week unveiled the FCR Velocity, a high-throughput CR device that is capable of up to 240 images per hour.
December 2, 2002
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PET/CT fusion images help pinpoint cancer, therapy
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - “What we are seeing with PET/CT just knocks your socks off,” said Dr. William Strauss, professor of radiology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York at an RSNA media briefing.
December 2, 2002
Italian study demonstrates value of MR in Crohn’s disease assessment
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - MRI added to the pre-treatment workup of patients with Crohn’s disease offers important information on the activity and extent of the illness as well as possible complications that may require surgery.
December 2, 2002
Virtual colonoscopy aces first flat-lesion study
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - In the first study designed to gauge CT's ability to detect superficial lesions, Dr. Nobuyuki Shiraga and colleagues found that virtual colonoscopy detected superficial colonic lesions as well as conventional colonoscopy.
December 2, 2002
CTI Molecular Imaging unveils 16-slice PET/CT system
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - The PET scanner in CTI's new combo system utilizes lutetium oxyorthosilicate crystals rather than conventional bismuth germinate oxide crystals, resulting in higher detection efficiency.
December 2, 2002
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RSNA attendance jumps 10% over 2001
By Brian Casey
CHICAGO - The RSNA meeting is back in the saddle. After two full days of the conference, attendance has bounced back to 2000 levels, erasing much of the memory of last year’s poorly attended show.
December 1, 2002
Canon launches new digital radiography unit
By Brian Casey
CHICAGO - The CXDI-40G is a 17 x 17-inch amorphous silicon flat-panel detector, and features a smaller and lighter housing than Canon's previous detectors.
December 1, 2002
Sputum cytology gives a big boost to CT lung screening
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Researchers from Vancouver General Hospital in BC, Canada, presented a protocol designed to prescreen subjects to find those at higher risk of lung cancer, while improving detection rates for the cancers CT tends to miss.
December 1, 2002
Three-point Dixon GRE sequence overcomes low-field MR limitations in knee scans
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - Investigators from Boston have devised a new MR protocol for imaging cartilage of the knee using a 3-point Dixon gradient echo sequence. Their method compensates for the limited separation of fat and water peaks that generally hampers low-field MR imaging.
December 1, 2002
Radiologists, technologists get comparable grades reading virtual colonoscopy
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Radiologists and radiographers were nearly equally accurate in evaluating precancerous lesions in patients undergoing virtual colonoscopy, according to a Dutch study presented at the RSNA conference.
December 1, 2002
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