Genitourinary Radiology: Page 86

E-Z-EM adds to management team
E-Z-EM has named Brad Schreck as senior vice president, global marketing.
June 4, 2002
Virtual colonoscopy falls short in multicenter trial
By Eric Barnes
Amid questions about its methodology, the largest virtual colonoscopy trial to date has yielded preliminary data that are far poorer than the results of previous studies. Gastroenterologist Dr. Peter Cotton presented the early results at the Digestive Disease Week meeting.
June 2, 2002
Prepless virtual colonoscopy shows early promise
By Eric Barnes
In hopes of developing a kinder, gentler VC, investigators are looking at alternatives to purgation bowel cleansing, including a partial prep combined with fecal tagging, and automated digital subtraction technology.
June 2, 2002
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Renal sonography adds no new info for ICU patients
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) When is it necessary to perform renal ultrasound examinations in intensive care units on patients with acute or acute-on-chronic renal failure? That was the question addressed in an article by radiologists at University of North Carolina and published in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
May 28, 2002
Amersham inks supply deal with Novation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Amersham Health has signed a sole-source agreement to supply group purchasing organization Novation with its brachytherapy products.
May 28, 2002
Lowering CT dose yields usable results in renal colic
By Shalmali Pal
Even after slashing the radiation dose by half, Canadian investigators were still able to obtain high-quality CT images in patients with renal colic. Dr. James Bell, an abdominal imaging fellow at Vancouver General Hospital in British Columbia, led a study that tested reduced-dose CT in this population.
May 23, 2002
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BK-Medical to supply Dornier
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Danish ultrasound firm B-K Medical has formed a partnership with lithotripsy provider Dornier MedTech.
May 19, 2002
Intraoperative RFA has advantages over percutaneous technique
For colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases, intraoperative rather than percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) may be preferable. Among its advantages, intraoperative RFA can be applied to multiple lesions, according to UCLA researchers.
May 8, 2002
FDG-PET results keep colorectal cancer patients out of the OR
By Shalmali Pal
With a relapse rate as high as 40%, colorectal cancer patients clearly need better preoperative assessment. Australian researchers investigated whether FDG-PET could be the modality to pick up where conventional imaging, and CT in particular, leaves off.
May 6, 2002
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Ultrasound beats biopsy for tamoxifen-related endometrial polyps
By Shalmali Pal
ATLANTA - For women being treated with tamoxifen, sonohysterography offers better information about suspected endometrial abnormalities than biopsy, according to a presentation this week at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting.
May 1, 2002
Virtual colonoscopy: to contrast, or not to contrast
By Eric Barnes
BOSTON - Here's the question: If virtual colonoscopy is already expensive, is it nobler to keep it as cheap as possible? Or to take arms against missed cancers by adding contrast, and by so doing increase the cost and complexity of the procedure? At the International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, two researchers offered opposing views of intravenous contrast enhancement.
April 9, 2002
Pediatric polycystic kidney disease scrutinized in new study
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) The changing sonographic patterns through childhood of hereditary polycystic kidney diseases were determined in a recent study published in Pediatric Radiology.
April 8, 2002
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