Head and Neck Radiology: Page 29

Automated tube potential selection cuts neck dose
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, December 1 | 10:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | SSA16-01 | Room N227Automated tube potential selection can cut CT dose by as much as a third in patients undergoing neck CT, according to researchers from Germany, who will present their results in this RSNA 2013 session.
November 12, 2013
Volumetric assessment aids evaluation of vertigo
By Erik L. Ridley
Sunday, December 1 | 11:55 a.m.-12:05 p.m. | SSA15-08 | Room N226A smaller volume of the membranous vestibular system may be responsible for vertigo symptoms, according to German researchers.
November 10, 2013
MRA may link intraplaque hemorrhage to ischemic events
By Wayne Forrest
Thursday, December 5 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSQ15-08 | Room N229Using MR angiography (MRA), researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center believe they have found a strong association between ischemic events and intraplaque hemorrhage.
November 6, 2013
MRI finds elevated thalamic iron levels in mild brain trauma
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 2 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSC12-06 | Room N229Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have found a connection between levels of thalamic iron and microstructural changes in the brain's frontal white matter in patients with mild traumatic brain injury.
November 6, 2013
MRI can uncover cortical venous injury in abusive head trauma
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 2 | 3:20 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | SSE21-03 | Room S102ABWith the help of MR venography and MRI, researchers from Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children hope to increase awareness and improve the detection of abusive head trauma and intracranial venous injury.
November 6, 2013
Proton therapy helps oropharyngeal patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oropharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with intensity-modulated proton therapy were half as likely to need feeding tubes compared to patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
September 25, 2013
Biodex releases thyroid analysis software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging table and accessory supplier Biodex Medical Systems has released a DICOM module that enables its Atomlab 960 thyroid analysis software to connect to hospital information systems.
September 24, 2013
Incidental findings in pediatric head CTs: Rare but serious
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Incidental findings in pediatric head CT scans are rare but could have serious consequences, according to a study in Pediatrics.
September 11, 2013
Dual-time-point FDG-PET/CT no help for salivary gland tumors
By Wayne Forrest
Dual-time-point FDG-PET/CT is not an effective way to differentiate between benign and malignant salivary gland tumors, according to a study from Japan in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 10, 2013
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Higher cataract incidence tied to repeated head CT
By Eric Barnes
Patients undergoing repeat CT scans to monitor head and neck cancers have a far greater incidence of cataracts, which develop at lower radiation thresholds than previously thought, according to a study by Taiwanese researchers in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 28, 2013
Imaging may contribute to excessive thyroid treatment
By Erik L. Ridley
In some countries, thyroid cancer has been one of the fastest-growing diagnoses over the past 30 years. In other nations, however, malignancy rates have remained stable. What's behind the discrepancy? Researchers believe that aggressive use of imaging could be leading to overdiagnosis of thyroid disorders, according to a new analysis in BMJ.
August 27, 2013
Thyroid ultrasound features can guide biopsy decisions
By Erik L. Ridley
Basing a decision to biopsy a thyroid nodule on the presence of certain ultrasound imaging characteristics could reduce unnecessary biopsies by 90%, according to a large study published online August 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
August 26, 2013
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