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Australia tries new rad therapy approach for secondary lung cancers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers in Australia have begun a lung cancer trial that uses a new technique called stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy to treat tumors that have spread to the lung from a primary tumor elsewhere in the body.

January 29, 2015

MRI links repeated head blows with adverse brain results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI scans have linked repeated blows to the head from serial boxing or martial arts to smaller volumes in certain brain regions and slower processing speeds, according to a study published online January 29 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

January 29, 2015

fMRI finds source of emotion issues in autism

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from the University of North Carolina used functional MRI (fMRI) to detect differences in how autistic people regulate their emotions.

January 29, 2015

How does breast tomosynthesis affect screening recall rates?

By Kate Madden Yee

Data from digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) studies dominated the recent RSNA 2014 meeting, with a special emphasis placed on how the technology affects screening recall rates. For example, one study explored how radiologists' experience might affect recall rates with DBT, while another investigated how DBT could affect recall rates in women undergoing baseline breast cancer screening.

January 29, 2015

Radiologists score growing role in sports medicine for NFL teams

By Brian Casey

When Super Bowl XLIX kicks off on Sunday, it will be the culmination of months of hard work for players, coaches, and staff who take the field at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona. Off the field, radiologists are playing a growing role for NFL teams by providing definitive diagnoses that help injured athletes recover and get back on the field faster.

January 28, 2015

Head CT may be overused in emergency departments

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Few patients who present to the emergency department with syncope or dizziness actually need a head CT scan, even though current medical practice pressures physicians to perform them, according to a new study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

January 27, 2015

Societies release thoracic aorta imaging guidance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging have jointly released new guidance to help clinicians make imaging decisions for detecting thoracic aorta disease in adults.

January 26, 2015

MR/ultrasound fusion biopsy shines in prostate cancer

By Erik L. Ridley

Prostate cancer biopsy with a targeted technique that fuses MR and ultrasound images outperformed traditional extended-sextant ultrasound-guided biopsy, identifying more high-risk cancers and fewer low-risk malignancies, according to research published in the January 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

January 26, 2015

AHRA, Toshiba announce grant winners

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

AHRA and Toshiba America Medical Systems have announced the winners of their 2014 Putting Patients First grants.

January 26, 2015

Experts discount JAMA study urging discharge of chest pain patients

By Eric Barnes

Low-risk chest pain patients should be sent home without imaging, concludes a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine. But several experts are disputing the study's main finding that treadmill stress tests, as well as CT and other imaging tests, have no value in preventing heart attacks in low-risk individuals.

January 25, 2015

FDA clears EOS' Micro Dose feature

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

EOS Imaging has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Micro Dose feature for pediatric imaging.

January 25, 2015

Medical group issues position paper on interventional US

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine has released a position statement on interventional ultrasound.

January 25, 2015

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