Eric Barnes[email protected]PACS/VNACuba's IMAGIS brings PACS power to the peopleThe Cuban National Health System (CNHS) faced daunting challenges in its efforts to develop a PACS system that would connect the country's health facilities, and support the flow of image data between big city hospitals and remote rural clinics. But developers from the University of Oriente in Santiago de Cuba overcame the obstacles to design and build a PACS that works.September 28, 2005CTAuntMinnie.com CT Radiology InsiderSeptember 25, 2005CTVolumetric CT gastrography bests transverse scans for cancer stagingVolumetric and multiplanar-reformatted (MPR) CT yielded significantly better results than transverse views for gastric cancer staging, researchers from Korea have reported. The volumetric advantage wasn't statistically significant for detecting metastases and lymph nodes, however.September 25, 2005CTVC caveat: Miles to go before widespread screeningVirtual colonoscopy screening isn't ready for population-wide screening in the U.S. just yet, according to Dr. Abraham Dachman from the University of Chicago. But the deficiency has more to do with dollars, documentation, and training capacity than the exam itself.September 22, 2005CTPart II: Palliative steps prevent contrast-induced nephropathyAuntMinnie.com is pleased to present the second half of our two-part series on avoiding contrast-related nephropathy. In the second installment, nephrologist Dr. Richard Solomon from the University of Vermont discusses preventive strategies for imaging the at-risk patients defined in part I of the series.September 19, 2005CTLow-dose CT calcium scores near-equivalent of higher doseReducing the CT tube current by half had almost no effect on coronary artery calcium (CAC) assessment, researchers reported in the September issue of Radiology. The results add weight to the findings of a handful of other in vivo studies, which have concluded that coronary artery calcium assessment with MDCT is sufficiently robust to allow for dramatic dose reductions.September 19, 2005CTAuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology InsiderSeptember 18, 2005CTMR colonography shows promise, with drawbacks, in diverticulitisOverall, dark-lumen MR colonography (MRC) does a good job of detecting sigmoid diverticulitis, researchers from University Hospital in Essen, Germany, concluded in the online edition of European Radiology. But the study also revealed shortcomings in the technique.September 18, 2005CTWhen x-ray finds cervical spine injuries, CT picks up moreMore than a third of patients with diagnosed cervical spine injuries (CSI) had secondary injuries that were missed on x-ray, researchers in California have reported. The study, published online in the September 5 Annals of Emergency Medicine, underscores the need for CT and perhaps other imaging modalities when evaluating trauma patients.September 13, 2005CTPart I: Identifying patients at risk of contrast-induced nephropathyTo begin our two-part series on avoiding contrast-related nephropathy, Dr. Richard Solomon from the University of Vermont discusses the identification of at-risk patients and critical prevention methods that can minimize the danger in the kidney-compromised patient.September 12, 2005Previous PagePage 203 of 258Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingPET predicts faster cognitive decline in women than menWomen initially outperformed men at low brain tau levels, but the advantage diminished as tau levels increased over time.MRIUnclear explanations of contrast MRI exams heighten patient anxietyWomens ImagingMammography screening improves survival for late-stage cancersUltrasoundUltrasound MinnieCast, Episode 2: Body imaging with RUS-PATSponsor ContentHow Agentic AI Is Transforming Radiology Ops
