Abdominal Imaging: Page 10

U.K., Perspectum, GE invest in liver software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

UK Research and Innovation will invest 10 million pounds ($13 million U.S.) to develop artificial intelligence and scalable MRI services to diagnose liver disease.

November 5, 2018

French reveal latest thinking on pediatric liver tumors

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Masses in the liver often are difficult to diagnose and manage in adults, but they pose extra challenges in children, and radiologists must be resourceful and imaginative when using the various techniques for their workup, delegates heard at the recent French radiology congress.

October 21, 2018

Can an AI algorithm triage routine abdominal CT exams?

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can be highly sensitive and specific for identifying acute findings on abdominal CT scans enabling radiologists to prioritize reading of those urgent exams, Swiss researchers reported in an article published online on 7 September in Investigative Radiology.

September 12, 2018

Check-Cap shares research results for new C-Scan system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Colon capsule developer Check-Cap said that interim results from an ongoing multicenter clinical investigation of version 3 of its C-Scan system showed promising results for polyp detection.

September 3, 2018

Opinion: Inappropriate use of abdominal x-rays

By Dr. Toni Anderson

Many requests for abdominal x-rays don't ask a clear question of the interpreting radiologist, and some requests aren't even clinically indicated. Dr. Toni Anderson from Dublin has studied this issue and shares her experiences.

August 5, 2018

Ultrasound identifies alcohol-induced liver disease

By Kate Madden Yee

Using ultrasound to identify liver damage in alcoholic patients helps inform treatment decisions in this population and may even lead to improved prognoses, according to a study published online in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

August 1, 2018

Audit shows 25% of abdominal x-ray requests are inappropriate

By Philip Ward

A new audit of 200 consecutive requests for abdominal x-rays found that more than a quarter of referrals are wide of the mark, with general practitioners being the worst offenders, delegates learned at this month's U.K. Radiological and Radiation Oncology Congress in Liverpool.

July 10, 2018

ESGAR meeting attendance continues to soar in 2018

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) reported a total of 1,436 participants from 60 different countries at its 2018 annual meeting in Dublin.

July 1, 2018

Elastography for liver disease could replace biopsies

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new ultrasound technique called time-harmonic elastography could help clinicians diagnose liver disease, and even replace the need for liver biopsies, according to research published in Radiology.

June 18, 2018

Value of AAA screening drops as smoking declines

By Erik L. Ridley

Mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) has dropped sharply over the past two decades, thanks to lower smoking rates -- and this trend is reducing the value of ultrasound AAA screening programs, according to a large Swedish study published in Lancet.

June 15, 2018

How best to deal with renal trauma

By Philip Ward

Researchers from Dublin have described precisely how to optimize CT protocols for detecting injuries to the renal parenchyma, vasculature, and collecting system, and they have also elaborated on CT findings and management options for each grade of injury.

June 4, 2018

Augmented reality, AI algorithms bolster liver surgery

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from Germany have developed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that can generate a 3D liver model from MRI or CT scans. They examined these 3D models to plan liver cancer surgery and also projected them onto the patient intraoperatively using augmented reality software.

May 30, 2018

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