Clinical News: Page 425

Women in rural areas face barriers in breast cancer screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

Women living in rural areas face multiple barriers to effective breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment, according to research published July 22 in Preventive Medicine.

July 27, 2021

MRI show brain changes linked to poorer encephalitis outcomes

By Kate Madden Yee

MRI reveals brain changes in adults with herpes simplex encephalitis that are associated with poorer neurological outcomes at 90 days after admission to the intensive care unit, according to a study published July 27 in JAMA Network Open.

July 27, 2021

Olympus launches quantitative CT analysis service

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Olympus Medical Group parent Olympus has launched SeleCT Connect, a new program that makes its SeleCT quantitative CT analysis service available to U.S. healthcare facilities through Nuance Communications' Nuance AI Marketplace.

July 26, 2021

Too many patients are receiving unacceptably high CT radiation doses

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Patients undergoing multiple CT exams are receiving unacceptably high collective radiation doses, according to a study published July 22 in the European Journal of Radiology.

July 26, 2021

Prescient Imaging gets FDA nod for portable PET scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET technology developer Prescient Imaging said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its BBX-PET portable PET scanner.

July 26, 2021

IMV: Most U.S. hospitals plan to buy an x-ray system

By Bruce Carlson

Good news for x-ray equipment manufacturers: Most hospitals in the U.S. plan to buy an x-ray system in the next three years, according to a new report from IMV. In 80% of these purchases, the new x-ray system will replace another existing unit.

July 26, 2021

FCH-PET shines in guiding parathyroid surgery

By Will Morton

An investigational new PET radiotracer guided more curative surgeries than standard imaging methods for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, according to research published online July 21 in Surgery.

July 26, 2021

MRI, histopathologic features boost glioma survival prediction accuracy

By Kate Madden Yee

Combining MRI and digital histopathologic imaging features boosts the accuracy of predictions for overall glioma survival compared to using either of these features alone, according to research published July 23 in Radiology: Imaging Cancer.

July 26, 2021

CT lung cancer screening guidelines are changing

By Sandy Coffta

Commercial insurance companies are already beginning to expand their payment policies toward CT lung cancer screening, even though a recent proposal by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has not yet been adopted. Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners explains.

July 26, 2021

Quitting smoking slows early lung cancer progression

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

People who quit smoking after being diagnosed with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer have slower disease progression and lower mortality rates, according to a study published July 26 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

July 26, 2021

ASTRO members exhort Congress to block proposed Medicare cuts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) met with congressional leaders to urge them to block radiation oncology facility payment cuts in the proposed 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

July 25, 2021

Kheiron, Medtech bring Mia to Qatar

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Kheiron Medical Technologies has signed a distribution agreement with medical and laboratory equipment supplier Medtech to bring its Mia artificial intelligence breast screening software to Qatar.

July 25, 2021

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