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Automated CO2 insufflation improves VC
By
Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - European researchers took a good long look at automated CO2 insufflation in virtual colonoscopy at the RSNA meeting on Tuesday -- and came away mostly upbeat.
November 30, 2004
Aortic valve calcification equals aortic stenosis
By
Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Researchers in Germany have found that aortic valve calcification -- rarely measured on its own -- is closely correlated to the degree of aortic stenosis. As a result, the investigators are recommending the routine calculation of such annular calcifications in patients undergoing coronary CT calcium assessment.
November 30, 2004
Surf's up, but it can be a back breaker
By
Peggy Peck
CHICAGO - Surfing can be a bone-breaking, tissue-searing experience that can land surfers in the hands of a radiologist, according to Dr. Jeremy Kuniyoshi, a radiology resident at the University of California, San Diego.
November 29, 2004
MRSI may be just the "tool" to diagnose bipolar disorder
CHICAGO - Patients with bipolar disorder are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years. But preliminary research suggests that magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging (MRSI) may take the guesswork and delay out of diagnosis, according to Dr. John D. Port, Ph.D., assistant professor of radiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
November 29, 2004
FDA clears GE's lung analysis software
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Food and Drug administration has cleared GE Healthcare's AdvantageALA, lung analysis software technology for CT used to evaluate lung nodules and other lesions.
November 29, 2004
Viatronix, iCAD sign licensing deal
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three-dimensional software developer Viatronix and computer-aided detection developer iCAD have signed a development and distribution agreement.
November 29, 2004
Nuclear medicine agents can set off radiation detectors
By
Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Doctors who treat or diagnose patients with radioactive biological agents should warn patients that they can set off highly sensitive handheld radiation security detectors, according to a presentation at the RSNA meeting on Tuesday.
November 29, 2004
MR, PET/CT show low sensitivity for melanoma
By
Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - A significant number of patients with malignant melanoma of the skin initially staged as negative for lymph node and distant metastases with whole-body MRI and PET/CT eventually proved to have undetected regional or distant metastases, according to researchers from the department of radiology at the University Hospital of Essen in Germany.
November 29, 2004
Ultrasound aids congenital hypothyroidism diagnosis
By
N. Shivapriya
CHICAGO - Sonography can help diagnose congenital hypothyroidism, and it should be included with scintigraphy and laboratory studies for neonatal screening of the disorder, according to a presentation at the RSNA meeting on Monday.
November 28, 2004
Visualizing bile leaks, CT predicts need for trauma intervention
By
Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Bile leaks are a complication of blunt liver trauma, and determining which liver lacerations warrant surgery is critical work. But location may be more important than size when it comes to managing liver lacerations, according to a study presented Monday at the RSNA meeting.
November 28, 2004
Presurgical imaging for appendicitis needed for young women, but not men
By
Peggy Peck
CHICAGO - Young males do not require imaging to accurately diagnosis acute appendicitis, but young women require imaging with ultrasound, according to a new evidence-based multimodality algorithm developed by researchers at Boston University Medical Campus in Massachusetts.
November 28, 2004
Gamma Medica upgrades LumaGEM
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging technology developer Gamma Medica of Northridge, CA, has introduced an upgrade to its LumaGEM 3200S breast imaging camera, the LumaGEM 3200S/12k.
November 28, 2004
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