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Radiographers perform VC with CAD -- and controversy
By Eric Barnes
A new study from London put radiographers in charge of reading virtual colonoscopy (VC) data, with their performance monitored with computer-aided detection as a second reader. The study raises the question of whether it's inappropriate -- or even dangerous -- to allow nonradiologists to screen with VC.
June 23, 2008
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Swiss study links prostate radiotherapy to higher colon cancer risk
By Cynthia E. Keen
Prostate cancer patients who receive external-beam radiation therapy had a higher risk of developing colon cancer during their lifetime, but the overall risk may be declining with new technology, Swiss researchers report in a study published in the International Journal of Cancer.
June 23, 2008
Carestream signs Geisinger
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has provided Geisinger Health System with its In-Vivo Multispectral Imaging System FX optical molecular imaging system.
June 22, 2008
Diligence can reduce missed lung cancers in CT
By Eric Barnes
A new lung cancer model based on 1,520 CT screening subjects found that five years of annual lung cancer screening increased lung cancer detection by an estimated 37% and decreased lung cancer-related deaths by 28%, according to a study in the journal Radiology.
June 22, 2008
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ACR, others exhort CMS to cover virtual colonoscopy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has joined with other medical societies to urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reimburse for virtual colonoscopy.
June 18, 2008
iCAD launches clinical study for colon CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has initiated a clinical study of a colon CAD program in partnership with ACR Image Metrix.
June 18, 2008
Medicsight touts ESGAR colon CAD data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Medicsight is highlighting clinical results presented this month from a paper on its Medicsight ColonCAD technology.
June 18, 2008
Thin slices more important than adequate tube current in VC CAD
By Eric Barnes
Computer-aided detection (CAD) performance is undaunted by low tube current and its accompanying image noise. But CAD sensitivity is harmed by thicker CT slices, which generally increase the number of missed colorectal polyps in virtual colonoscopy, a new study reveals.
June 18, 2008
Visage to show new cardiac tools
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization software developer Visage Imaging will show new cardiac image analysis tools for its Visage Thin Client software suite at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting in Orlando.
June 17, 2008
Molecular Insight touts Trofex studies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals is touting the results of three clinical studies of its Trofex prostate cancer detection agent that were presented at the SNM meeting in New Orleans.
June 17, 2008
SNM protests CMS radiopharm bundling
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The SNM believes that a move by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to bundle reimbursement for radiopharmaceuticals into payment for nuclear medicine procedures could result in reduced patient access for imaging studies.
June 16, 2008
French researchers develop handheld probe for SLN detection
By Wayne Forrest
NEW ORLEANS - Researchers from France have developed a handheld gamma camera to perform lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel lymph node (SLN) localization in breast cancer. They presented details of the device and results of a prospective clinical study comparing it with a conventional gamma camera during the 2008 SNM annual meeting.
June 16, 2008
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