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PET/CT identifies tuberculosis drug efficacy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET/CT scans can indicate whether a treatment drug is able to clear tuberculosis lung infection, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and their international collaborators.

December 3, 2014

Spanish scoop top RSNA award for hip arthroplasty work

By Philip Ward

Researchers from the Basque Country in Northern Spain received a top prize for their exhibit on hip arthroplasty on Wednesday at the RSNA 2014 meeting in Chicago. The four other European recipients of the prestigious Magna Cum Laude poster award were from France and the U.K.

December 3, 2014

Not all tomo recalls benefit from mammography evaluation

By Kate Madden Yee

CHICAGO - Patients recalled from screening with full-field digital mammography plus digital breast tomosynthesis do not all benefit equally from additional mammography for diagnostic evaluation, according to a presentation given on Wednesday at RSNA 2014.

December 3, 2014

Most pediatric chest x-rays appear unnecessary

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Most x-rays performed on children not experiencing chest pain may be unnecessary, concluded researchers from the Mayo Clinic, who presented their findings on Wednesday at RSNA 2014.

December 3, 2014

PET/MRI matches PET/CT in NSCLC accuracy

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - Using a 15-minute MRI protocol with PET, Swiss researchers achieved diagnostic accuracy equal to that of PET/CT for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Study results were presented on Wednesday at the RSNA conference.

December 3, 2014

EOS places systems in Fla., Ind.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

EOS Imaging has placed its EOS system at the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University.

December 2, 2014

Stanford adds pediatric IR program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Stanford Children's Health has added a new pediatric interventional radiology (IR) program.

December 2, 2014

MRI helps predict return to action for injured soccer players

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - The best way to determine how long it will take a professional soccer player with a thigh-muscle injury to return to the field is by evaluating certain key MRI results, according to a German study presented at the RSNA 2014 meeting.

December 2, 2014

Trauma CT experts unveil fresh data on accident fatalities

By Philip Ward

In all trauma cases, there is a higher incidence of upper cervical fractures compared with lower ones, and pedestrians involved in fatal accidents are far more likely than cyclists to suffer a cervical fracture, Swiss researchers reported at RSNA 2014.

December 2, 2014

TMIST: Coming soon to a center near you?

By Kate Madden Yee

CHICAGO - In many cases, testifying to the benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis is like preaching to the choir: There's no need to win over any skeptics in the room. But the fact is that tomosynthesis data come from a limited number of studies, all conducted with a single device and many performed at a single site.

December 2, 2014

Texture analysis sorts out indecipherable kidney lesions

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have found a way to differentiate benign from malignant kidney lesions with great accuracy, solving a problem that has defied solutions since the advent of CT.

December 2, 2014

Diabetic patients should take heed of mild coronary artery disease

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Patients with diabetes who also have mild coronary artery disease have a similar risk of major cardiac events as diabetic patients with single-vessel obstructive disease, researchers from Canada reported at RSNA 2014.

December 2, 2014

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