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CT adds fuels to debate over pharaoh's death in ancient Egypt
By Philip Ward
CT has offered fresh clues about the killing of a significant pharaoh who ruled Egypt around 3,600 years ago. Experts now believe Seqenenre Taa II -- known as "the Brave" -- was killed in an execution ceremony after being taken prisoner on the battlefield.
February 21, 2021
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3D models enable custom treatment of complex acetabular fractures
By Erik L. Ridley
Virtual 3D models created from CT data can be utilized for surgical planning and providing patient-specific treatments for complex acetabular fractures, according to recent research.
February 21, 2021
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Report: U.K. lung screening study is catching cancers early
By Erik L. Ridley
Initial results from a CT lung cancer screening study sponsored by the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) show that low-dose CT exams could detect 70% of lung cancers at stage I or II, according to a report in the Guardian.
February 16, 2021
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French groups issue new guidelines to promote safe contrast use
By Frances Rylands-Monk
French nephrology societies and the national radiology society have published guidelines on the safe use of contrast media in the wake of guidance from the European Society of Urogenital Radiology.
February 14, 2021
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Brussels team shares experiences of COVID-19 imaging
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The low-to-moderate specificity of the chest CT scan can be partly explained by initial false-negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction tests in COVID-19 patients, according to Belgian radiologists.
February 14, 2021
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Deep learning provides boost for detection of aortic valve calcium
By Erik L. Ridley
Researchers have found that their artificial intelligence model was highly accurate for automatically detecting and quantifying aortic valve calcium on cardiac CT, outperforming radiologist assessments in severe cases.
February 9, 2021
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Third Opinion AI reveals advances in COVID-19 pneumonia
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Russian-based Third Opinion AI has trained a neural network to detect the signs of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 with low-dose CT, according to a presentation at the OpenTalks.AI conference, held from 3 to 5 February.
February 8, 2021
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Investigation finds diagnostic delay caused patient's death
By Philip Ward
A serious incident report issued by a U.K. hospital group has found that the root cause of a woman's death in May 2020 was a delay in diagnosing her lung cancer following the results of a CT scan, according to two local newspaper articles.
February 8, 2021
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Berlin's mobile stroke initiative gathers momentum
By Kate Madden Yee
Stroke ambulances shorten the time to treatment, increase thrombolysis rates, and improve prehospital triage, German researchers reported in JAMA on 2 February. Mobile units can treat more patients with acute ischemic stroke and boost outcomes, they say.
February 4, 2021
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How to deliver quality and consistency in CT colonography
By Philip Ward
CT colonography services look set to expand rapidly over the next five years, and considerable investment will be required to maintain performance and improve patient outcomes, according to the authors of comprehensive new practice guidelines and standards.
February 3, 2021
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Philips unveils image-guided therapy software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has launched ClarifEye, an image-guided therapy offering that blends imaging and augmented reality technology to provide real-time intraoperative feedback during minimally invasive spine surgeries.
February 1, 2021
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CT sheds light on lung damage after COVID-19 recovery
By Kate Madden Yee
Long-term evaluation of COVID-19 patients is crucial to determine whether residual CT abnormalities at six months largely regress, as in past forms of diffuse alveolar damage, an expert in interstitial lung disease has asserted in response to an important new Chinese study on long-COVID.
January 31, 2021
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