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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Ultrasound can be a useful triage tool for evaluating soft-tissue masses, according to research from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, U.K.
“Ultrasound is a cost-effective, accurate, and accessible method for the triage of soft-tissue masses, directing patients to the most appropriate management pathway,” said Richard Robinson. He presented the research during a scientific session [...]

Interactively employing computer-aided detection (CAD) technology while reading mammograms may lead to increased detection of breast masses, according to research from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
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Cardiologists across the U.S. have been so enthralled with CT that they’ve tripled the modality’s installed base of units within cardiology practices in the past two years, according to a new report scheduled for release this month by market research firm IMV Medical Information Division.
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In the history of medical imaging turf wars, the primary battlegrounds have been in modalities such as echocardiography, musculoskeletal MRI, and nuclear cardiology. You can now add CT to the list, according to a new study that indicates CT procedure volume is spiking among nonradiologists.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 19 - CT of the chest can serve a dual purpose in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), measuring both the severity of emphysema and vertebral bone density, physicians in Japan report.
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