Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 146

Voxar adds to client list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three-dimensional-software developer Voxar has sold a license for its Voxar Colonscreen software to Great Basin Imaging of Carson City, NV.
April 4, 2004
Coalition seeks Medicare coverage for aortic aneurysm screening
By Tracie L. Thompson
Seven organizations from the imaging and surgery fields have convinced four U.S. Congressmen to sponsor a bill directing Medicare to cover ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
March 29, 2004
SightLine gets FDA approval
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Endoscopic system developer SightLine Technologies of Haifa, Israel, has received Food and Drug Administration marketing clearance for its ColonoSight system.
March 22, 2004
Given Imaging gets expanded BCBS coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The policy, which became effective on March 1, covers an exam for suspected Crohn’s disease without evidence of disease on conventional diagnostic tests.
March 16, 2004
VC researchers push for study quality, consistency
By Eric Barnes
In a recent editorial published in Radiology, Dr. Abraham Dachman from the University of Chicago and Dr. Michael Zalis from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston present their case for improved standardization of virtual colonoscopy study and reporting methods.
March 16, 2004
Fantastic voyage takes capsule endoscopy to India
By Brian Casey
One of the latest trends in gastrointestinal imaging is like a scene from the 1966 sci-fi movie Fantastic Voyage: Patients swallow a small capsule outfitted with a miniature camera that snaps pictures as it passes through the small bowel. From its origins in Israel, capsule endoscopy has made the passage to India, where researchers at a Hyderabad hospital are putting it through its paces.
March 11, 2004
LTMG group explores virtual colonoscopy for TB
By Brian Casey
In western countries, virtual colonoscopy has piqued interest as a means of detecting colon cancer less invasively than endoscopy-based methods such as colonoscopy. It could play that role as well in India, but VC could also have other applications, such as the detection of tuberculosis, according to a group from LTMG Hospital and Medical College in Mumbai.
March 11, 2004
CT beats MR, perhaps temporarily, in virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - In a study presented today at the European Congress of Radiology, Dr. Roman Fischbach from the University of Muenster in Germany compared virtual colonoscopy in both modalities using four scanners: CT in 4- and 16-slice models and MRI in 1.5- and 3.0-tesla machines.
March 7, 2004
New tagging, subtraction techniques aim for better compliance in VC
By Eric Barnes
Researchers are continuing their efforts to perfect stool tagging and digital subtraction techniques, hoping to someday make virtual colonoscopy easy enough for the masses -- and potentially save many lives. Radiologist Dr. Michael Zalis, who heads up CT colonography at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, talks about minimal prep imaging and digital subtraction techniques.
March 7, 2004
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MDCT reliably gauges vascular infiltration in pancreatic cancer
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Radiologists at the University of Pisa in Italy have found high-resolution MDCT to be a reliable predictor of the degree of vascular infiltration in pancreatic cancer, light years ahead of what single-slice exams once produced, and comparable to US-guided laparoscopy.
March 5, 2004
MI Blue Cross hosts public forum on VC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will host a lecture on colorectal cancer screening on March 16 at their Detroit-area office.
March 3, 2004
AuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology Insider
By Eric Barnes
Reliable stool-tagging and digital subtraction techniques are important goals of virtual colonoscopy providers, who are working to create a minimal-prep exam that's more patient-friendly and encourages better screening compliance than current methods. Dr. Michael Zalis from Massachusetts General Hospital discusses the latest results.
March 1, 2004
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