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Road to RSNA 2011: Ultrasound Preview
By Erik L. Ridley
With all of the attention being paid to reducing radiation dose to patients, ultrasound is getting a renewed look in many clinical indications. That new emphasis will be evident at the RSNA 2011 meeting, where a number of presentations will evaluate the utility of ultrasound versus CT, particularly in the bowel.
November 13, 2011
Road to RSNA 2011: Ultrasound Preview
Ultrasound can detect inflammation in Crohn's disease patients
By Erik L. Ridley
Friday, December 2 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SST06-08 | Room E353CTransabdominal ultrasound can effectively diagnose and detect inflammatory activity in patients with Crohn's disease, according to a research group in Canada.
November 13, 2011
Real-time tissue elastography helps assess intratesticular lesions
By Erik L. Ridley
Friday, December 2 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SST08-06 | Room E351In this Friday session, a U.K. team will show how real-time tissue elastography can increase operator confidence and influence patient management for evaluating intratesticular lesions.
November 13, 2011
US may find soft-tissue abnormalities after hip arthroplasty
By Erik L. Ridley
Thursday, December 1 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSQ11-07 | Room E451AIn this scientific session, a Japanese research team will present how ultrasound screening can detect periarticular soft-tissue abnormalities after total hip arthroplasty.
November 13, 2011
Shear-wave elastography shows promise in liver fibrosis
By Erik L. Ridley
Thursday, December 1 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSQ03-05 | Room E353AAn Italian team believes that real-time shear-wave elastography can improve upon the limitations of transient elastography in detecting liver fibrosis.
November 13, 2011
US insufficient to evaluate hepatic steatosis in obese adolescents
By Erik L. Ridley
Thursday, December 1 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSQ15-01 | Room S102DA Dutch team has found that while ultrasound has good sensitivity and specificity for finding hepatic steatosis in obese adolescents, it does not have acceptable positive post-test probability.
November 13, 2011
Stenosis index bolsters US evaluation of hepatic allografts
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, November 30 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSM06-05 | Room E350In this Wednesday afternoon session, a University of Washington team will highlight the benefits of a stenosis index for assessing arterial stenosis in hepatic allografts.
November 13, 2011
Ultrasound and Alvarado score may stratify pediatric appendicitis risk
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, November 30 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSK14-03 | Room S102ABIn this presentation, researchers will describe how the combination of focused appendicitis ultrasound and Alvarado score may help diagnose pediatric appendicitis.
November 13, 2011
Ultrasound aids imaging of pediatric pneumonia
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 29 | 4:10 p.m.-4:20 p.m. | MSVP32-07 | Room S102ABUltrasound is a useful imaging modality for evaluating childhood pneumonia, a German team has concluded.
November 13, 2011
US elastography shows promise for lateral epicondylitis
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 29 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSJ14-06 | Room E451AA South Korean research team has found that quantitative strain measurements from ultrasound elastography may be helpful in evaluating lateral epicondylitis.
November 13, 2011
Duplex Doppler ultrasound can evaluate pancreas transplants
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 29 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSJ07-06 | Room E353CResearchers in New Orleans have concluded that duplex Doppler ultrasound is a useful tool for monitoring pancreatic allografts.
November 13, 2011
Real-time elastography with in vivo compression performs well
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 29 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSG10-06 | Room N229In this Tuesday scientific session, a team from the University of Washington will discuss results from using in vivo compression in real-time thyroid elastography.
November 13, 2011
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