Eric Barnes[email protected]Clinical NewsSeeing CT scans of own arteries provides wake-up call for patientsVisualizing CT images of their own coronary artery calcifications prompts patients to make the important lifestyle changes they need to stay healthy, according to a new Danish study presented this week at the EuroHeartCare meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia.June 15, 2015Clinical NewsMDCT: Don't forget the heart in CT lung cancer screeningSAN FRANCISCO - Radiologists who screen smokers for lung cancer with CT should remember to look at the heart as an important predictor of mortality in its own right, according to a Dutch presentation made on Tuesday, 9 June, at the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco (MDCT).June 14, 2015Clinical NewsAdding contrast to CT doubles DNA damage from radiationPatients who received contrast with their CT scans had more than twice as many double-strand breaks in their DNA from radiation exposure compared to those who had CT studies without contrast, concludes a joint German-Swiss study in the June edition of Radiology. But whether this DNA damage translates into cancer risk is unclear.June 7, 2015Artificial IntelligenceAuntMinnieEurope.com Advanced Visualization InsiderMay 25, 2015Clinical NewsNew breast tomo CAD shows high sensitivityA new computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm for digital breast tomosynthesis studies delivers high sensitivity and an acceptably low false-positive rate, according to Italian researchers. In a retrospective study of nearly 200 women who underwent DBT for breast cancer screening, CAD demonstrated sensitivity of 89% with a false-positive rate of 2.7 per breast.May 25, 2015Clinical NewsCTC CAD boosts readers' attention -- but to what effect?The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) significantly alters the search and identification of polyps among readers of CT colonography (CTC) data, according to a new study in the June issue of European Radiology. In particular, CAD drew radiologists' attention to polyps more quickly, but it also prompted them to spend more time interpreting scans.May 24, 2015Clinical NewsTransfer learning speeds image segmentationThe development of automated image segmentation schemes can be enhanced significantly with the application of a process called transfer learning, according to a new Dutch study published in the May edition of IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.May 21, 2015Cardiac ImagingAuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging InsiderMay 11, 2015Clinical News256-detector-row CCTA cuts dose, artifacts in fast heartsCoronary CT angiography (CCTA) with a 256-detector-row CT scanner delivered better image quality, fewer artifacts, and a drastically reduced radiation dose compared with a 64-detector-row CT scanner, according to new research from France.May 11, 2015Clinical NewsCT reveals cardioembolic stroke that echo missesEchocardiography may be the de facto gold standard for cardiac evaluation of patients suspected of having cardioembolic stroke, but it isn't necessarily the best modality. A new study from Saudi Arabia used CT to discover several thrombi that echo had missed, along with other conditions.April 30, 2015Previous PagePage 16 of 59Next PageTop StoriesMedical, Legal, and PracticeCooking robot gets rave reviews in TübingenHospital food doesn’t have to be drab and dreary. The installation of a new machine in south-west Germany is winning praise from the medical imaging community.MRIUltrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathyMedical, Legal, and PracticePressure grows for more rigorous financial disclosureMRIMRI, CT findings correlate for assessing epicardial fat volumeRadiology EducationESR survey put focus on radiology subspecialization
