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Second Opinion: Medicare CT screening decision raises questions
By Frederic W. Grannis Jr.
"The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away." That quote by musician Tom Waits could well be applied to this week's decision approving Medicare payment for CT lung cancer screening, according to thoracic surgeon Dr. Frederic W. Grannis Jr., who believes that many people at risk of lung cancer may not get the scans they need.
November 12, 2014
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MeVis readies 2 products for RSNA 2014
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions plans to introduce two new products at the RSNA 2014 meeting.
November 11, 2014
PET/MRI adds to lung cancer diagnoses
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, December 3 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSK18-08 | Room S505ABBritish researchers have concluded that PET/MRI appears to be a "robust technique" for preoperative staging of lung cancer patients, offering "significantly lower radiation dose."
November 10, 2014
PET/MRI could benefit NSCLC patients with less radiation, adequate imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, December 3 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSK18-02 | Room S505ABWith radiation exposure to patients a constant concern, whole-body staging with PET/MRI could greatly benefit patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study from University Hospital Zurich.
November 10, 2014
CMS says yes to CT lung cancer screening for seniors
By Eric Barnes
Bucking a negative assessment from its own appointed review panel, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Monday approved CT lung cancer screening for Medicare recipients, saying the evidence is sufficient to justify screening high-risk individuals until the age of 74 years.
November 9, 2014
CT texture analysis IDs non-small cell lung cancer subtypes
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, December 3 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSM06-01 | Room S404CDA group from Massachusetts General Hospital will highlight the potential for CT texture analysis to identify histological subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer.
November 9, 2014
CT texture analysis helps characterize lung lesions
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, December 2 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSG07-05 | Room S402ABResearchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have found that texture analysis of CT images can help differentiate malignant and benign lung lesions.
November 9, 2014
Lung analytics tool aids in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, December 2 | 8:45 a.m.-8:55 a.m. | VSCH31-02 | Room S405ABA group from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, has developed lung analysis software for analyzing parenchymal involvement in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.
November 9, 2014
CAD targets often-overlooked large pulmonary nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, December 1 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSE22-06 | Room S403BIn this paper presentation, Dutch researchers will describe their computer-aided detection (CAD) software for detecting large pulmonary nodules.
November 9, 2014
Organ segmentation tool labels mediastinal lymph node stations
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, December 1 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSE22-01 | Room S403BResearchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health have developed software they believe could obviate the need for manual labeling of mediastinal lymph node stations.
November 9, 2014
Software automatically detects perifissural pulmonary nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, December 1 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSC03-08 | Room S404ABIn this talk, Dutch researchers will show how software can automatically classify perifissural pulmonary nodules on lung cancer screening CT studies.
November 9, 2014
Texture analysis shows level of invasion of ground-glass lung nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, December 1 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSC03-06 | Room S404ABIn this talk, researchers from Case Western Reserve University will share how textural analysis techniques may be able to decrease the number of unnecessary biopsies in ground-glass non-small cell lung nodules.
November 9, 2014
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