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Projectiondesign to display new products at ECR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Norwegian firm Projectiondesign plans to introduce its first solid-state light-source projector designed for the medical market at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria.
February 18, 2010
Sectra to highlight wide area radiology at ECR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra will highlight its wide area radiology offerings at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria.
February 17, 2010
Agfa plans ECR 2010 product releases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare plans to show new products and an expanded portfolio at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria.
February 8, 2010
ASIR cuts dose in Crohn's disease patients
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Low-dose abdominal CT images reconstructed with an adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) technique are equivalent -- and, in fact, slightly better in quality -- than standard-dose images reconstructed with filtered back projection.
December 3, 2009
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Radiologists may not always comply with Fleischner guidelines
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - The vast majority of radiologists appear to understand the Fleischner Society's guidelines on management of small pulmonary nodules incidentally detected on routine chest CT scans. But that knowledge may not necessarily translate into actual conformance, according to research presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 2, 2009
Compression ratio not the best quality indicator for lossy images
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - There may be a better way to judge the quality of a lossy-compressed JPEG 2000 image than its traditional compression ratio, according to research presented Thursday at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 2, 2009
The 2009 PACSman Awards: Red, black ... or both?
By Michael J. Cannavo
CHICAGO - PACS consultant Michael J. Cannavo offers his unique look at this year's Radiological Society of North America show in the 2009 installment of the PACSman Awards.
December 2, 2009
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Radiology reports: What do physicians really want?
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - What do referring physicians think of the radiology reports they receive, and how do they use them? Radiologists at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA, conducted a survey to find out whether the reports they prepared met the needs of clinicians who received them.
December 2, 2009
'Gatekeeper effect' key to RBMs' ability to slow imaging use
By Kate Madden Yee
CHICAGO - Radiology benefits management (RBM) firms can help slow the rapid increase in advanced imaging use, in part because of a "gatekeeper effect" that prompts physicians to think twice about ordering exams, according to research presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting.
December 2, 2009
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Liver metastases more conspicuous at low-energy DSCT
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Hypovascular liver lesions are better visualized at lower photon energies in dual-source CT (DSCT), say researchers from New York City.
December 2, 2009
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Study recommendations improve injection-to-scan time, PET quantification
By Wayne Forrest
CHICAGO - Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center have found that injection-to-scan time in FDG-PET is "critically important" for accurately and quantitatively evaluating response to therapy, but optimum target times are complicated by patient and technology challenges.
December 2, 2009
Panel of radiologists rejects USPSTF mammogram guidelines
By Charlene Laino
CHICAGO - A panel of breast cancer screening experts today told a special news briefing at the RSNA annual meeting that the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines recommending against routine annual mammograms are flat-out wrong.
December 1, 2009
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