Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 116

Greatest pain comes four hours after MR arthrogram injection
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers in Switzerland have found that patients who undergo MR arthrography temporarily experience the most pain in the affected joints four hours after injection. The study also showed that the pain is most pronounced in younger patients, but the discomfort for virtually all patients disappears after one week.
December 25, 2008
Ultrasound suitable for soft-tissue mass triage
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound can be a useful triage tool for evaluating soft-tissue masses, according to researchers from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the U.K. They prospectively studied 358 consecutive patients with soft-tissue masses who had received ultrasound exams over a six-month period.
December 23, 2008
AuntMinnie.com Musculoskeletal Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
December 21, 2008
FDG-PET/CT recommended for staging Hodgkin's disease
By Wayne Forrest
A British study confirms the high sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT in identifying focal bony disease in patients with Hodgkin's disease, according to research presented at the recent 2008 RSNA meeting. The results further suggest that the imaging modality can play an important role in initial staging of the disease.
December 18, 2008
MR arthrography outdoes 3-tesla MR on tendon tears
By Wayne Forrest
MR arthrography outperformed 3-tesla MRI in diagnosing partial-thickness supraspinatus tendon tears and superior labrum from anterior to posterior (SLAP) tears, according to Florida researchers. Study results were recently released at the RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 11, 2008
Smaller teens sometimes get adult-sized CT dose, study finds
By Cynthia E. Keen
Techniques for performing a CT exam on a teenager need to be determined by size and body mass, rather than by age, to reduce radiation dose, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina advise in a poster presented at the recent RSNA meeting.
December 10, 2008
Flat-panel CT finds early signs of bone damage in anorexics
By Cynthia E. Keen
The higher resolution of a prototype flat-panel volume CT scanner has enabled U.S. researchers to detect changes in the bone structure of girls with anorexia nervosa, even before declines in bone mineral density are evident.
December 8, 2008
Smartphone vs. PACS: Smartphone does just fine for skeletal trauma
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - A new study from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London pitted a new-generation smartphone against a PACS diagnostic workstation for diagnostic quality display of skeletal trauma radiographs, and the smartphone held its own.
December 3, 2008
UCSF adds bone mineral density test to VC colon screening
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - It's two tests in one! And both tests attend to critical health screening needs in older adults, according to University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers. They found that adding a CT-based bone mineral density test to VC data is an easy way to increase the utility of a single CT dataset.
December 2, 2008
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Ultrasound guides treatment for long-term relief of plantar fasciitis
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - An ultrasound-guided technique appears to provide long-term, near sequelae-free relief to patients suffering from chronic, debilitating plantar fasciitis, researchers reported at the 2008 RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
December 1, 2008
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Orthocrat adds TeraRecon integration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthopedic template and surgical planning developer Orthocrat has added 3D orthopedic templating capability via an integration initiative with advanced visualization firm TeraRecon.
November 25, 2008
Reimbursement cuts could lead to more senior hip fractures
By Wayne Forrest
California researchers warn that future decreases in reimbursement for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) could lead to an increase in hip fractures among senior citizens. The researchers analyzed nontraumatic hip fractures among patients 50 years and older and correlated the data with screening programs, treatment efforts, and Medicare reimbursement.
November 19, 2008
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