Genitourinary Radiology: Page 33

Quantitative MRI could advance prostate cancer detection

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers are reporting early success with a novel quantitative MRI technique designed to calculate changes in tissue volume within the prostate to improve the diagnosis of cancer and better evaluate its aggressiveness, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology.

May 23, 2018

Which modality works best for diagnosing kidney stones?

By Kate Madden Yee

Which modality works best for diagnosing kidney stone disease, also known as urolithiasis: digital tomosynthesis, ultrasound, or the current reference standard of multidetector CT? It depends, according to a study published online May 17 in the European Journal of Radiology.

May 23, 2018

Cancer death rates continue to decline in U.S.

By Brian Casey

The U.S. continues to see a decline in cancer mortality, according to the latest numbers published by the U.S. government on May 22 in Cancer. However, the figures also indicate a rising incidence of late-stage prostate cancer, possibly due to the decline in prostate-specific antigen screening.

May 21, 2018

Blue Earth promotes results for PET/CT agent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Molecular imaging firm Blue Earth Diagnostics is touting results from an investigational clinical trial with its Axumin F-18 fluciclovine PET/CT radiopharmaceutical.

May 20, 2018

Bone scan software predicts prostate cancer survival

By Brian Casey

Researchers using automated software to assess bone scintigraphy scans of patients with metastatic prostate cancer found that the algorithm helped them predict which patients were more likely to survive, compared with manual methods of interpreting the scans, according to a May 17 paper in JAMA Oncology.

May 16, 2018

Fewer men opt for prostate cancer treatment

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A record number of U.S. veterans are taking a wait-and-see approach and bypassing immediate surgery or radiation therapy to treat their prostate cancer, according to research published online May 15 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

May 16, 2018

Interventional radiology used for Melania Trump procedure

By Kate Madden Yee

Interventional radiology was used in a May 14 procedure to treat first lady Melania Trump for a benign kidney condition. The procedure went well and the first lady is recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, according to the White House.

May 14, 2018

Blue Earth expands PSMA-PET/CT imaging portfolio

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Molecular imaging firm Blue Earth Diagnostics has signed an agreement for exclusive rights to radiopharmaceutical technology firm Scintomic's "radiohybrid" prostate-specific membrane antigen (rhPSMA-7) imaging agent.

May 6, 2018

FDA OK's Exact Imaging's FusionVu

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Exact Imaging has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its FusionVu application on the ExactVu microultrasound system.

May 2, 2018

Acertara teams with John Hopkins on focused US study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasonic acoustic measurement and testing firm Acertara Acoustic Laboratories said it is collaborating with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to assess the utility of focused ultrasound for improving drug delivery to the bladder wall.

April 9, 2018

SonaCare HIFU prostate registry reaches milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) developer SonaCare Medical said it has now enrolled more than 100 U.S. prostate cancer patients in its High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Evaluation and Assessment of Treatment (HEAT) registry.

April 4, 2018

AIUM: Contrast US finds prostate cancer that MRI misses

By Kate Madden Yee

NEW YORK CITY - A new technique for imaging microbubble ultrasound contrast agents shows promise for identifying prostate cancer even in patients with a negative MRI, according to a presentation delivered at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) meeting.

March 26, 2018

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