Abdominal Imaging: Page 29

Cancer rates rising in lower-income countries
By Kate Madden Yee
Cancer incidence and mortality rates are increasing in low- and middle-income countries, perhaps due to lifestyle changes and lack of appropriate screening or prevention measures, according to a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.
December 17, 2015
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Colon cancer group criticizes USPSTF guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A colon cancer awareness group is criticizing this week's decision by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) to withhold its endorsement of two colon screening exams -- including CT colonography.
October 8, 2015
Guerbet signs China distribution pact for Lipiodol
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
French contrast developer Guerbet has signed an agreement to promote and distribute its Lipiodol Ultra-Fluid liver contrast agent in China.
September 24, 2015
Liver metastases tracking software shows high accuracy
By Eric Barnes
Tracking liver metastases on follow-up CT scans is a critical task for clinicians, but the process is time-consuming and often inefficient. A new automated method for detecting and segmenting liver metastases may help, according to an article published online in the Journal of Medical Imaging.
September 3, 2015
Current AAA screening strategies may miss the mark
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound screening programs for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) that focus on a single round of screening for 65-year-old men will miss most acute AAAs, which occur in older men, according to a large prospective U.K. study published online in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
August 20, 2015
CT radiation dose levels in clinical trial surprise researchers
By Eric Barnes
A group of researchers studying the use of CT for kidney stones were surprised by the radiation dose levels they discovered in their multicenter clinical study. Not only were many doses too high, they also varied widely between centers, concludes a research letter published June 29 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
June 28, 2015
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Panel says elastography has value for liver fibrosis
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound elastography can reliably distinguish between patients who have no or minimal fibrosis and those with severe fibrosis or cirrhosis, obviating liver biopsy in most of these cases, according to a multispecialty panel convened by the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound.
June 23, 2015
Dr. Richard Barr, PhD, from Northeastern Ohio Medical University.
US surveillance of HCC subject to image quality issues
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound may be the imaging modality of choice for surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in high-risk patients, but variance in exam quality can be a big problem, according to researchers from the University of California, San Diego.
May 20, 2015
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New MRI agent enhances liver cancer detection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Georgia researchers have developed a new class of MRI protein-based contrast agents that they believe will help detect early liver cancer and other liver diseases.
May 17, 2015
Analysis: CT lung cancer screening won't break the bank
By Eric Barnes
The costs of population-wide CT lung cancer screening are likely to be reasonable and comparable to the costs of breast or colon cancer screening, according to an article in the May edition of Thoracic Surgery Clinics.
May 14, 2015
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Contrast US flexes muscle against gallbladder disease
By Erik L. Ridley
Early detection is important for all cancers, but it's particularly crucial for the often-deadly gallbladder carcinoma. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound can be a useful weapon in the battle to diagnose gallbladder cancer sooner, according to researchers from China.
May 12, 2015
Rads are doing fewer double CT scans -- but nonrads aren't
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has worked to cut imaging costs across all modalities, and its efforts with "double" CT scans of the abdomen have been effective with radiologists, who have reduced their rates by 35% since 2001. But other physicians haven't followed suit.
May 7, 2015
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