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Virtual bronchoscopy helps find foreign body aspiration in kids

By Cynthia E. Keen

A percentage of children suspected of ingesting a foreign object may be able to avoid conventional bronchoscopy if virtual bronchoscopy is first performed, according to a study published in Emergency Radiology by Turkish researchers.

January 29, 2009

Lung CAD shows promise as concurrent reader

By Erik L. Ridley

Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can yield favorable results in detecting lung nodules when used concurrently during the reading process, according to research from Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan.

January 29, 2009

Rads prefer dual-energy x-ray over standard DR in lung

By Brian Casey

A Canadian study has found that radiologists preferred the image quality of a dual-energy digital radiography (DR) technique over conventional DR in detecting lung lesions. Dual-energy DR produced better soft-tissue delineation thanks to the removal of bony anatomy from images, according to the researchers.

January 28, 2009

Interobserver variability generally low at lung screening follow-up

By Eric Barnes

Radiologists who perform CT follow-up screening of smokers generally agree on whether a nodule has grown at follow-up and whether the case should be considered positive or negative, according to a study of subjects screened twice in the National Lung Screening Trial. But there was less agreement on what should be done with the results.

January 27, 2009

Sonora debuts new TEE testing probe

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging equipment supplier Sonora Medical Systems has released FC-t, a version of its FirstCall ultrasound probe testing device designed for testing transesophageal echo (TEE) probes.

January 26, 2009

CT screening flap leads to change in NEJM disclosure policy

By Eric Barnes

The New England Journal of Medicine has changed its financial disclosure policies following controversy over a research paper on CT lung cancer screening that did not mention the authors' financial ties to a CT manufacturer.

January 12, 2009

Study calculates radiation dose risk for infants in Belgian NICU

By Cynthia E. Keen

A Belgian study has shed additional light on the amount of radiation dose delivered to infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The research provides reference values for NICU radiation dose, and also offers guidance on collecting dose measurements and converting them into organ-dose values.

January 7, 2009

Medrad sponsors Swiss PET project

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast injector technology firm Medrad signed a research agreement with the University of Zurich to study dynamic PET imaging with the Medrad Intego PET infusion system.

January 5, 2009

Adding CsI-based dual-energy imaging doesn't improve lung nodule detection

By Radiology Review

(Radiology Review) New research suggests that cesium iodide (CsI) detector-based dual-exposure dual-energy imaging, when added to chest radiography, does not significantly improve the detection or classification of pulmonary nodules.

December 25, 2008

QA application can bolster DR image quality, consistency

By Erik L. Ridley

A University of Maryland study suggests that an automated quality analysis program can improve image quality, consistency, and technologist workflow in digital radiography (DR) of the chest. Results were presented at the 2008 RSNA meeting in Chicago.

December 21, 2008

Vida software nets FDA OK

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Vida Diagnostics has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Pulmonary Workstation 2.0 lung image analysis software.

December 16, 2008

New CT method measures airway calcium to predict lung cancer

By Eric Barnes

In a special "hot topic" presentation at the 2008 RSNA meeting, Ricardo Avila from software developer Kitware said that the presence of calcification at airway bifurcations in CT images can potentially predict lung cancer presence in smokers and former smokers. His company is developing software to exploit the predictive power of such calcifications.

December 15, 2008

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