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Men with high CRP have higher risk of colon cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 22 - Men with high C-reactive protein (CRP) levels may have a higher risk of colon cancer, a new report from the EPIC study suggests.

August 22, 2010

Higher-contrast mucosa and lesions don't improve colonoscopy

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 16 - Fujinon intelligent chromoendoscopy, an imaging technique designed to enhance the contrast of mucosal and vascular details, does not improve adenoma detection rates during colonoscopy, German researchers report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

August 15, 2010

Best to drink bowel prep solution in split doses: study

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 9 - Drinking the bowel prep solution in two split doses provides the best colon cleansing before colonoscopy, a large study has shown. Results were published in the August issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

August 8, 2010

Contrast US processing tool shows malignant liver lesions

By Eric Barnes

Swiss researchers have developed a real-time parametric imaging technique for distinguishing benign from malignant liver lesions easily and noninvasively using contrast-enhanced ultrasound. In its first clinical run, the method delivered high sensitivity and specificity in a patient cohort.

July 29, 2010

Minimal-prep VC gets new boost from dual-energy CT

By Eric Barnes

A new dual-energy CT electronic cleansing technique thoroughly outperformed an advanced single-source CT cleansing method in virtual colonoscopy in a recent study. The technique eliminated many common artifacts that have plagued investigational electronic cleansing techniques.

July 20, 2010

CO2 volumes higher than previous reports in VC

By Eric Barnes

Using more CO2 to insufflate the colon during virtual colonoscopy doesn't produce better distention, but patients with ileocecal valve incompetence -- most patients presenting for screening -- require more insufflation, say researchers from Ireland.

July 5, 2010

CT-based Crohn's diagnosis takes aim at endoscopy

By Eric Barnes

GENEVA - Japanese researchers hope to supplant the invasive and time-consuming process of diagnosing Crohn's disease with a CT technique that is unaffected by intestinal stenosis and other impediments to conventional endoscopic evaluation.

June 28, 2010

Dutch study quantifies factors that make PACS work

By Eric Barnes

GENEVA - If you really want to find out how well PACS is working at your facility, you can follow your heart, the advice of experts, or the data, as researchers from the Netherlands have done. They discussed their work on quantifying the factors that make PACS useful at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery meeting.

June 24, 2010

TEPR founder sees big role for small systems in healthcare

By Eric Barnes

GENEVA - Radiology's once-clandestine toys -- mobile phone apps, iPads, iPhones, and the like -- are rising up to assume a central role in healthcare delivery, according to healthcare IT expert C. Peter Waegemann at the opening session of the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery meeting on Wednesday.

June 23, 2010

Ziosoft promotes Royea

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Ziosoft has tapped Rob Royea as president of Ziosoft U.S., EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), and Asia-Pacific (outside of Japan).

June 15, 2010

Dual-energy VC aims for noninvasive polyp evaluation

By Eric Barnes

Dual-energy CT may find itself forging a new path in virtual colonoscopy by not only finding colorectal lesions but characterizing them in ways other noninvasive techniques cannot, according to a presentation at the International Society for Computed Tomography conference.

June 1, 2010

MeVis increases stake in Medis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions has increased its stake in Medis Holding to 41%.

June 1, 2010

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