Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) or positron emission mammography (PEM) exams may increase a woman’s risk of developing radiation-induced cancer, according to a special report published online August 24 and appearing in the October issue of Radiology.
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August 26th, 2010 | No Comments »At the congress of the European Societey of Cardiology (ESC) 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden, Siemens will present a new image processing software that helps cardiologists and cardiac surgeons prepare and perform transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI): Syngo Aortic ValveGuide automatically reconstructs a 3D representation of the aortic root from CT-like cross-sectional images acquired with the angiography system. The software selects anatomical landmarks as the coronary ostia, for instance, and overlays the 3D image with two-dimensional images acquired during live fluoroscopy. That way, the physician obtains real-time, three-dimensional guidance in the patient’s body while navigating the new valve to its intended location.
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August 25th, 2010 | No Comments »The practice of ordering an abdominal x-ray exam for constipated children to assess the presence of retained feces or to confirm a diagnosis made during a physical exam should be stopped, as the procedure is of limited value, according to an analysis published online in Pediatric Radiology.
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August 21st, 2010 | No Comments »A new cost-effectiveness model gives surprising prominence to the good old exercise treadmill test (ETT) for evaluating patients with suspected coronary artery disease. In fact, treadmill plus imaging — especially coronary CT angiography (CTA) for low-risk patients — was more cost-effective than any imaging modality alone, according to the study.
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June 8th, 2010 | No Comments »according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.
Instead of referring patients for ultrasound-guided biopsies, physicians may now be able to rely on certain conventional ultrasound characteristics to determine the pathology of some thyroid nodules,
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May 6th, 2010 | No Comments »Contrast-enhanced breast MRI finds breast lesions missed on mammography and ultrasound, and can help surgeons plan the best surgical treatment, improving patient outcomes, according to a study by Italian researchers presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting this week in San Diego.
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