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Riverain scores Consorta deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Riverain Medical has signed a three-year agreement with group purchasing organization Consorta.

December 14, 2005

Lung CAD shows limited sensitivity gains, finds nodules radiologists missed

Two studies presented at the recent RSNA meeting in Chicago underscored the clinical utility of computer-aided detection (CAD) for finding significant lung nodules with CT. They also served to highlight the limitations of current-generation lung CAD systems, most of which are based on common shapes of solid nodules.

December 12, 2005

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Palatin, Tyco warn of NeutroSpec health risk

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Palatin Technologies and partner Tyco Healthcare said they have informed the healthcare community about a potential health risk associated with its NeutroSpec radiopharmaceutical imaging agent.

December 4, 2005

X-rays and history needed to pinpoint avian flu

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - The chest x-rays alone of a patient suffering from avian flu won't tell a physician that the individual has contracted the deadly disease, according to a U.K. radiologist who studied the medical data from 14 Vietnamese victims of the disease. A personal history of the patient's contact with birds is needed as well.

December 1, 2005

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PET/CT demonstrates high sensitivity in pulmonary nodule staging

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

CHICAGO - FDG-PET/CT showed higher sensitivity than contrast-enhanced CT in the nodal staging of pulmonary lesions, according to information from an Italian research team. However, contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) revealed a higher specificity than FDG-PET/CT in characterizing pulmonary lesions, the group reported.

December 1, 2005

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy useful for smallest lung nodules

CHICAGO - In the RSNA's interventional lung session on Wednesday, Dr. Demetris Patsios from the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada, presented a study on the efficacy of MDCT-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of subcentimeter nodules, concluding that FNAB is a useful tool, if less accurate than FNAB of larger lesions.

November 30, 2005

Ultralow-dose lung MDCT may still find ground-glass lesions

CHICAGO - Researchers from Japan presented findings from their study on the use of ultralow-dose CT and the detection of ground-glass lung opacities in a presentation yesterday at RSNA 2005. The results for low-dose CT lung screening advocates are encouraging.

November 29, 2005

Preablation CTA may avoid complications

By Tracie L. Thompson

CHICAGO - As electrophysiologists perform more pulmonary vein isolation procedures to treat atrial fibrillation, preprocedural CT angiography may help avoid potentially fatal complications by showing anatomic variants and proximity of a vulnerable esophagus, according to a presentation Monday at RSNA 2005.

November 27, 2005

Riverain inks Amerinet deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Chest radiography computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer Riverain Medical of Miamisburg, OH, has signed a three-year agreement with group purchasing organization Amerinet of St. Louis.

November 21, 2005

Chest x-ray CAD reaches reimbursement milestone

By Cynthia E. Keen

Reimbursement is critical for the success of any new imaging technology. Adoption of chest x-ray CAD may have received just that boost following a recent release of an American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code and a subsequent published non-Medicare resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) code.

November 21, 2005

R2 signs three-year deal with Consorta

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer R2 Technology of Sunnyvale, CA, has inked a new three-year agreement with group purchasing organization (GPO) Consorta.

November 7, 2005

Flat-panel detectors cut radiation dose in angiography, pediatric chest x-rays

By Shalmali Pal

Two new studies have evaluated the exposure doses and performance of flat-panel detectors. While different organ systems were imaged, both studies concluded that using flat-panel detectors can reduce radiation exposure to the patient and the operator.

November 3, 2005

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