Eric Barnes[email protected]Residents/FellowsResidency boot camp steels interns for road aheadWhen the directors of an Arkansas residency program saw their interns having a hard time transitioning to their second-year radiology residency, they decided to do something about it, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.September 11, 2013CTFDA panel mostly likes evidence on CTC efficacyIn a wide-ranging session on CT colonography (CTC), held in Silver Spring, MD, on Monday, a panel of experts convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration delivered almost universally positive views of the evidence supporting the use of the exam for colorectal cancer screening.September 9, 2013Residents/FellowsAuntMinnie.com Residents InsiderSeptember 8, 2013CTNEJM: Studies take aim at easing CT lung screening follow-upThe results of two lung cancer screening studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine are good news for CT lung cancer screening, showing the ability to differentiate malignant from benign nodules for many patients before invasive biopsy procedures are considered.September 8, 2013CTFDA sets meeting to review CT colonographyA virtual who's who of CT colonography (CTC) is en route to the Washington, DC, area for a September 9 joint committee meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that will discuss the fate of CTC screening for asymptomatic individuals.September 5, 2013CTAuntMinnie.com CT InsiderSeptember 4, 2013CTBismuth-carrying nanotubes track stem cells in CTTexas researchers have succeeded in trapping bismuth in a nanotube cage, and the resultant structure could be used as a CT contrast agent to track stem cells, according to a new study in the Journal of Materials Chemistry B.September 4, 2013CTHigher cataract incidence tied to repeated head CTPatients undergoing repeat CT scans to monitor head and neck cancers have a far greater incidence of cataracts, which develop at lower radiation thresholds than previously thought, according to a study by Taiwanese researchers in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.August 28, 2013CTCT finds extracardiac malignancies -- most unknownCardiac CT detects serious extracardiac malignancies in one of every 150 patients, a prevalence that could have serious ramifications regarding who should be reading heart CT studies -- radiologists or cardiologists, or both, according to a new study in the September edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.August 26, 2013Residents/FellowsBreaking bank: Unruly doctors, residents cost hospitals millionsDisruptive behavior among clinicians and residents is not only time-consuming and potentially dangerous, it's expensive, with costs per hospital potentially reaching into the millions per year, according to a new report in Academic Radiology.August 25, 2013Previous PagePage 62 of 258Next PageTop StoriesDigital X-RayChest x-rays reveal atherosclerosis in patients undergoing amputationsLower limb amputation is an increasingly common major complication of advanced peripheral arterial disease and diabetes mellitus.MRI3D MRI technique helps plan treatment for pediatric heart conditionsWomens ImagingCould AI scoring help with managing DCIS?CTClinicians, beware: CT diagnostic accuracy varies by adnexal lesion typePractice ManagementRadiology coding update for 2026
