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Simulation model may enable faster ED CT turnaround

By Erik L. Ridley

Sunday, December 1 | 12:05 p.m.-12:15 p.m. | SSA06-09 | Room N227BIn this study, researchers from Canada will share how they utilized simulation software to pursue their goal of speeding up turnaround time for urgent CT exams of emergency department (ED) patients.

November 13, 2019

Structured reporting improves endometriosis evaluation

By Erik L. Ridley

Sunday, December 1 | 10:55 a.m.-11:05 a.m. | SSA10-02 | Room N228Researchers from Massachusetts will describe how the combination of structured reporting and reader expertise can improve the diagnosis and staging of endometriosis on MRI.

November 13, 2019

CT highlights risk of lung inflammation from vaping

By Philip Ward

Fresh evidence has emerged of the health dangers of vaping. In a case report published by Archives of Disease in Childhood on November 11, U.K. authors warn that the fluid in electronic cigarettes may cause life-threatening lung inflammation in those who are susceptible, after treating a teenage boy with respiratory failure.

November 13, 2019

ALA: CT lung screening has 'lifesaving' potential

By Abraham Kim

In its annual report on lung cancer in the U.S., the American Lung Association (ALA) on November 13 highlighted the benefits of CT lung screening and its contribution to a 26% improvement in the five-year survival rate of lung cancer patients over the past decade.

November 12, 2019

AuntMinnie.com Women's Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

November 12, 2019

Firms partner to meet global medical isotope needs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Four Canadian and European companies have signed partnership agreements to produce medical isotopes and create a new worldwide delivery system for them.

November 12, 2019

Guerbet forms partnership with InterSystems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast developer Guerbet has signed a strategic partnership with healthcare IT firm InterSystems to integrate Guerbet's Contrast&Care contrast media injection management software into the IT systems of hospitals and medical imaging centers.

November 12, 2019

Curium to file NDA for generic form of DaTscan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Curium Pharma plans to submit an abbreviated new drug application (NDA) for a generic version of DaTscan in the U.S.

November 12, 2019

Should CT be added to criteria for diagnosing COPD?

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from Colorado have proposed expanding the diagnostic criteria for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) to consider CT data along with a patient's symptoms, environmental exposure, and spirometry results in a study recently published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.

November 12, 2019

MRI Interventions posts strong revenue gains in Q3

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Sales gains in its biological and drug delivery business contributed to a 62% increase in revenue for MRI Interventions in its third quarter.

November 12, 2019

7T MRI finds promising MS biomarker

By Wayne Forrest

Using 7-tesla MRI scans, researchers have identified a potentially valuable biomarker of brain inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) that could shed light on how the disease progresses, according to a study published online November 12 in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal.

November 12, 2019

X-ray angiography approach succeeds with less contrast

By Wayne Forrest

Friday, December 6 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SST07-08 | Room E353ACould digital variance angiography be a way for clinicians to use less iodinated contrast in carotid x-ray angiography procedures with the same diagnostic results? Researchers from Budapest conducted a study to find out.

November 12, 2019

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