Emergency Radiology: Page 33

Premier League's telenetwork kicks off rethink on imaging
By Frances Rylands-Monk
A mobile CT unit with teleradiology capability that began operation in May 2013 at London's Wembley Stadium aims to deliver a prompt emergency diagnosis for injured football players.
November 24, 2013
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Natural language processing predicts need for repeat head trauma CT
By Eric Barnes
Monday, December 2 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSC12-03 | Room N229When do head trauma patients need repeat CT scans? When the report suggests the condition is worsening. However, a neuroradiologist review is time-consuming, and scans are sometimes repeated unnecessarily. By automating the process, California researchers hoped to improve CT utilization and cut radiation exposures from unneeded scans in this study to be presented on Monday morning.
November 12, 2013
Ultrasound can help identify appendicitis in borderline cases
By Kate Madden Yee
Thursday, December 5 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSQ05-01 | Room N226Ultrasound reliably predicts appendicitis if secondary characteristics are assessed when the appendix is of borderline size, defined as 6 mm to 7 mm in diameter, according to a study to be presented in this Thursday RSNA 2013 session.
November 11, 2013
MRI finds elevated thalamic iron levels in mild brain trauma
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 2 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSC12-06 | Room N229Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have found a connection between levels of thalamic iron and microstructural changes in the brain's frontal white matter in patients with mild traumatic brain injury.
November 6, 2013
MRI can uncover cortical venous injury in abusive head trauma
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 2 | 3:20 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | SSE21-03 | Room S102ABWith the help of MR venography and MRI, researchers from Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children hope to increase awareness and improve the detection of abusive head trauma and intracranial venous injury.
November 6, 2013
iPad up for task of emergency CT viewing
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, December 2 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | VSIN21-12 | Room S404CDA German group will present data showing that the third-generation iPad can be used for interpreting emergency CT examinations.
November 3, 2013
Emergency docs want decision support to tackle CT overuse
By Erik L. Ridley
Generating roughly one-third of all CT scans, the emergency department would seem a key target for imaging decision-support software. And emergency physicians would welcome the technology, if research from Washington University School of Medicine is any indication.
October 20, 2013
Analogic updates SonixHub software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging firm Analogic is showcasing a new generation of its SonixHub software at the American College of Emergency Physicians conference being held this week in Seattle.
October 14, 2013
Incidental findings in pediatric head CTs: Rare but serious
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Incidental findings in pediatric head CT scans are rare but could have serious consequences, according to a study in Pediatrics.
September 11, 2013
Appropriateness training may not lead to proper CTPA use
By Kate Madden Yee
Providing appropriateness training to emergency department doctors for ordering CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) exams doesn't necessarily reduce inappropriate use of the test, according to a new study published in the September issue of Academic Radiology. It can even have unintended consequences.
August 18, 2013
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Emergency radiology elective educates on imaging use
By Kate Madden Yee
A short emergency radiology elective increases second-year medical students' understanding of appropriate imaging use and the effects of radiation exposure -- as well as their confidence in ordering imaging appropriately, according to a study published in the September issue of Academic Radiology.
August 12, 2013
Longer observation cuts pediatric head CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Observing children with blunt head trauma for a longer time period translates into a smaller chance they'll be scanned with CT, according to a new study published online August 5 in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
August 6, 2013
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