Abdominal Imaging: Page 6

Fewer movements on ultrasound are just fine for pancreatic biopsy

By Amerigo Allegretto

Making fewer to-and-fro movements may be just fine for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy for solid pancreatic tumors, a study published January 24 in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy found.

January 24, 2023

PSMA-PET matches MRI, beats CT in diagnosing liver cancer

By Will Morton

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT appears equivalent to MRI and better than CT in diagnosing liver tumors in patients undergoing surveillance imaging, according to a group of Australian researchers.

January 22, 2023

MRI guidance beats CT for prostate cancer stereotactic body radiotherapy

By Kate Madden Yee

MRI-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy outperforms CT guidance when it comes to reducing toxic effects of the treatment, according to a study published January 12 in JAMA Oncology.

January 12, 2023

Photon-counting CT just as good as MRI for quantifying liver fat

By Kate Madden Yee

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) performs just as well as MRI for quantifying liver fat in obese patients and can enable opportunistic screening for fatty liver disease, according to research results delivered at the recent RSNA meeting in Chicago.

December 27, 2022

Ascelia touts MRI contrast agent study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ascelia Pharma is highlighting results from a study presented at the RSNA meeting in Chicago that shows the effect of food intake on the absorption and signal intensity of its manganese-based MRI contrast agent for liver indications, Orviglance.

December 18, 2022

Fast acquisition techniques cut SPECT/CT bone scan times by half

By Will Morton

Whole-body SPECT/CT bone scan times to detect metastatic tumors in prostate cancer patients could be cut by half with the use of faster acquisition techniques, according to a study published December 12 in EJNMMI Physics.

December 18, 2022

PCCT reduces abdominal imaging radiation dose by almost 20%

By Kate Madden Yee

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) not only improves image quality for arterial phase abdominal scans compared to conventional CT, but it also reduces radiation dose by almost 20%, according to research presented at the 2022 RSNA meeting.

December 15, 2022

MRI-targeted prostate biopsy protocol halves overdiagnosis

By Kate Madden Yee

A prostate cancer biopsy protocol based on targeted MRI rather than systemic ultrasound shows promise for reducing overdiagnosis by half, according to study results published December 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

December 7, 2022

Does contrast-enhanced CT boost kids' acute kidney injury risk?

By Kate Madden Yee

Does contrast-enhanced CT boost the incidence of acute kidney injury in children? It doesn't seem so, according to a study published December 6 in Radiology.

December 7, 2022

CT radiomics show disparities in colorectal cancer treatment efficacy

By Kate Madden Yee

CT radiomics data show significant associations between race and ethnicity and treatment efficacy for metastatic colorectal cancer, according to research presented at the RSNA meeting.

December 6, 2022

Radiomic features on CT help classify ovarian cancer subtypes

By Amerigo Allegretto

Radiomic features extracted from contrast-enhanced CT can help classify subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer, a study published December 5 in JAMA Network Open found.

December 5, 2022

Ultrasound shows long-term liver injury in COVID-19 patients

By Will Morton

CHICAGO - COVID-19 patients who underwent ultrasound shear-wave elastography showed increased liver stiffness up to 10 months after infection, according to research presented December 1 at RSNA 2022.

November 30, 2022

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