Eric Barnes[email protected]Clinical NewsDanish study shows higher but limited lung screening costsHealthcare costs were higher in patients screened annually with low-dose CT for lung cancer, but costs rose only by the amount associated with the screening program, according to a new study published in Lung Cancer.January 20, 2014Clinical NewsCMR ties MI scar length to ventricular tachycardia cycleA study of patients with previous myocardial infraction (MI) undergoing late-gadolinium enhancement cardiac MR (LGE-CMR) found that scar length is strongly correlated to ventricular tachycardia cycle length, according to a study in Europace.January 16, 2014Cardiac ImagingAuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac InsiderJanuary 8, 2014Clinical NewsESC issues stern warning on dose in cardiac imagingThe European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is urging cardiologists to take swift action to reduce radiation doses to patients wherever possible, according to a new position paper published on 8 January by the European Heart Journal.January 8, 2014Clinical NewsIterative reconstruction aids plaque assessmentFar from being a deterrent to evaluating plaque composition using CT, the use of iterative reconstruction has no effect on the visualization of plaque type, and improves image quality overall while reducing dose, according to Dutch research.January 6, 2014Residents/FellowsResidents' burnout shows up on fMRI scansIn the first study to examine physician burnout using functional MRI (fMRI), researchers found that residents' clinical reasoning is more profoundly affected by the syndrome than that of faculty physicians. Results were published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.December 30, 2013Clinical NewsCT-guided biopsy aces bony lesion diagnosisEgyptian researchers found that CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy is accurate and effective for diagnosing lesions of the appendicular long bones -- offering a much-needed solution to the problem of indeterminate x-rays, according to an article in the European Journal of Radiology.December 19, 2013Clinical NewsCalcium scores rise and fall based on scanner vendorCHICAGO - What's your coronary calcium score? The answer may well depend on who made your CT scanner, according to a session at RSNA 2013. Dutch researchers who scanned cadaver hearts were surprised to see up to a 25% difference in scores, depending on which scanner was reporting the results.December 8, 2013Clinical NewsCORE320: CTA-CTP matches SPECT for gauging cardiac diseaseThe accuracy of 320-detector-row coronary CT angiography (CTA) combined with CT perfusion (CTP) is equivalent to that of SPECT myocardial perfusion for diagnosing functionally significant coronary artery disease, according to results of the prospective, multicenter, international CORE320 trial published in the European Heart Journal.November 26, 2013Clinical NewsSiemens unveils ultralow-dose Somatom Force DSCT scannerSiemens Healthcare unveiled its latest CT scanner, Somatom Force, in a demonstration at University Medical Centre Mannheim in Germany. A dual-source system (DSCT), Somatom Force introduces several features aimed at making CT scanning safe and accurate for the most sensitive patients.November 14, 2013Previous PagePage 25 of 59Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingUnfilled vacancies and disparities persist in nuclear medicineNuclear medicine specialists have high career satisfaction, but unfilled vacancies and career disparities persist, finds a workforce survey by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).Molecular ImagingPET develops key clinical role in neuroendocrine tumorsMolecular ImagingPET/CT visualizes complications in patients on hemodialysisCTAll roads lead to outsourcingMRIZonal segmentation with AI shows promise in prostate cancer
