Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 23

Study: Earlier colorectal cancer screening is needed

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Individuals should be screened for colorectal cancer earlier than the recommended age of 50, according to a study published online January 31 in JAMA Network Open.

February 3, 2020

Blood clots on CT, MRI predict AAA growth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The presence of a blood clot on the MRI or CT scans of individuals with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was associated with a twofold increase in the growth rate of aneurysms, potentially increasing their risk of rupture, according to a study published online January 28 in Radiology.

January 29, 2020

Late-stage cancers dropped after Mass. health expansion

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The number of late-stage colon cancer diagnoses dropped in Massachusetts after the expansion of healthcare coverage in the state, a move that served as the model for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

January 22, 2020

Echosens technology used for liver fibrosis study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Echosens is supplying its FibroScan test to the Fatty Liver Foundation as part of a research study designed to screen for undetected nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

January 21, 2020

AI Metrics joins forces with Imaging Biometrics

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology developer AI Metrics has signed advanced visualization software firm Imaging Biometrics as a global distribution partner for its virtual liver biopsy software.

January 13, 2020

Colon cancer screening rates surge with younger start age

By Abraham Kim

Participation has more than doubled in colorectal cancer screening exams -- including CT colonography -- among individuals in their 40s, according to an article published online on December 18 in Cancer. The growth has occurred since various cancer societies recommended lowering the age to begin screening from 50 to 45 in early 2018.

December 17, 2019

USPSTF reaffirms take on ultrasound AAA screening

By Abraham Kim

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reaffirmed with no major changes its 2014 recommendations on using ultrasound to screen for asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), in a new statement published online December 10 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

December 9, 2019

Virtual biopsy accurately diagnoses pancreatic cysts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new "virtual biopsy" using ultrasound guidance allows doctors to definitively diagnose cysts in the pancreas with 97% accuracy, enabling them to remove precancerous cysts early, according to researchers from Ohio State University.

December 5, 2019

New imaging technique may ID colorectal cancer in real-time

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new imaging technique based on optical tomography combined with deep learning that may provide accurate, real-time, computer-aided diagnosis of colorectal cancer.

December 5, 2019

Teledyne touts endoscopic study on colorectal cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Teledyne Princeton Instruments is touting the work of a multidisciplinary research team in China and the U.S. that has resulted in the design, construction, and characterization of an endoscopic system to perform targeted second near-infrared window fluorescence imaging of colorectal cancer.

December 4, 2019

Video from RSNA 2019: Get ready for changes to radiology billing in 2020

A host of changes in radiology billing and coding are coming in 2020 -- is your imaging facility prepared? Find out about some of the more important changes -- such as the arrival of clinical decision support -- in this video interview with Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners.

December 3, 2019

Doing deals

RSNA attendees take advantage of every opportunity to interact and exchange ideas.

December 3, 2019

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