Chest Radiology: Page 57

Study: Lung scintigraphy tops CTA in PE
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Lung scintigraphy may be more reliable than pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) for identifying or excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnant patients, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
October 19, 2009
Further testing justified for smokers with hemoptysis and normal chest x-ray
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 12 - Clinicians should continue to evaluate smokers with hemoptysis even if the chest x-ray is normal, as nearly 10% of these patients will have malignancy, say researchers from the U.K.
October 11, 2009
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PET/CT helps speed lung cancer diagnosis
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
FDG-PET/CT can expedite the diagnosis of lung cancer in an outpatient setting, according to research from the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam.
October 1, 2009
Brazilian team marries lung CAD with PACS
By Eric Barnes
Nearly all computer-aided detection (CAD) systems in clinical use today have a major shortcoming: the need to transfer image data to a separate workstation to run CAD software, with CAD data remaining separate from the PACS images radiologists read in their normal workflow. Researchers from São Paulo may have the answer.
August 19, 2009
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New guidelines for resuscitating children recommended
By Cynthia E. Keen
Two new clinical studies used CT to determine that European guidelines for setting the depth of chest compression when resuscitating children may be more accurate than those followed in the U.S. The U.S. guidelines actually could lead to injury in children, researchers say.
July 23, 2009
High-pitch cardiothoracic CTA skips breath-holds and high doses
By Eric Barnes
A new way to use CT angiography (CTA) to scan fast-moving targets -- such as fidgety children and grown-ups with rapid heartbeats -- is becoming routine at a hospital in France.
July 6, 2009
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PET/CT improves preoperative staging of non-small cell lung cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 2 - Combined positron-emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) improves the staging of non-small cell lung cancer and also reduces the numbers of total and futile thoracotomies, Danish researchers report in the July 2 New England Journal of Medicine.
July 1, 2009
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FDG-PET/CT predicts radiation-induced lung toxicity
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
FDG-PET/CT exams may be able to identify lung cancer patients who are highly susceptible to developing radiation-induced lung toxicity early during radiation therapy, according to researchers at the Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
June 30, 2009
CARS report: New CAD tool follows lung nodules over time
By Eric Barnes
BERLIN - It's easy to complain about the insanity of tracking lung nodule changes in multiple CT scans over time, but at least one group is doing something about it, according to a presentation at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.
June 29, 2009
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Dose can be reduced by 75% in pediatric chest CT exams
By Cynthia E. Keen
The radiation dose of pediatric MDCT exams can be reduced by as much as 75% without compromising the ability to detect small lung nodules in young children, according to a study published in the July issue of Academic Radiology.
June 17, 2009
Stereotactic body radiation slows lung cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 22 - Stereotactic body radiation therapy appears to be highly effective for treating certain patients with non-small cell lung cancer, providing a three-year local tumor control rate of 90% or higher with minor toxicity, Scandinavian researchers report in a May 4 online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
May 21, 2009
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CT screening has little effect on smoking habits
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 22 - The results of a study published in the May issue of Thorax suggest that CT screening has little effect on the smoking habits of patients at one-year follow-up compared with smokers who do not undergo screening. CT screening neither induces more smoking nor promotes cessation, the researchers conclude.
May 21, 2009
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