Abdominal Imaging: Page 49

Extracolonic findings add value to VC screening
By Eric Barnes
In a new study of more than 2,000 patients, virtual colonoscopy found nearly as many cancers outside the colon as inside it. This ability to detect serious extracolonic abnormalities is a major benefit of VC screening, researchers report in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 23, 2010
Study: Hold the CT for pediatric renal trauma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Physicians often order abdominal CT scans for pediatric patients who have undergone blunt abdominal trauma and have blood in their urine. However, because this procedure has low sensitivity and specificity, not ordering it may be more clinically prudent, according to a report in Urology.
August 18, 2010
Quantitative image analysis uncovers more living liver donors
By Erik L. Ridley
Quantitative image analysis may be able to significantly increase the number of living liver donors, according to Colorado researchers. Re-evaluation of previously rejected donors with a quantitative image analysis system found that most had suitable anatomy for transplantation.
August 18, 2010
Perfusion CT finds subtle liver toxicity in chemotherapy patients
By Eric Barnes
A new study from China found that perfusion CT can detect and quantitatively assess microvessel changes associated with liver toxicity in chemotherapy patients. The results could help noninvasively assess early liver damage in cancer patients while obviating the need for a separate scan.
August 17, 2010
Viatronix adds CAD option to V3D-Colon
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Viatronix has incorporated colon computer-aided detection (CAD) capability in the latest release of its V3D-Colon software.
August 10, 2010
Kitware awarded NIH grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Kitware has received a one-year grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for $228,000 to improve the clinical effectiveness of liver lesion biopsy using PET/CT imaging.
August 5, 2010
Contrast US processing tool shows malignant liver lesions
By Eric Barnes
Swiss researchers have developed a real-time parametric imaging technique for distinguishing benign from malignant liver lesions easily and noninvasively using contrast-enhanced ultrasound. In its first clinical run, the method delivered high sensitivity and specificity in a patient cohort.
July 29, 2010
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Pancreatic CT pitfalls can be avoided
By Eric Barnes
Evaluating pancreatic CT images to determine resectability is one of the more difficult jobs in radiology, perhaps more so because the stakes are so high. But a lot of mistakes can be avoided with 3D imaging and careful attention to a few details.
July 21, 2010
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GE Research teams with Sloan-Kettering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Global Research has launched a study with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City to explore the early stages of colon cancer.
July 20, 2010
HIFU for liver, pancreatic cancer has high complication rate
By Cynthia E. Keen
While effective, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment of solid cancerous tumors comes with risk for both major and minor complications, according to research from the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul.
July 11, 2010
Beekley flavors CT contrast taste
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging accessories developer Beekley has introduced a flavored beverage designed to mask the taste of oral iodinated contrast used in abdominal CT scans.
July 8, 2010
Access to VC promoted as tool to increase screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Echoing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's call for additional colon cancer screening tools, advocates for virtual colonoscopy are calling for increased support for noninvasive procedures such as VC to help increase colon cancer screening rates.
July 8, 2010
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