Eric Barnes[email protected]CTAuntMinnie.com's Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology InsiderAs radiologists perfect their methods of performing and interpreting virtual colonoscopy, technical researchers are finding ways to make the whole process easier. Today's Insider highlights the contributions of technical innovators on two continents.October 5, 2003CTCubism shapes the art of virtual colonoscopyInvestigators from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam compared conventional 3-D interpretation with a new cubed display technique. The new system speeded up interpretation time significantly, while increasing the area of mucosal surface examined.October 5, 2003CTMayo 'whole-body' screening keeps an eye on the brandThe Mayo Clinic doesn't offer whole-body CT screening, not really. Not if you mean the take-all-comers, heck-with-follow-up kind of scans sold at shopping malls like stressed denim. But if you're talking about careful CT assessment of adults who happen to be asymptomatic, well then, the Rochester, MN-based practice might be able to help.October 2, 2003CTAuntMinnie's CT Radiology InsiderDr. Frank Earnest, director of CT practice for the Rochester, MN-based group, discusses the group's go-slow approach to CT screening at the 2003 International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.September 28, 2003CTResearchers settle on 'best' CT protocol for multislice virtual colonoscopyGerman researchers have added painstaking detail to what has become a consensus among virtual colonoscopy providers: that thin collimation and reconstruction intervals produce better images, and improved detection of smaller polyps.September 24, 2003CTMDCT finds predictive value in soft plaqueInvestigators in Germany used contrast-enhanced multidetector-row CT to quantitatively assess noncalcified coronary plaque. They found that the exam had predictive value for detecting some cases of coronary artery disease that would have gone undetected using traditional CT calcium screening methods.September 23, 2003CTJury deadlocks on use of Buscopan in virtual colonoscopyThree studies on the benefits of hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan) in virtual colonoscopy have reached different conclusions. One group says it produced better colonic distension, while two others found the muscle relaxant to be generally ineffective.September 17, 2003CTResearch nudges virtual colonoscopy toward wider useThere are studies to complete and much work left to do, but virtual colonoscopy is making steady progress toward becoming a tool for widespread colorectal cancer screening, according to Dr. Judy Yee from the University of California, San Francisco.September 11, 2003CTCalcium-scoring methods study says it's all goodReassuring news in coronary calcium screening came out of Ohio State University in Columbus this month, where researchers have found that all of the principal calcium-scoring methods do a pretty good job of assessing the risk of coronary events.September 9, 2003CTVirtual Colonoscopy Radiology InsiderToday's edition of the Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology Insider highlights a discussion by radiologist Dr. Judy Yee from the University of California San Francisco.September 7, 2003Previous PagePage 227 of 258Next PageTop StoriesInterventionalHow much solid waste do neurointerventions generate?Researchers quantified waste generation in their neurointerventional angiography suite over 90 days.Risk ManagementPodcast: 3 points of crisis communication following fatal MRI accidentPractice ManagementTurnover increasing among radiology practicesCTFibrosis pattern on CT predicts CPFE progression rate, but not survivalSponsor ContentHow Agentic AI Is Transforming Radiology Ops
