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MRI-targeted biopsy optimizes prostate cancer detection
By Wayne Forrest
MRI-targeted biopsy can greatly improve prostate cancer diagnosis and reduce the chances of patients being either overtreated or undertreated for their disease, according to a study published March 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Philips: China buys more CT scanners to battle coronavirus
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sales of its CT scanners have risen in China as the country makes use of the modality to battle the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the CEO of Philips Healthcare told journalists in a press conference on Wednesday.
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SDMS publishes white paper for liver contrast program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) has published a white paper on how to implement a liver contrast program.
March 3, 2020
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Breast cancer brings financial difficulty to young women
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Young women with breast cancer often experience financial difficulties after diagnosis, even if they have steady jobs and insurance, according to a study published online March 4 in the American Association for Cancer Research journal, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
March 3, 2020
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Mint Medical develops CT reading template for COVID-19
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology software developer Mint Medical has created a new reading template to assist in the standardized assessment and documentation of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on CT exams.
March 3, 2020
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Korean researchers create isotope for cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has developed the technology to produce the medical isotope copper-67 for simultaneous cancer diagnosis and treatment, according to a March 4 report in the Korean Times.
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Radiologists are performing more bone marrow biopsies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Although internal medicine specialists have long been the primary providers of bone marrow biopsies, their market share for the procedure has declined -- and radiology is picking up the slack, according to a study published online March 3 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
March 3, 2020
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X-ray may be missing COVID-19 cases found with CT
By Kate Madden Yee
X-ray may not be the best imaging tool for detecting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Almost three-quarters of a small cohort of South Korean patients with COVID-19 pneumonia had normal chest x-rays, missing pulmonary nodules that chest CT identified, according to a February 26 study in the Korean Journal of Radiology.
March 3, 2020
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WHO ups coronavirus mortality rate to 3.4%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its estimate of the mortality rate of patients infected with the novel coronavirus to 3.4% globally, up from a 2.3% death rate made in previous estimates.
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4 imaging features that define severe COVID-19
By Kate Madden Yee
Although novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia tends to have typical imaging features, the presence of four features in particular may indicate more severe disease, according to a study published online March 3 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
March 3, 2020
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9 patient, ultrasound features linked to breast cancer
By Theresa Pablos
Nine unique patient and ultrasound features may enable breast imagers to distinguish benign from malignant complex cystic or solid breast lesions, according to research published on February 24 in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.
March 3, 2020
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CT, x-ray capture vaping lung injury in teens
By Abraham Kim
What effect does vaping have on the lungs of young, healthy individuals? A study published online March 3 in Radiology details the most prevalent findings seen on the chest x-rays and CT scans of teenagers diagnosed with electronic cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury.
March 3, 2020
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