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Pulmonologists more open to CT lung cancer screening

By Abraham Kim

Pulmonologists and primary care physicians have contrasting opinions regarding CT lung cancer screening -- with pulmonologists referring far more patients for the exam, according to an article published in the January-February issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal.

January 23, 2019

Smoking tied to vascular disease risk in African-Americans

By Abraham Kim

CT coronary artery calcium scans of African-Americans revealed that smoking substantially increased their risk of developing peripheral artery disease, according to an article published online January 23 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

January 23, 2019

Racial factors affect time to breast cancer treatment

By Kate Madden Yee

Black women with breast cancer experienced longer times to surgery than their white counterparts in a study among patients in the U.S. Military Health System published online January 23 in JAMA Surgery.

January 23, 2019

MRI-based grading scheme eases prostate cancer evaluation

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health have developed a standardized grading system using multiparametric MRI results and certain clinical markers to simplify the assessment of prostate cancer spread, according to a study published online January 22 in Radiology.

January 23, 2019

AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

January 22, 2019

Fujifilm adds to DR customer list

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA said it has installed its digital radiography (DR) systems at three more U.S. healthcare institutions.

January 22, 2019

Cook affirms safety record of Zilver PTX stents

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In response to a recent meta-analysis that linked paclitaxel-coated devices to higher mortality rates in peripheral artery disease patients, interventional technology developer Cook Medical said that several new studies confirm the safety record of its Zilver PTX paclitaxel-eluting stents.

January 22, 2019

4D flow MRI, 3D printing improve congenital heart surgery

By Abraham Kim

Planning a complex surgery for patients with congenital heart disease may require multiple advanced visualization techniques, say researchers from California, who used both 4D flow MRI and 3D printing for a case study recently published in the World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery.

January 22, 2019

AI can identify, triage abnormal chest x-rays

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to accurately identify chest radiographs that contain abnormal findings, enabling automated triage of these exams so they can be interpreted sooner by radiologists, U.K. researchers reported in a study published online January 22 in Radiology.

January 22, 2019

RadioMedix lands $2M grant from NCI

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biotechnology firm RadioMedix has received a two-year $2 million grant from the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) to support the clinical development of targeted alpha-emitter therapy for neuroendocrine tumors.

January 21, 2019

United Imaging gets FDA nod for total-body PET/CT unit

By Erik L. Ridley

Shanghai-based United Imaging Healthcare said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for uExplorer, a total-body PET/CT scanner developed in collaboration with researchers from the University of California, Davis.

January 21, 2019

Siemens wins FDA clearance for Multix Impact DR unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers has garnered U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its Multix Impact floor-mounted digital radiography (DR) system.

January 21, 2019

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