Thoracic Imaging: Page 173

Study finds link between RT retake rates and image quality

By Kathy Kincade

Sometimes it takes a little extra time to get the job done right. That seems to be the message from a new study analyzing the relationship between digital radiography (DR) retake rates and image quality -- researchers found that the radiologic technologists with the highest retake rates also produced the best images.

December 14, 2006

Silicone injections remain popular and dangerous despite FDA ban

CHICAGO - People who receive liquid silicone for cosmetic purposes such as breast augmentation are at risk for a number of complications, including pulmonary embolism, according to a presentation at the 2006 RSNA meeting.

November 30, 2006

Medicsight to partner with 3mensio

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Medicsight of London has entered into a partnership with 3mensio Medical Imaging of Bilthoven, Netherlands, a provider of 3D medical visualization products.

November 28, 2006

Overdiagnosis may plague CT lung screening results, especially in women

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - A just-concluded five-year lung cancer screening study found that tumor doubling times can be very long in nearly a quarter of female patients, suggesting that overdiagnosis may be a stronger factor than previously believed, at least in women.

November 28, 2006

PET, CT CAD scheme differentiates benign from malignant lung nodules

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - PET has a well-established role for distinguishing benign from malignant lung nodules when CT is inconclusive. Now radiologists have tapped the power of artificial neural networks (ANNs) for a computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme that determines whether PET results can improve the performance of CT-based lung CAD.

November 27, 2006

Lung CT CAD boosts performance of less experienced radiologists

By Erik L. Ridley

CHICAGO - Computer-aided detection (CAD) systems can help radiologists with minimal and moderate experience in detecting lung nodules on chest CT scans, according to researchers from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

November 26, 2006

Chest physicians promote ultrasound for detecting pleural anomalies

By Edward Susman

Ultrasonography can easily detect various pulmonary conditions with a high degree of accuracy, despite previous reports to the contrary, according to presenters at the Chest 2006 meeting in Salt Lake City.

November 21, 2006

EDDA launches V2.0 of IQQA-Chest CAD software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

EDDA Technology of Princeton Junction, NJ, has released a new version of its IQQA-Chest software, which features enterprise-based computer-aided detection (CAD) for digital x-ray studies.

November 19, 2006

Siemens Medical Solutions

By Brian Casey

The Malvern, PA, multimodality vendor will use its RSNA exhibit to tout a range of new computer-aided detection (CAD) applications, from chest to mammography.

November 2, 2006

Riverain Medical

By Brian Casey

Riverain of Miamisburg, OH, will demonstrate continued improvements in the algorithm for the company's RapidScreen Digital software, and will also talk up the improving reimbursement situation for computer-aided detection (CAD) lung studies with digital radiography.

November 2, 2006

Medicsight

By Brian Casey

New corporate relationships will be highlighted in the booth of this London, U.K.-based developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) software.

November 2, 2006

Median Technologies

By Brian Casey

This French developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) software will introduce its Lesions Management Solution (LMS) package, a suite of works-in-progress CAD applications for lung, colon, and liver studies.

November 2, 2006

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