Eric Barnes[email protected]CTCAD use consistently boosts VC resultsThe use of computer-aided detection (CAD) always improves reader sensitivity in virtual colonoscopy datasets, say researchers from the University of Pisa in Italy, who reviewed the literature and found that CAD significantly improved detection of polypoid lesions across the board.September 26, 2011CTNLST analysis to yield key cost data on CT lung screeningNow that a major study has shown that lung cancer screening reduces mortality, healthcare payors want to find out if it's cost-effective -- and they'll soon know the answer, according to a presentation at last week's American College of Radiology Imaging Network fall meeting in Arlington, VA.September 25, 2011CTCORE 64: Calcium impedes per-segment diagnosis at CCTADoes the presence of heavy calcification hinder diagnosis with coronary CT angiography (CCTA)? It surely does, and the more calcium per segment, the greater the inaccuracy, concludes a study in the October issue of Radiology that analyzed data from the recent CORE 64 study.September 25, 2011CTCCTA shows how even mild plaque boosts cardiac riskAsymptomatic adults with a low Framingham risk score and nonsignificant coronary artery disease still face a higher risk of death and adverse events if mild coronary artery plaque is present at coronary CT angiography (CCTA), according to a study from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.September 22, 2011CTAuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy InsiderSeptember 21, 2011Cardiac ImagingAuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging InsiderSeptember 19, 2011CTSimple CT method gauges treatment responseA simple threshold-based CT technique may be more accurate than traditional methods of assessing response to targeted therapies in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to researchers from Boston.September 19, 2011CTAuntMinnie.com CT InsiderSeptember 14, 2011CTSurface registration unites prone and supine CTC dataA new endoluminal surface registration approach has succeeded in cobbling together prone and supine virtual colonoscopy datasets more completely than previous methods to create a virtual endoluminal view similar to that of conventional colonoscopy, according to a study in Medical Physics.September 14, 2011Nuclear MedicineImaging shows efficacy of atherosclerosis drugIn a study being touted as the first to use noninvasive imaging to test the efficacy of an atherosclerosis drug, researchers found that dalcetrapib reduced arterial inflammation and disease progression at PET/CT and MRI, respectively, according to results published September 12 in the Lancet.September 12, 2011Previous PagePage 98 of 258Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingPET links brain receptor to emotional numbing in PTSDTo date, only a single study has investigated CB1R availability in humans exposed to trauma.Womens ImagingCEM, DBT show promise for preoperative breast cancer stagingMRIMRI illumines how the brain maintains 'representation' of phantom limbsDigital X-Ray3D DEXA reveals lower bone density in diabetes patientsMRIGadolinium in ... beer?
