Reuters Health

Iso-osmolar contrast medium recommended in chronic kidney disease

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 22 - Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly those with diabetes mellitus, have a higher risk of contrast-induced nephropathy with a low-osmolar contrast medium than with isosmolar iodixanol, researchers report in the August 15 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

August 21, 2006

U.K. hospitals could close under NHS reforms

LONDON (Reuters), Aug 18 - Hospitals across England may have to close or cut services under plans to reduce the growing National Health Service (NHS) deficit, the government said on Friday. The Department of Health said NHS bosses must look at alternatives to treating patients in hospital after the service doubled its deficit.

August 17, 2006

Proton beam therapy effective in controlling hepatic tumors

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 17 - Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and who have few other treatment options are likely to benefit from proton beam therapy, Japanese researchers report in the August issue of Cancer.

August 16, 2006

Alendronate better than alfacalcidol for preventing steroid-induced bone loss

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 17 - In a study of patients with rheumatic diseases, alendronate was more effective than alfacalcidol at preventing glucocorticoid-induced bone loss, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.

August 16, 2006

Breast cancer-involved sentinel nodes often contain micrometastases

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 15 - Twenty-three percent of breast cancer patients with an involved sentinel lymph node have a sentinel node that contains micrometastases, according to a report in the August 1st issue of Cancer. Sixteen percent of patients have a sentinel node containing submicrometastases.

August 14, 2006

Coronary calcification slows after kidney transplantation

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 15 - In patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who undergo kidney transplantation, coronary artery calcification (CAC) progresses in the early post-transplant period, but slows thereafter, research shows.

August 14, 2006

Coronary stent loss uncommon, but can have serious consequences

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 14 - As they report in the American Journal of Cardiology for August 1, Dr. Juergen Kammler and colleagues from General Hospital Linz in Austria assessed with CT the occurrence of coronary stent loss in 7,139 stent implantation procedures performed at their hospital between 1995 and 2004.

August 13, 2006

Childhood-onset arthritis linked to increased risk of fracture

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 9 - Children with arthritis have a significantly increased risk of fracture in childhood, adolescence, and possibly adulthood, recent research indicates. Fractures in arthritis patients occurred predominantly in the arms and legs.

August 8, 2006

Recombinant approach helps T cells target colorectal tumors

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 8 - T cells from colorectal cancer patients can be transduced with a recombinant anticarcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) immunoreceptor so that they become activated by their autologous tumor cells, German researchers report in the August issue of Gut.

August 7, 2006

Free fat acids independently associated with cardiovascular mortality

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 4 - Levels of free fat acids are associated with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease, Austrian and German researchers report. They examined data from 3,315 Caucasian subjects in an ongoing study of coronary artery disease. The patients were followed for a median of 5.38 years and all subjects underwent coronary angiography at baseline.

August 3, 2006

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Ultrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathy

The two modalities complement each other for this indication, according to a team of Turkish researchers.

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Pressure grows for more rigorous financial disclosure

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MRI, CT findings correlate for assessing epicardial fat volume

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ESR survey put focus on radiology subspecialization

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Algorithms from AI mammography challenge perform well

Adrian Brady gazes into future of radiology at BIR congress

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The two blockbuster movies of 2023, Oppenheimer and Barbie, provide popular cultural references to the positives and negatives within radiology, Prof. Adrian Brady said in a keynote lecture at BIR.

November 21, 2023

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FAPI-PET shows promise for detecting pancreatic cancer

FAPI-PET imaging looks set to become a powerful diagnostic tool for detecting pancreatic cancer. That's the view of authors from University Hospital Essen in Germany.

November 21, 2023

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Barco to distribute DeepLook Medical's AI visual enhancement software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Barco has begun distributing DeepLook Medical's AI visual enhancement software package, DL Precise.

November 20, 2023

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Canon doubles down on PCCT research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Canon Medical Systems plans to accelerate its clinical research on photon-counting CT (PCCT). The vendor has signed a deal with Radboud UMC in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

November 20, 2023

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German team issues positive findings on photon-counting CT

By Kate Madden Yee

High-pitch photon-counting CT improves image quality on CT pulmonary angiography for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism – and at lower radiation doses, researchers from Würzburg have reported.

November 20, 2023

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ESR announces new committees

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) has formed two new committees that will focus on diversity and inclusion issues and on AI and emerging technologies.

November 20, 2023

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Predictom secures 21M euros for early Alzheimer's detection study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Predictom has secured 21 million euros for an AI-based, year-long study that will include home-based Alzheimer's disease screening and risk assessments.

November 20, 2023

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Lunit expands services into Saudi Arabia, secures 137M euros in funding

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Lunit is expanding its services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- deploying its Lunit Insight CXR in five major hospitals -- and has secured $150 million (137 million euros) in funding.

November 20, 2023

Siemens launches Somatom Pro.Pulse CT scanner

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers is launching a new dual-source CT scanner, Somatom Pro.Pulse.

November 20, 2023

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Do women prefer female radiologists to perform breast ultrasound?

By Amerigo Allegretto

Most women undergoing breast ultrasound examinations are unconcerned about whether a radiologist is male or female, researchers from the University of Lucerne in Switzerland have found.

November 16, 2023

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MRI proves cost-effective in emergency patients with dizziness

By Kate Madden Yee

MRI is the most cost-effective imaging modality for evaluating patients presenting to the emergency department with dizziness, according to a new research study.

November 16, 2023

CT imaging increases children's blood cancer risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Children who undergo CT imaging are at increased risk of blood cancer, according to a team of investigators from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.

November 14, 2023

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