Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 84

CT beats radiography for assessing spondyloarthritis
By Brian Casey
Sunday, November 25 | 11:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. | SSA14-07 | Room E451BCT is better than radiography for assessing the sacroiliac joints in patients with spondyloarthritis, Canadian researchers confirmed, and CT-based criteria should be developed for guiding therapy of these individuals.
November 12, 2012
Software provides automated patient size estimate on CT
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 27 | 5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | LL-PHS-TU9D | Lakeside Learning CenterIn this scientific poster, a study team will explore the capabilities of the open-source Generalized Radiation Observation Kit application for providing automated patient size estimates on CT exams.
November 11, 2012
New CAD method lowers false positives for lymphadenopathy
By Erik L. Ridley
Sunday, November 25 | 11:35 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | SSA19-06 | Room S403BIn this scientific session, researchers will describe how adding organ detection to a computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme can decrease false positives on CAD systems for detecting lymphadenopathy.
November 11, 2012
CAD may help detect acute vertebral fractures on trauma CT
By Erik L. Ridley
Sunday, November 25 | 10:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | SSA19-01 | Room S403BThis scientific presentation will describe how computer-aided detection (CAD) software has the potential to increase the detection of acute vertebral body fractures on trauma CT studies.
November 11, 2012
Ultrasound may help assess rheumatoid arthritis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Thanks to its ability to measure synovitis and detect joint damage, ultrasound may be a useful and less expensive tool to examine the effects of rheumatoid arthritis, according to research presented at this week's American College of Rheumatology annual meeting in Washington, DC.
November 10, 2012
NaF-PET/CT detects more skeletal lesions in advanced breast cancer cases
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 26 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSC09-04 | Room S504CDF-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) PET/CT detects more skeletal lesions than technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate SPECT in patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer, according to researchers from India.
November 7, 2012
PET/CT helps with bone scans in staging breast cancer
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 25 | 11:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. | SSA18-07 | Room S505ABPET/CT can provide sufficient information from bone scans for the staging or restaging of breast cancer, according to a retrospective study by researchers from University Hospital Mannheim.
November 7, 2012
US works to evaluate prevalence of iliopsoas bursitis
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, November 27 | 9:50 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | VSMK31-06 | Room E450ACan ultrasound help clinicians evaluate the prevalence of iliopsoas bursitis in patients suffering from symptomatic hip osteoarthritis? Researchers from the University of Milan believe the answer is yes, as they will explain in this scientific session.
November 6, 2012
DECT reduces metal artifact versus single-energy CT
By Eric Barnes
Thursday, November 29 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSQ15-01 | Room S102CDual-energy CT (DECT) with rapid kV switching significantly reduced metal artifacts in an animal model, regardless of whether metal artifact reduction software was used, according to a study from Canada.
November 5, 2012
Virtual high-keV images at DECT cut metal artifact
By Eric Barnes
Wednesday, November 28 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSK11-05 | Room N230Virtual high-keV images of spine hardware at dual-energy CT (DECT) show less artifact and are easier to read than conventional CT images, according to a research team from the University of Michigan.
November 5, 2012
Viztek wins ortho practice installation in Mass.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek has sold its Opal-Ortho PACS and U-arm digital radiography systems to Orthopaedic Surgical Associates of North Chelmsford, MA.
November 4, 2012
U.K. researchers eye use of iPad for knee, lumbar spine MRI
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 27 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | VSIN31-11 | Room E351In this scientific session, a U.K. team will share its findings on the accuracy of the iPad and OsiriX HD viewing software for interpreting MRI scans of the knee and lumbar spine.
November 4, 2012
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