Clinical News: Page 1070

WFUMB: Elastography transforms hepatic imaging
By David Zizka
Acoustic radiation force impulse is a new elastographic method that allows rapid assessment of liver fibrosis that seems free of adverse events, is comfortable for the patient and sonographer, and has a mean duration of around five minutes, according to a scheduled presenter at the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology congress.
August 25, 2011
2011 08 25 12 09 33 233 2011 08 26 Wfumb2 Thumb
WFUMB: Ultrasound assists in inflammatory bowel disease
By David Zizka
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is the most sensitive method for detecting even minor bowel blood flow, a relevant sign for inflammatory bowel disease, and is more powerful than ultrasound alone for characterizing inflammatory masses, according to a scheduled presenter at the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology congress.
August 25, 2011
2011 08 25 11 38 03 159 2011 08 26 Wfumb1 Thumb
Physicians remain ignorant of radiation exposure, study finds
By Cynthia E. Keen
How well-informed are physicians with respect to their knowledge of radiation dose? Not very, according to a U.K. study published in the August issue of Clinical Radiology. Doctors in Oxford and South Wales completed questionnaires estimating radiation dose and didn't do so well.
August 25, 2011
ISRRT to recognize dose reduction
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Entries are now being accepted for the second annual DoseWise Radiographer of the Year Award competition, put on by Philips Healthcare parent Royal Philips Electronics and the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT).
August 24, 2011
X-ray-guided procedures can have protective cellular effects
By Becky McCall
Chronic exposure to low-dose radiation may have clear biological and biochemical effects that represent a cellular protective response to harmful radiation, according to a paper published in this week's European Heart Journal that examined the impact of exposure on interventional cardiologists.
August 24, 2011
2011 08 25 09 28 00 161 2011 08 25 Intervention Thumb
Ovarian cysts may not lead to cancer: study
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Finding ovarian cysts on an ultrasound scan isn't a cancer sentence for women who are middle-aged and older, a new U.K. screening study suggests. Women with so-called "inclusion cysts" weren't at higher risk for ovarian cancer or, for that matter, breast or endometrial tumors, researchers found.
August 24, 2011
Reuterslogo
Cardiac arrest strikes young and old athletes alike
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research from France suggests that young, competitive athletes account for only a fraction of sports-related cardiac arrests, in which the heart stops beating without warning. Rather, most cardiac arrests may happen in adult men playing recreational sports, the study found.
August 24, 2011
Reuterslogo
Researchers cut CT dose for nodule follow-up
By Eric Barnes
For surveillance of previously detected lung nodules, CT radiation dose can be cut to approximately 3% of the original exam dose, concludes a new study in the September edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 24, 2011
Toshiba adds to Aplio ultrasound series
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems plans to introduce new models in its Aplio line of ultrasound scanners at the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) congress, which begins in Vienna on Friday 26 August.
August 23, 2011
Hitachi Aloka makes WFUMB debut
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Hitachi Aloka Medical, a newly formed company arising from the merger of Hitachi Medical and Aloka, is making its European debut at the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) congress, which begins in Vienna on Friday 26 August.
August 23, 2011
Breast implants; acute chest pain; PACS and nuclear medicine
By Philip Ward
August 23, 2011
Swiss team validates 2D/3D model after total hip arthroplasty
By Cynthia E. Keen
A model to measure cup orientation from postoperative radiographs following total hip arthroplasty has been developed at a Swiss surgical technology research center. The validation study was described in an online article in the International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery.
August 23, 2011
Previous Page
Page 1070 of 1310
Next Page