Clinical News: Page 815

Self-compression is a viable option for mammography

By Kate Madden Yee

Women who control their own breast compression during screening mammography end up having mammograms that are just as good as those in which a technologist controls the compression -- and the women report less pain, according to a study published online February 4 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

February 4, 2019

Canon announces upgrades to Celesteion PET/CT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canon Medical Systems has updated its Celesteion PET/CT scanner software with new acquisition features and image reconstruction techniques.

February 3, 2019

Canon debuts global illumination at Arab Health

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canon Medical Systems announced the release of its global illumination image rendering technology at the recent Arab Health 2019 conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

February 3, 2019

Russian AI detects lung cancer on CT in 20 seconds

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from Russia have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program called Doctor AI-zimov that is capable of identifying and marking lung nodules -- some as small as 2 mm -- on CT scans in under 20 seconds.

February 3, 2019

Did Image Gently reduce CT use for kidney stones?

By Abraham Kim

The CT utilization rate for children with kidney stones has gradually decreased in recent years, but researchers from Michigan are questioning whether the Image Gently safe-imaging initiative is the cause of the trend. Their findings were published online January 28 in the Journal of Urology.

February 3, 2019

Siemens launches Acuson Sequoia in Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers has begun selling its Acuson Sequoia ultrasound scanner in Canada after receiving a marketing license from Health Canada.

February 3, 2019

Why we need a BI-RADS-like system for uterine tumors

By Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, PhD

Does radiology need a scoring system like BI-RADS for tracking uterine tumors? In this Second Opinion article, Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, PhD, proposes just such a system, which he believes is necessary after a painful personal experience: the death of his wife, Dr. Amy Josephine Reed, from a uterine soft-tissue sarcoma.

February 3, 2019

Row erupts in Canada over radiologists' role in healthcare

By Brian Casey

A dispute has erupted in Ontario over the role that radiologists and other medical specialists play in the healthcare system of the Canadian province. The debate was sparked by an article claiming that radiologists have benefited from a "technology windfall" in spending on medical technology that has been funded by taxpayers.

January 31, 2019

Prostatic artery embolization gains clinical momentum

By Jamal Al Deen Alkoteesh

Prostate artery embolization has emerged as a highly promising interventional radiology procedure for lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hypertrophy, Dr. Jamal Al Deen Alkoteesh told Arab Health delegates on the final day of the Total Radiology conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

January 31, 2019

RSNA to hold chest imaging course in Chile

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The RSNA is offering a course on chest imaging in Santiago, Chile, in April.

January 31, 2019

Philips, MIM to collaborate on radiation therapy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare plans to collaborate with medical imaging software developer MIM Software on improving radiation therapy treatment planning.

January 31, 2019

Report: ER doctors get subpoenas for ordering wrong scans

By Brian Casey

Doctors in the emergency room (ER) at Rhode Island Hospital have been served with subpoenas charging them with medical misconduct for incorrectly ordering medical imaging scans, according to a report published January 30 by Politico.

January 31, 2019

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