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Italian study demonstrates value of MR in Crohn’s disease assessment

By Shalmali Pal

CHICAGO - MRI added to the pre-treatment workup of patients with Crohn’s disease offers important information on the activity and extent of the illness as well as possible complications that may require surgery.

December 2, 2002

Virtual colonoscopy aces first flat-lesion study

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - In the first study designed to gauge CT's ability to detect superficial lesions, Dr. Nobuyuki Shiraga and colleagues found that virtual colonoscopy detected superficial colonic lesions as well as conventional colonoscopy.

December 2, 2002

Sputum cytology gives a big boost to CT lung screening

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - Researchers from Vancouver General Hospital in BC, Canada, presented a protocol designed to prescreen subjects to find those at higher risk of lung cancer, while improving detection rates for the cancers CT tends to miss.

December 1, 2002

Three-point Dixon GRE sequence overcomes low-field MR limitations in knee scans

By Shalmali Pal

CHICAGO - Investigators from Boston have devised a new MR protocol for imaging cartilage of the knee using a 3-point Dixon gradient echo sequence. Their method compensates for the limited separation of fat and water peaks that generally hampers low-field MR imaging.

December 1, 2002

Population-based study links coronary calcium and mortality

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - In the first large-scale prospective trial of its kind, Dutch researchers have found a strong association between CT-detected coronary calcium and mortality.

November 30, 2002

Good news on PET reimbursement lifts vendors' spirits

By Robert Bruce

Nuclear medicine enjoyed some good news this year, as the fast-growing PET market escaped drastic cuts in Medicare reimbursement proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The good news came just in time for PET vendors exhibiting at this year's meeting.

November 30, 2002