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Survey finds Irish more positive on CT lung screening
By James Brice
A survey of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Republic of Ireland suggests that better access to healthcare and more firsthand experience with CT may explain why they expressed a greater willingness to undergo low-dose CT lung cancer screening than current and former smokers in the U.S.
June 7, 2012
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VATS goes hand in hand with CT lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
More than 80% of lung cancer resections could be performed successfully with video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), sparing the pain and cost of more invasive options, according to a new study in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.
May 23, 2012
Advanced radiotherapy gives extra hope to elderly in lung cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Advanced radiotherapy techniques are attributed to improvements in survival of elderly lung cancer patients in the Netherlands, according to a new study published online on 2 May in Annals of Oncology.
May 3, 2012
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PET can prove effective for measuring tumor vascularity
By Wayne Forrest
To better assess the efficacy of drugs in early tumor response in clinical trials involving novel cancer therapeutics through PET imaging, researchers from several European centers have proposed a series of recommendations.
May 1, 2012
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Digital chest tomosynthesis: A 'mammogram for lungs'?
By Brian Casey
Italian researchers presenting at this week's European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva believe that digital chest tomosynthesis could eventually become a "mammogram for the lungs" by enabling lung cancer screening of high-risk individuals -- at a lower cost than CT.
April 17, 2012
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Evidence gathers behind new CT reconstruction method
By Eric Barnes
An investigational raw-data-based iterative reconstruction scheme is getting high marks for image quality and dose reduction. Several research groups compared the reconstruction technique with standard filtered back-projection reconstructed images and found higher-quality images at around half the dose.
April 11, 2012
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iPad up for task of assessing pulmonary nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
The iPad can be reliably used for preliminary assessment of lung nodules, offering accurate nodule detection and localization with only slightly longer image reading times than a conventional workstation, according to research presented at last week's European Congress of Radiology in Vienna.
March 11, 2012
Riverain debuts new software at ECR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection software developer Riverain Technologies debuted its ClearRead Compare temporal comparison software in Vienna at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 4, 2012
PET/MR performs well in assessing pulmonary masses
By Erik L. Ridley
VIENNA - PET/MR is a feasible technique that yields diagnostic image quality in evaluating lung masses, according to results presented at a Monday scientific session of the European Congress of Radiology.
March 4, 2012
Low-dose MBIR beats ASIR recon in most image-quality categories
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - The new model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) technique handily outperformed adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) in one of the first head-to-head series, researchers reported on Saturday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 3, 2012
Keep aware of lung nodules to avoid malpractice claims
By Philip Ward
VIENNA - CT plays a critical role as an imaging biomarker for pulmonary nodules, and it can also help determine patient management, according to Dr. Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, associate professor of radiology at Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
March 2, 2012
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CT perfusion plus PET/CT aids lung cancer diagnosis
By Eric Barnes
Adding CT perfusion scans to routine PET/CT offers critical new information about tumor viability that can improve staging and management noninvasively in patients with suspected lung cancer, according to a study from Italy.
February 28, 2012
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