Emergency Radiology: Page 48

At CT, not all PE are bad PE

By Eric Barnes

Thanks to advanced CT scanners and the watchful eyes of emergency room physicians, the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) has risen significantly in recent years. Yet despite all the new PE cases doctors are finding, the mortality rate hasn't budged. Researchers in Rhode Island think they might know why.

February 3, 2009

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

Adding delayed CT aids some trauma diagnoses

By Eric Barnes

In the emergency setting, would the routine acquisition of a delayed scan five minutes after contrast lead to better diagnoses of trauma patients? It pays sometimes but not always to acquire the extra scan, say researchers from Italy, who reviewed images from hundreds of cases of organ injuries.

January 20, 2009

Molecular Insight completes phase II trial for Zemiva

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals has completed a phase II clinical trial for its chest imaging agent Zemiva.

December 22, 2008

Coronary CTA identifies ACS patients ready for ED discharge

By Charlene Laino

Coronary CT angiography (CTA) can rapidly identify a subset of low- to moderate-risk patients presenting to the emergency department with symptoms suggesting acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who can be discharged without adverse clinical outcomes, according to a presentation at last week's annual RSNA meeting in Chicago.

December 8, 2008

DICOM CD import for ER patients enhances utilization

By Cynthia E. Keen

CHICAGO - In two separate presentations at the RSNA annual meeting, Boston emergency radiologists provided statistical insight into the importance of using high-grade medical media and initiating a protocol for efficient importing of DICOM CDs into PACS.

December 2, 2008

Radiologists identify, successfully treat new form of self-injury

By Charlene Laino

CHICAGO - Radiologists are in a unique position to diagnose and treat a newly identified psychiatric disorder in which patients jam paper clips, staples, pencil lead, and other foreign objects into their bodies, according to a presentation at the 2008 RSNA meeting.

December 2, 2008

MedQ, Chili collaborate for jail install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology informatics developer MedQ and software developer Chili USA have been selected to provide their integrated Chili PACS Q/ris 3000 Workflow Management System for the Orange County Jail System in California to support its emergency care operations.

December 1, 2008

Cardiac stress MR tops SPECT, showing cause of chest pain

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - Johns Hopkins researchers found that cardiac stress MRI not only outperforms SPECT for detecting acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain, it reveals important information about the cause of the pain, even when symptoms are unrelated to coronary artery disease.

November 29, 2008

NeuroLogica launches CT dose-reduction technology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Portable CT developer NeuroLogica launched a new noise/dose reduction algorithm designed to maintain high spatial resolution while reducing image noise for low-dose CT scans at this week's RSNA conference in Chicago.

November 29, 2008

Parents sue California hospital over pediatric CT radiation overdose

By Cynthia E. Keen

A rural California hospital is being sued by parents of a child who underwent a CT exam during an emergency department visit for a neck injury. The parents allege that their 23-month-old boy received radiation burns and has permanent chromosomal damage due to excessive radiation exposure from the CT scan, which took over an hour to perform.

November 19, 2008

Ultrasonix unveils SonixTouch EMed

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian ultrasound developer Ultrasonix Medical has introduced its new SonixTouch EMed, an emergency medicine-specific version of its SonixTouch ultrasound system.

November 18, 2008

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