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CTA serves as sole pre-op imaging for AAA endograft patients
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Interventional radiologists at the UT-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas are relying almost exclusively on CT angiography assessment of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) prior to performing endografts. Dr. Bart Dolmatch presented his group’s work Saturday at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting.
March 29, 2003
Korean investigators share angiographic pitfalls of HCC
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Korean interventional radiologists reviewed a decade’s worth of data on angiographic diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to come up with a comprehensive list of imaging pitfalls. Avoiding these pitfalls is especially vital when performing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for cancer treatment.
March 28, 2003
Radiologists gain market share in GI tract procedures
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Gastrointestinal access services are a wide-open market for interventional radiologists, according to a talk Friday at the Society for Interventional Radiology (SIR) conference. In the past several years, radiologists have seen substantial gains in such procedures compared with surgeons and others, while gastroenterologists continue to dominate the specialty.
March 27, 2003
Berlex suspends NeoTect production and sales
By Robert Bruce
Contrast maker Berlex Imaging notified customers that it has suspended production of peptide-based radiopharmaceutical NeoTect until it resolves quality control issues at its European plant.
March 27, 2003
Doppler ultrasound keeps an eye on optic neuritis
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Turkish radiologists discovered that patients with optic neuritis demonstrated increased peak systolic and end diastolic velocities in the affected ophthalmic artery.
March 27, 2003
Siemens to debut C-arm with FPD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, is set to unveil its Axiom Artis dTC, a ceiling-mounted C-arm with flat-panel digital detector technology.
March 26, 2003
Gastric bypass battles bulge, but patients pose imaging challenge
By Deborah R. Dakins
As obesity becomes a national health issue in the U.S., a growing number of Americans are turning to surgery as a way to battle their bulge. But gastric bypass, one of the fastest-growing surgeries at U.S. hospitals today, poses multiple challenges for radiologists and technologists performing postprocedural imaging to detect complications.
March 26, 2003
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Tubular structure on sonography indicates diverticulitis
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) According to researchers at Hospital da Criança Conceição in Porto Alegre,Brazil, a tubular structure on sonography is suggestive of a Meckel's diverticulum in children presenting with rectal bleeding due to diverticulitis.
March 26, 2003
Radiographic positioning techniques for the cervical spine
By Naveed Ahmad, MD
Dr. Naveed Ahmad takes you through common routine cervical projections for imaging the cervical spine, including the anteroposterior (AP), AP open mouth, and lateral, as well as the less familiar oblique projections.
March 25, 2003
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Hong Kong hospital posts SARS protocol
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Hong Kong hospital that has treated patients suffering from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has posted images and a diagnosis protocol on its Web site.
March 24, 2003
US plus CT improves pediatric appendicitis management
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Using an ultrasound-CT imaging protocol reduced the perforation and negative appendectomy rates in children suspected of having acute appendicitis, according to the a study in Pediatrics.
March 24, 2003
MRI alters course of thrombolytic treatment for stroke
By Bruce Sylvester
MRI may become the modality of choice for neurologists who need an accurate and relatively rapid-fire way to select stroke candidates who are eligible for treatment with intravenous or intraarterial thrombolysis.
March 24, 2003
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