Genitourinary Radiology: Page 42

Quantification of donor kidney volume predicts outcome
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, December 2 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSG07-04 | Room S402ABIn this presentation, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College will show how quantification of a donor's kidney volume offers insight into whether a kidney transplant will succeed.
November 9, 2014
Contrast ultrasound beats CT, MR for resolution of renal lesions
By Kate Madden Yee
Thursday, December 4 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSQ09-06 | Room E353BContrast-enhanced ultrasound offers improved contrast resolution of renal lesions compared with CT and MR, and it may help clinicians better categorize lesions, according to this study from Australia.
November 5, 2014
MR-guided transurethral US ablation viable for treating prostate cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Thursday, December 4 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSQ10-02 | Room E450BMR-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation is a feasible, minimally invasive, and safe way to treat organ-confined prostate cancer, according to research to be presented on Thursday.
November 5, 2014
FDA clears Elekta gating tool for prostate cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Elekta has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Response automatic gating technology for prostate cancer.
November 2, 2014
Bayer has shortage of Xofigo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A production problem has resulted in a shortage of Bayer HealthCare's Xofigo (radium-223 dichloride) therapeutic radiopharmaceutical.
October 20, 2014
Why do rad therapy costs vary? And, US beats CT for kidney stones; PET/CT for breast cancer
By Brian Casey
September 17, 2014
Ultrasound should be 1st choice for suspected kidney stones
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound should still be the first imaging test of choice for evaluating patients with suspected nephrolithiasis, according to research published in this week's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found that using CT first didn't yield better clinical outcomes.
September 17, 2014
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ScanMed debuts wearable prostate coil
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI coil developer ScanMed of Resonance Innovations has introduced its PROCURE (prostate, rectum, ovaries, cervix, uterus, reproductive) wearable MRI coil.
September 16, 2014
Prostate cancer studies highlighted at ASTRO 2014
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A number of prostate cancer studies are being presented this week at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in San Francisco.
September 15, 2014
CT contrast not tied to poor outcomes, even in at-risk patients
By Eric Barnes
The use of intravenous contrast before CT imaging is safe for most patients, according to a large study published online on Tuesday in Radiology. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, found no difference in complication rates between patients who received contrast and those who did not.
September 8, 2014
CAC best predicts heart disease in kidney patients
By Eric Barnes
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) as calculated from CT scans was by far the best predictor of cardiovascular disease in individuals with chronic kidney disease, just as it is in the population at large, concludes a new study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
September 1, 2014
MRI histogram analysis predicts bladder tumor aggressiveness
By Eric Barnes
Sophisticated histogram-based measurements of diffusion on MRI scans can predict bladder tumor aggressiveness noninvasively, according to a new study in Abdominal Imaging. The results could potentially help clinicians tailor therapy to individual patients, and even help predict which patients' tumors will metastasize.
August 14, 2014
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