Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can yield favorable results in detecting lung nodules when used concurrently during the reading process, according to research from Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan.
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Perfusion CT can predict the response to radiation and chemotherapy treatment in patients with pancreatic cancer, say researchers from South Korea. The group is hopeful that the results can be used to develop therapies tailored to individual patients, potentially improving survival times while minimizing the toxic side effects of therapy.
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CHICAGO (Reuters Health), Dec 9 - Use of “an angled gantry approach,” or “angled axial image acquisition” during coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography significantly reduces the amount of radiation delivered to breast tissue, radiologists from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia reported Thursday at the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of [...]

CHICAGO (Reuters Health), Dec 9 - The dose of radiation delivered on computed tomography (CT) can be cut by as much as 75% in adults who require a chest CT, a team at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston reported at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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Clinical research has begun to suggest that fluorine-18 (F-18) FDG-PET and contrast-enhanced breast MRI can be powerful tools for diagnosis and treatment staging in women with suspected breast malignancy. But FDG-PET for these patients is limited by its variable sensitivity — certain types of breast cancer have abnormally low FDG uptake. One solution is to [...]

NEW ORLEANS - Coronary CT is very effective at pinpointing which patients with acute chest pain and a low-to-intermediate risk of acute coronary syndrome do not have coronary artery disease and can safely be discharged directly from the emergency department, researchers reported at this week’s American Heart Association (AHA) annual meeting.
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