Advanced Visualization: Page 117

CARS report: Fuzzy theory yields sharper CTA images

By Eric Barnes

BARCELONA - Coronary CT angiography isn't as easy to perform as it could be, according to Chunliang Wang, who discussed the problem of hidden coronary arteries and introduced a novel segmentation method that might make them easier to examine at the 2008 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.

June 26, 2008

Siemens nets U.K. install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare's angiography system has been selected by a U.K. lung and heart center, according to the Malvern, PA-based company.

June 24, 2008

Vital Images reaches European milestone

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization firm Vital Images has surpassed the 1,000 mark for software installations in the European market.

June 23, 2008

Radiographers perform VC with CAD -- and controversy

By Eric Barnes

A new study from London put radiographers in charge of reading virtual colonoscopy (VC) data, with their performance monitored with computer-aided detection as a second reader. The study raises the question of whether it's inappropriate -- or even dangerous -- to allow nonradiologists to screen with VC.

June 23, 2008

Voxel-based morphometry predicts rate of decline in Alzheimer's disease

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 20 - Assessment of regional atrophy using voxel-based morphometry can be used to predict the rate of decline in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the June 3 issue of Neurology.

June 19, 2008

Medicsight touts ESGAR colon CAD data

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization firm Medicsight is highlighting clinical results presented this month from a paper on its Medicsight ColonCAD technology.

June 18, 2008

Similar outcomes for patients after laparoscopic and open colorectal cancer resection

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 6 - Laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection and open colectomy provide similar long-term patient outcomes, according to a report in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

June 5, 2008

VC radiation dose holds steady overall despite dose modulation

By Eric Barnes

The radiation dose from virtual colonoscopy (VC) hasn't dropped much since the introduction of dose modulation software on CT scanners, largely because VC providers use it only half the time, according to a new study from the Netherlands, which also demonstrated significantly lower doses for VC screening protocols compared to daily practice protocols.

June 1, 2008

3D aortic MRI helps detect high-risk plaque

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 29 - Three-dimensional MRI using a 3-tesla system appears to be reliable and more accurate than transesophageal echocardiography for revealing aortic high-risk plaques in acute stroke patients, German researchers report in the May issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.

May 28, 2008

Automated polyp measurement cuts variability

By Eric Barnes

A new study from the Netherlands found that manual polyp measurements in virtual colonoscopy were a bit more accurate than an automated process based on polyp protrusion measurements. The automated scheme still came out ahead, however, because it eliminated interobserver variability.

May 20, 2008

3D/4D ultrasound prospers in Western Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Sixty-six percent of doctors who specialize in ob/gyn in Western Europe are using 3D ultrasound, according to a survey by British research firm InMedica.

May 19, 2008

New low-volume bowel cleansing solution effective, more acceptable

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 9 - For bowel cleansing before colonoscopy, a new 2-L solution of polyethylene glycol (PEG) plus ascorbic acid is as effective as the standard 4-L PEG plus electrolytes solution and is more acceptable to patients, researchers report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

May 8, 2008

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