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Guidelines update postsurgery colorectal cancer surveillance
By Eric Barnes
A new report updates the recommended colonoscopy follow-up guidelines in the U.S. following the resection of colorectal cancer stages I-III. The recommendations address only postsurgical endoscopic surveillance, but virtual colonoscopy providers may find the information useful for optimizing their own follow-up intervals.
July 3, 2006
Appendiceal involvement in Crohn's disease: Grayscale sonography and color Doppler flow features
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Sonography and color Doppler sonography may be useful for differentiating acute appendicitis from appendiceal involvement in Crohn's disease, according radiologists from Spain.
June 19, 2006
VC software highlights colon's unseen areas
By Eric Barnes
A new virtual colonoscopy software application aims to eliminate the problem of missed areas on endoluminal fly-throughs by highlighting spots that were missed during the first two fly-throughs, so they can be examined in a third look. A video clip shows you how it's done.
June 15, 2006
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Given gets FDA OK for real-time device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule developer Given Imaging of Yoqneam, Israel, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration marketing clearance for its Rapid Access RT product.
June 12, 2006
SonoSite to provide iPod video training
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has launched an initiative to provide physician refresher courses using Apple Computer's iPods.
June 11, 2006
Flat polyps foil readers in 16-slice VC study
By Eric Barnes
Korean researchers had a hard time finding flat polyps on contrast-enhanced virtual colonoscopy, even with the aid of thin-section imaging on a 16-slice CT scanner, according to a new study. Fewer than half of the flat lesions in the retrospective patient cohort were detected by blinded and unblinded review together.
June 11, 2006
Cordis unveils next-generation transhepatic biliary stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis of Miami Lakes, FL, has added to its Palmaz Blue biliary stent line with a 0.014 transhepatic biliary stent, featuring balloon-expandable stent delivery technology, to treat biliary blockages.
June 8, 2006
B-K Medical addresses VA concerns
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. subsidiary of Danish ultrasound B-K Medical said it has been working with the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center for Patient Safety to address concerns regarding the proper cleaning of B-K Medical transrectal ultrasound transducers.
June 7, 2006
VC finds risky polyps, might reduce polypectomies
By Eric Barnes
A sizable study lends new weight to the argument that virtual colonoscopy finds the riskiest colorectal polyps by nailing the largest ones. The results suggest that if VC surveillance were substituted for colonoscopy, some polypectomies of smaller lesions could be safely eliminated.
June 7, 2006
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Accuracy of colon cancer staging boosted with 'all-in-one' PET/CT algorithm
By Shalmali Pal
SAN DIEGO - A whole-body colorectal cancer staging algorithm that includes PET/CT can improve accuracy while shortening the time to treatment, according to a presentation this week at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting.
June 5, 2006
Automated CO2 insufflation edges patient-controlled air in VC
By Eric Barnes
In a new multicenter study, researchers compared patient-controlled room-air insufflation to automated CO2 insufflation to determine if one offered better distension and/or less discomfort than the other.
June 1, 2006
X-ray alien head vanishes from duck stomach
By Eric Barnes
News of an apparent extraterrestrial being that was lodged in a duck's gizzard is grabbing headlines from San Francisco to cyberspace. Workers at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia, CA, were stunned when they examined a plain radiograph of a sick mallard, according to workers at the center.
May 25, 2006
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