Thoracic Imaging: Page 60

Study reaffirms value of chest radiography

By Brian Casey

As medical imaging goes increasingly high-tech, a new study out of the Netherlands indicates that the workhorse of radiology -- the chest x-ray -- remains a cost-effective exam that impacts patient management in a majority of cases.

August 10, 2006

High rate of unexpected lung cancers found on routine CT scans

By Jill Stein

SAN DIEGO - One-fifth of consecutive CT scans for all indications in a U.K. teaching hospital demonstrated a new malignancy, according to a study presented Monday at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) conference.

May 23, 2006

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation correction maintained long-term

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 1 - The benefits of selective embolization of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) are usually maintained over many years, as demonstrated by helical CT follow-up, investigators in France report.

April 30, 2006

3D diminution index spots lung nodules attached to blood vessels

By Eric Barnes

BERLIN - A principal limitation of lung cancer imaging is the difficulty of distinguishing lung nodules attached to blood vessels from normal blood vessels, especially in CT data. But researchers from Japan have developed a 3D feature called the diminution index, which scans the CT pulmonary blood vessel data for signs of rapidly expanding shapes that can indicate a nodule rather than a blood vessel.

June 26, 2005