Radiologists and engineers develop a modified catheter to reduce contrast...
Though rare, IV contrast material administration can sometimes result in patient injury. However researchers have developed a modified catheter that may prevent such events from occurring, according to...
View ArticleImage-guided treatment for deep venous thrombosis could improve patients'...
Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) is a serious condition that involves the formation of a blood clot inside of a deep vein usually in the legs. A patient with DVT is typically treated with anticoagulants...
View ArticleRadiological treatment method spares patients surgery and offers 89 percent...
Pericardial effusion, the collection of fluid around the heart, typically occurs in patients following heart surgery and is usually treated using an invasive surgical drainage technique. However...
View ArticleMedical imaging may help researchers understand the pathogenesis of H1N1 virus
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that imaging can now be used as a tool for identifying severe cases of H1N1 and may play a key role in understanding the pathogenesis...
View ArticleResearchers find those with severe H1N1 at risk for pulmonary emboli
University of Michigan researchers have found that patients with severe cases of the H1N1 virus are at risk for developing severe complications, including pulmonary emboli, according to a study...
View ArticleLung scintigraphy more reliable than CTA in excluding pulmonary embolism in...
A medical imaging procedure known as lung scintigraphy may be more reliable than pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) for identifying or excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnant patients, according to a...
View ArticleRadiologists develop scale to help clinicians predict disease severity in...
Radiologists at Duke University Medical Center have developed a scale called the Duke Abdominal Assessment Scale (DAAS) to assist clinicians in determining the severity of disease and the need for...
View ArticleCT scans better than X-rays when detecting abnormalities in patients with...
Computed tomography (CT) scans are better than standard radiography (X-rays) in showing the extent of disease in patients with the H1N1 virus, according to a study to be published online Oct. 21, 2009,...
View ArticleReasonable alternative to invasive biopsy of palpable breast lesions with...
Short-term follow-up is a reasonable alternative to invasive biopsy of palpable (capable of being touched or felt) breast lesions with benign imaging features, particularly in younger women with...
View ArticleCT: The first-line imaging choice of physicians for the diagnosis of...
Computed tomography (CT), a highly accurate, readily available medical imaging technique, is the overwhelmingly preferred technique of emergency physicians and radiologists for the diagnosis of...
View ArticlePhysiologic factors linked to image quality of multidetector computed...
A large multicenter international trial found that the image quality of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans, used for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease, can be...
View ArticleUltrasound-guided cortisone injections may help treat severe hip pain
Ultrasound-guided cortisone injections may be an effective treatment method for gluteus medius tendinopathy, a common, painful condition caused by an injury to the tendons in the buttocks that...
View ArticleUltrasound plus proteomic blood analyses may help physicians diagnose...
Noninvasive contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging, combined with proteomic analyses of blood samples may help physicians identify early-stage ovarian cancer and save the lives of many women, according...
View ArticleLarge medical center reduces CT scans and patient radiation exposure through...
A large New York medical center reduced the number of CT scans and radiation dose delivered to emergency department patients with suspected pulmonary emboli (PE) by holding collaborative educational...
View ArticlePopular handheld devices show promise in the field of emergency radiology
Handheld devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and the iPod Touch are prevalent among doctors. However a recent study shows that these devices may be particularly useful for emergency...
View ArticleX-rays often inaccurate in the diagnosis of hip and pelvic fractures
Radiographs (standard X-rays) are often inconclusive in the detection of hip and pelvic fractures in the emergency department, according to a study in the April issue of the American Journal of...
View ArticleCCTA: Cost-effective, noninvasive alternative to invasive cardiac...
Non-invasive coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) is a cost-effective alternative to invasive cardiac catheterization in the care of patients who have positive stress test results but a less...
View ArticleFramingham risk assessment doesn't accurately predict coronary artery...
If patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) are excluded from further screening because of a low Framingham score, many patients with substantial atherosclerosis (a build-up of plaque...
View ArticleResearchers successfully lower radiation dose associated with pediatric chest...
Adjusting the radiation dose based upon a child's weight can significantly lower the radiation dose associated with pediatric chest computed tomography (CT) scans, according to a study published in the...
View ArticleASIR technique significantly reduces radiation dose from CT colonography
A newly adapted low-dose computed tomography (CT) technique called adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) can help radiologists reduce the already low radiation dose delivered during CT...
View ArticleLarge medical center reduces cumulative radiation exposure and CT scans...
A large, academic medical center implemented an imaging algorithm that allowed radiologists to successfully reduce the cumulative radiation exposure and number of computed tomography (CT) angiography...
View ArticleVirtual colonoscopies help identify additional cancers outside of the colon,...
Although the medical community has already accepted that colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is cost effective and saves lives, researchers have found that computed tomography colonography (CTC or...
View ArticlePay-for-performance programs improve radiology report turnaround times, study...
A pay-for-performance (PFP) program implemented at one of the nation's largest general hospitals appeared to have a marked effect on expediting final radiology report turnaround times (RTAT), improving...
View ArticleMRI could be used for routine surveillance of great vessel stents
Researchers have found that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be sufficient for the routine surveillance of some great vessel (primary blood vessels [e.g., aorta and vena cavae]) stents that are...
View ArticleAdverse cardiac events are rare after a negative cardiac CTA exam, study...
Adverse cardiac events are rare one year after patients are admitted to the emergency room with low-to-moderate risk chest pain and are discharged due to a negative cardiac computed tomography...
View ArticleVirtual colonoscopy option could improve colorectal cancer screening rates,...
Providing computed tomography colonography (CTC) -- otherwise known as virtual colonoscopy -- as an alternative to conventional colonoscopy could improve colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates,...
View ArticleVirtual colonoscopy and teleradiology bring colorectal cancer screening to...
Computed tomography colonography (CTC) -- otherwise known as virtual colonoscopy -- is feasible in remote health centers where optimal colonoscopy is limited, according to a study in the November issue...
View ArticleForensic scientists use postmortem imaging-guided biopsy to determine natural...
Researchers found that the combination of computed tomography (CT), postmortem CT angiography (CTA) and biopsy can serve as a minimally invasive option for determining natural causes of death such as...
View ArticlePreoperative breast MRI suggests high cancer yield
The use of preoperative Breast MRI detects otherwise occult cancer with a relatively high degree of accuracy when applied to a diverse population of patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer,...
View ArticleCT scanning aids rapid diagnosis, treatment planning for abdominal pain
The use of CT scanning to evaluate abdominal pain in emergency departments can help physicians arrive at a diagnosis quickly and decisively. A study conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)...
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