Head and Neck Radiology: Page 26

Blue Earth gets orphan drug status

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Blue Earth Diagnostics has received two orphan drug designations for its F-18 fluciclovine radiopharmaceutical for diagnosing glioma.

July 7, 2015

SNMMI: PET/CT predicts survival in head and neck cancer

By Wayne Forrest

BALTIMORE - FDG-PET and FDG-PET/CT do a good job in predicting the chances of recurrence and survival for patients with head and neck cancer within two years of completing chemotherapy treatment, according to a study presented on Sunday at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.

June 7, 2015

Point-of-care ultrasound can assess soft-tissue neck masses

By Erik L. Ridley

Point-of-care ultrasound is a valuable tool for pediatric emergency medicine physicians evaluating soft-tissue masses in the neck, outperforming clinical assessment, according to a pilot study from Maimonides Medical Center in New York City.

May 7, 2015

ATA tackles thyroid nodule management for children

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Thyroid Association (ATA) has released its first guidelines for managing thyroid nodules and cancer in children.

April 22, 2015

Study finds wild price variations for head CT scans

By Kate Madden Yee

The price of a noncontrast head CT scan can vary more than fivefold in academic hospitals and more than tenfold in private practices across the U.S., according to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

April 8, 2015

Automated perfusion mapping falls short in stroke

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Automatically generated color CT perfusion maps have a role in the emergency care of ischemic stroke patients, but they are less accurate than manually generated maps, according to research presented at ECR 2015.

March 7, 2015

TI-RADS works best for classifying thyroid nodules on US

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - When it comes to characterizing thyroid nodules on ultrasound, the Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) classification method is the way to go, according to a Friday presentation at ECR 2015. In a comparison with a recently proposed alternative, TI-RADS performed similarly and was more user-friendly, Egyptian researchers reported.

March 5, 2015

Mobile stroke unit with CT scanner speeds care in Cleveland

By Eric Barnes

A mobile stroke treatment unit with a CT scanner and medical personnel aboard is dramatically cutting time-to-treatment decisions for Cleveland stroke patients. Clot-busting drugs were provided in nearly half the usual time, according to a study presented at this week's 2015 International Stroke Conference.

February 11, 2015

FDA clears device for reducing stroke risk

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a device designed to reduce stroke risk during stent and angioplasty procedures.

February 8, 2015

Lung plus head/neck cancer screening delivers high yields

By Eric Barnes

Head and neck cancer is too rare to screen for in the general population, but using CT to screen those who are also being checked for lung cancer draws a relatively high yield of malignancies, according to an analysis published online in Cancer.

January 14, 2015

MRI may hurt patients with cochlear implants

By Wayne Forrest

South Korean researchers are sending out a warning about the use of MRI in patients with cochlear implants after discovering that the strong electromagnetic field from 1.5- and 3-tesla scanners could cause pain and discomfort, as well as displacement of the cochlear implant magnet.

November 20, 2014

7T MRI shows usefulness for glioblastoma multiforme patients

By Wayne Forrest

Monday, December 1 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSC10-08 | Room N226Researchers at University Hospital Essen in Germany are using the power of 7-tesla MRI to gather more information on patients with glioblastoma multiforme.

November 10, 2014

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