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Gadolinium effective in CTA of pulmonary circulation

By N. Shivapriya

Gadolinium-based contrast agents, usually reserved for MR imaging, can provide diagnostic CT angiograms of pulmonary circulation with 16-detector-row CT, and can be used as an alternative to iodinated contrast in patients with contraindications for iodinated agents, according to researchers from France.

July 11, 2005

Lung PET rules when CT is equivocal, discordant

By Eric Barnes

Although PET's high cost ensures that CT and radiography will remain the first-line lung cancer detection modalities for at least the near future, PET can be very useful adjunctively in patients whose diagnosis remains uncertain in the light of available radiographic and clinical evidence.

July 11, 2005

AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Radiology Insider

By Tracie L. Thompson

July 10, 2005

GE, Roche join forces

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare and Swiss healthcare firm Roche are teaming up to explore personalized medicine in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

July 10, 2005

3D navigation holds promise for image overload

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

The evolution of modalities used in the practice of radiology is fast producing a daily volume of images that threatens to overload the capacity of interpreting radiologists. But strategies for handling the increased workflow, such as the use of volumetric navigation, continue to evolve as well, according to a presentation at the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) meeting.

July 10, 2005

Small hepatic lesions mostly benign in female breast cancer patients

By N. Shivapriya

In female breast cancer patients, interval follow-up imaging rather than imaging workup or biopsy should be performed for hepatic lesions that are "too small to characterize" (TSTC) on CT. More so if it is stage 0 breast cancer and there are no clinical findings supporting suspicion of liver metastasis, according to recommendations by researchers from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

July 10, 2005

E-Z-EM promotes McLaughlin

Contrast and virtual colonoscopy provider E-Z-EM has promoted Tom McLaughlin to vice president, North America imaging sales.

July 7, 2005

NAS nets 510(k)

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) reported that its Nomos radiation oncology division has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market nTRAK, a new stereotactic image guidance system used to position and monitor patients during radiation therapy treatments for head and neck cancers.

July 7, 2005

Part I: Simple steps ease cardiac CTA workflow in private practice

By Eric Barnes

AuntMinnie.com is pleased to present the first installment of our two-part series on building a community-based CT angiography practice in an imaging center, based on discussions by radiologist Dr. David Dowe of Atlantic Medical Imaging in Galloway, NJ. Part I covers workflow and patient selection.

July 7, 2005

Medtronic, Cleveland Clinic launch PIVOTAL trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical device developer Medtronic said it has begun a clinical study evaluating whether early endovascular repair of small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) -- those smaller than 5 cm in diameter that meet certain conditions -- is superior to periodic surveillance.

July 6, 2005

SPECT/CT brightens nuclear medicine's prospects

By Brian Casey

July 6, 2005

Can SPECT/CT revitalize nuclear medicine?

By Marvin Burns

SPECT/CT has been introduced recently with the expectation that it will emulate PET/CT's success as a hybrid imaging modality. Proponents are confident that the addition of CT will provide a new springboard for SPECT in nuclear cardiology as well as other functional studies, revitalizing traditional nuclear medicine.

July 6, 2005

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