Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 45

New nanoparticles may improve GI scans

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers have developed a new nanoscale agent that could potentially improve imaging of the gastrointestinal tract (GI), according to a study published online July 6 in Nature Nanotechnology.

July 30, 2014

Study: 2 new signs identify gastric band slippage

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers in Ohio and Rhode Island have identified two previously undescribed radiological signs of potentially life-threatening slippage of laparoscopically adjustable gastric bands.

July 24, 2014

New bill would boost colon cancer screening for Medicare

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

New legislation has been introduced that would remove cost barriers to colon cancer screening for Medicare patients.

July 20, 2014

Doctor bonuses do not boost screening compliance

By Kate Madden Yee

The Canadian province of Ontario spent almost $110 million ($102 million U.S.) on bonuses intended to motivate family physicians to screen more of their patients for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer, but the program didn't translate into improved screening rates, according to a new study in the Annals of Family Medicine.

July 14, 2014

USPSTF finalizes AAA screening recommendations

By Erik L. Ridley

Adhering mostly to its draft statement published in January, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) included no big surprises in its new recommendations in favor of ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).

June 23, 2014

Screening has prevented more than 500K colorectal cancers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Colorectal cancer screening has prevented more than 500,000 cancers in the U.S. over the past 30 years, according to a study published online by Yale University researchers in Cancer.

June 11, 2014

Experience matters in point-of-care ultrasound

By Erik L. Ridley

Experienced sonologists had significantly higher sensitivity for diagnosing appendicitis with point-of-care ultrasound than sonologists with less experience, in a study from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Either way, though, it's important not to rely only on point-of-care ultrasound to rule out the condition.

May 18, 2014

Olympus rolls out new ultrasound processor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Olympus has launched its EU-ME2 ultrasound processor designed to integrate endoscopic and endobronchial ultrasound images on a single workstation.

May 14, 2014

JAMA: Presurgical PET/CT may be overrated in colorectal cancer

By Wayne Forrest

Canadian researchers are calling into question PET/CT's ability to improve the surgical plans of patients with potentially resectable hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer, according to a study published in the May 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

May 13, 2014

ARRS: SPECT/CT valuable for finding GI bleed source

By Wayne Forrest

Hybrid SPECT/CT can promptly and accurately find the source of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and improve treatment of the condition, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting in San Diego.

May 8, 2014

ARRS: Even rads prefer optical colonoscopy over CTC

By Kate Madden Yee

SAN DIEGO - Despite the less invasive nature of CT colonography (CTC), even radiologists would pick optical colonoscopy for themselves, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.

May 7, 2014

ARRS: CTC extracolonic findings rare, but often malignant

By Kate Madden Yee

SAN DIEGO - Even though only a small percentage of patients undergoing screening CT colonography (CTC) for the first time have significant extracolonic findings, most of these will require surgical or medical intervention, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.

May 6, 2014

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