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Digital tomo can guide lung stereotactic body radiotherapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
Image guidance using motion-compensated digital tomosynthesis has the potential to improve targeting accuracy during treatment of lung cancer patients, according to researchers from The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam.
November 14, 2013
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International Day of Radiology events unveiled
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The organizers of the International Day of Radiology have confirmed their series of events to be held on 8 November.
October 28, 2013
Bone suppression tool can cut missed pulmonary nodules
By Philip Ward
Bone suppression computer-aided detection software can provide a significant boost for diagnosis of pulmonary nodules, especially those of moderate and subtle conspicuity, Dutch researchers have reported.
October 2, 2013
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Europe has own agenda for lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
In the U.S., lung cancer screening seems to have made great strides in the space of a few months, but Europe still has plenty of work ahead before it can implement population-wide screening -- perhaps as long as four years, according to a new article in the Lancet.
September 2, 2013
Mediterranean diet cuts risk in lung cancer screening subjects
By Eric Barnes
Validating the advice of your health food store clerk (and possibly your Italian grandmother), a new study in the Annals of Oncology has found that several components of the Mediterranean diet are associated with significant reductions in the incidence of lung cancer in thousands of CT screening subjects.
August 26, 2013
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Study: Too few clinicians give chest x-ray details on CT requests
By Philip Ward
Emergency teams are particularly poor at documenting chest x-ray findings on request forms for CT, but when details are included, there is usually good correlation between accident and emergency departments and radiology reports, according to an audit reported at the 2013 U.K. Radiological Congress.
August 21, 2013
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BMJ: Human transmission of new bird flu virus reported
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A study published on 6 August in BMJ reports on the first probable person-to-person transmission of the new avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in eastern China.
August 6, 2013
Software can boost analysis of ground-glass lung nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
Prototype software developed by Fraunhofer MeVis has potential for computer-aided segmentation and measurement of ground-glass lung nodules on chest CT, Dutch researchers have found in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
July 28, 2013
Middle East respiratory syndrome spreads in Europe
By Philip Ward
A total of 90 confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) have now been reported worldwide, including 45 deaths. All patients have been linked to four Middle Eastern countries, but cases have also emerged in Europe, researchers report in an article in Lancet Infectious Diseases.
July 24, 2013
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Air pollution tied to lung cancer, heart disease
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Air pollution, even at relatively modest levels seen in some cities, is significantly related to hospitalization for heart disease and the development of lung cancer, according to a pair of studies released today in Lancet and Lancet Oncology.
July 9, 2013
H7N9 bird flu pneumonia scans show common imaging findings
By Eric Barnes
A new bird flu strain known as influenza H7N9 appeared in China this year and quickly took a number of human victims. An article in Radiology published on Tuesday includes some of the first radiologic images of the effects of the virus, revealing typical patterns of progression and regression on CT scans and radiographs of the chest.
July 4, 2013
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PET/MRI holds its own with PET/CT in lung cancer staging
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/MRI shows similar performance to FDG-PET/CT for lymph node staging in lung cancer, with "substantial" reader agreement in determining tumor staging, according to a study published online on June 14 in European Radiology.
June 25, 2013
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