Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 97

Feel-good CT-positive appendicitis cases rarely elude surgery

By Eric Barnes

Patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis at CT sometimes recover enough to skip the surgery and go home. But the miraculous recovery rarely lasts, and most patients end up returning for the appendectomy they'd hoped to avoid, say researchers from the University of California, San Francisco.

January 11, 2009

CT coronal reconstructions aid pediatric appendicitis diagnosis

By Cynthia E. Keen

Adding coronal reformatted images to axial images in MDCT exams can improve the diagnosis of appendicitis in children, radiologists from Gachon University Gil Medical Center in Incheon, South Korea, have determined.

January 11, 2009

Medrad sponsors Swiss PET project

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast injector technology firm Medrad signed a research agreement with the University of Zurich to study dynamic PET imaging with the Medrad Intego PET infusion system.

January 5, 2009

VC course aims to fill post-training gap

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The University of Chicago is launching individualized training fellowships in virtual colonoscopy aimed at physicians looking for additional reading experience following completion of a formal training course.

January 1, 2009

Perfusion CT predicts treatment response for pancreatic cancer

By Eric Barnes

Perfusion CT can predict the response to radiation and chemotherapy treatment in patients with pancreatic cancer, say researchers from South Korea. The group is hopeful that the results can be used to develop therapies tailored to individual patients, potentially improving survival times while minimizing the toxic side effects of therapy.

January 1, 2009

Significant VC dose reduction possible with undersampling

By Eric Barnes

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin aim to take radiation dose reduction to the next level in virtual colonoscopy. By undersampling the number of projections in CT scans, they found they could theoretically reduce dose at least fourfold without hampering image quality.

December 18, 2008

Same-day VC prep works, but some preps are better than others

By Eric Barnes

Fecal tagging and reduced bowel preparation with iodinated oral contrast agents feasibly can be performed on the same day as a virtual colonoscopy exam, according to a new study from Italy presented at this month's RSNA meeting.

December 15, 2008

Zonare unveils new transducers, enhanced software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems released three new transducers plus enhancements to software for its z.one ultrasound systems at the 2008 RSNA show in Chicago.

December 3, 2008

UCSF adds bone mineral density test to VC colon screening

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - It's two tests in one! And both tests attend to critical health screening needs in older adults, according to University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers. They found that adding a CT-based bone mineral density test to VC data is an easy way to increase the utility of a single CT dataset.

December 2, 2008

Primovist plus MRI equals cost savings for diagnosing colorectal liver cancer

By Kate Madden Yee

CHICAGO - In tight economic times, more researchers are seeking to compare the costs of multiple techniques used to treat particular diseases. German researchers performed an economic evaluation of three initial diagnostic imaging strategies for colorectal liver cancer patients, with Primovist-enhanced MRI coming out on top.

December 2, 2008

iCAD expands CAD portfolio

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD launched new CAD software for CT and MRI at this week's RSNA show in Chicago.

November 30, 2008

VC gets BCBSA TEC endorsement, Maryland coverage

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Momentum is growing for increased insurance coverage of virtual colonoscopy as a colon cancer screening modality. Last week, the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association Technology Evaluation Center (BCBSA TEC) gave its final approval for VC as a screening modality.

November 30, 2008

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