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AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
March 12, 2019
MagView wins contract in British Columbia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography information systems developer MagView said it will provide its MagView software package to BC Cancer Breast Screening, a provincial program that provides screening mammograms for 275,000 women annually in British Columbia.
March 12, 2019
Doctors aren't discussing CT lung screening with patients
By Abraham Kim
When it comes to CT lung cancer screening, physicians are missing a golden opportunity to reach out to high-risk individuals -- only discussing the test with less than 20% of patients who are current and former smokers, according to an article published online March 9 in the Journal of Cancer Education.
March 12, 2019
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Accuracy of AI algorithms may drop with independent data
By Erik L. Ridley
The performance of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for classifying chest x-rays dropped when they were used with patient populations that were different from the ones on which they were trained, according to research published online March 5 in the Journal of Digital Imaging.
March 12, 2019
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Contrast not needed for follow-up MRI on MS patients
By Wayne Forrest
Clinicians should be able to avoid the use of gadolinium-based contrast agents on follow-up MRI brain scans to accurately monitor disease progression in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online March 12 in Radiology.
March 12, 2019
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Ultrasound can regulate inflammatory response
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bioelectronic research teams from GE Research in Niskayuna, NY, and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, NY, have demonstrated noninvasive methods to regulate dysfunction in the body's metabolic or inflammatory control systems using ultrasound, according to a study published online March 12 in Nature Communications.
March 11, 2019
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AAOS: QCT finds low bone density in lumbar fusion patients
By Erik L. Ridley
Preoperative quantitative CT (QCT) scans in patients about to receive spinal fusion surgery show that many have low bone density that was previously undiagnosed, according to research presented March 12 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in Las Vegas.
March 11, 2019
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MRI measurements of iron content show impact of stroke
By Wayne Forrest
French researchers have taken a basic MR imaging technique to break new ground in measuring iron content in the substantia nigra to obtain a better reading on how stroke affects the brain and long-term patient outcomes, according to a study published online March 12 in Radiology.
March 11, 2019
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Lung ultrasound a practical tool for disease diagnosis
By Kate Madden Yee
Lung ultrasound with a surface wave elastography protocol is a viable tool for noninvasive evaluation of lung disease, giving clinicians another way to diagnose the condition besides CT or pulmonary function tests, according to a study published online March 5 in Radiology.
March 11, 2019
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Ontario ban on cremation after brachytherapy draws scrutiny
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian province of Ontario is examining rules that ban the cremation of patients who have died after receiving brachytherapy implants as part of radiation therapy treatments. Opponents of the ban say it has led to some patients refusing to receive brachytherapy, according to a March 7 article by CBC News.
March 11, 2019
New MRI coil vest may improve breast cancer screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from Austria are developing a vest embedded with radiofrequency coils that would allow patients to lie face up during a breast MRI exam -- potentially improving the comfort and accuracy of breast cancer screening.
March 11, 2019
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Case report: Necrotizing pancreatitis after SAE
By Drs. Shruthi Suresh, Jeffrey Ortiz, Sarah Bashaw, Ammar Hashmi, Susan Baro, and Benjamin Wilson
Splenic artery embolization (SAE) is a relatively safe, effective, and commonly employed nonoperative treatment of high-grade traumatic splenic injury or low-grade injury with active extravasation. In this case report, clinicians report a case of interval necrotizing pancreatitis -- a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of SAE.
March 11, 2019
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