Clinical News: Page 74

Spanish group strives for clarity and patient safety on CT dose

By Philip Ward

Researchers in Madrid have reported significant progress in developing a coherent strategy to optimize radiation dose. Establishing a multidisciplinary dose optimization panel has been a vital part of their drive to improve CT protocols.

September 19, 2023

FAPI-PET/CT may improve treatment of cancer patients

By Will Morton

Gallium-68 (Ga-68) FAPI-PET/CT imaging -- a highly accurate experimental approach for detecting cancer -- may further improve outcomes for patients undergoing radiation therapy, according to a recent analysis by German researchers.

September 19, 2023

Lunit to launch symptomatic breast clinic AI study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Lunit and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the U.K. plan to launch a prospective AI study among symptomatic breast clinic patients.

September 18, 2023

Use of mobile CT cuts hospital admissions at Oktoberfest

By Philip Ward

The introduction of mobile CT at Oktoberfest, the world's largest annual fair, has ruled out many serious injuries, reduced the need for hospital admissions for patients with mild traumatic brain injuries, and relieved some of the burden on the emergency services, doctors from Munich have reported.

September 18, 2023

Team Turku shines new light on patient shielding in CT

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

The application of an out-of-plane shield in CT scanning may lead to a substantial increase in tube current modulation, therefore providing patients with a much higher radiation dose, researchers from Finland have found.

September 18, 2023

IAEA and ESR extend collaboration on diagnostic imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Society of Radiology (ESR) have extended a collaboration agreement until 2026.

September 17, 2023

Curasight promotes PET study in brain cancer patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Curasight has highlighted recently presented results of a phase II study of its gallium-68 NOTA-AE105 PET tracer in patients with brain cancer.

September 17, 2023

Update on patient waiting times for MRI and CT in England

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

In July, nearly 85,000 National Health Service (NHS) patients in England were waiting over six weeks for an MRI or a CT scan, the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists stated in a post on its website on 14 September.

September 17, 2023

PET imaging predicts long-term outcomes in Parkinson's disease

By Will Morton

PET brain imaging in individuals with early Parkinson's disease can show which patients are at higher risk of long-term effects, according to a study by researchers from the University of Brescia in Italy.

September 17, 2023

Can ChatGPT help prepare patients for PET scans?

By Will Morton

ChatGPT may be able to act as a substitute for staff advice given to patients about PET/CT scans. That's the key finding posted by a German research group that posed 25 questions to the large-language model-based chatbot.

September 17, 2023

CT-FFR imaging assesses adverse outcome risk in angina patients

By Kate Madden Yee

CT angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) imaging helps clinicians assess stable angina patients' adverse outcome risk -- even if they have high coronary artery calcium scores, a Danish research group has found.

September 14, 2023

Mentoring scheme starts to bear fruit

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has highlighted the success of its RadReach mentoring scheme as it enters its third year.

September 14, 2023

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