Abdominal Imaging: Page 12

Sirtex highlights research on colorectal cancer survival

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cancer treatment firm Sirtex Medical is highlighting research showing that the addition of selective internal radiation therapy to standard first-line chemotherapy may improve overall survival in metastatic colorectal cancer patients with right-sided primary tumors, compared with those receiving chemotherapy alone.

July 2, 2017

Advanced CT can boost outcomes in pancreatic cancer

Radiologists at the Technical University of Munich are using dual-energy spectral CT to improve treatment planning for pancreatic cancer patients and gain a better idea of their prognosis. They're convinced the procedure makes it much easier to see tumor boundaries.

June 5, 2017

Hybrid imaging could benefit colorectal cancer patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The combination of SPECT/CT and fluorescence imaging could help surgeons differentiate tumor tissue from normal tissue in patients with colorectal cancer, according to a paper published in the May issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

May 9, 2017

Sirtex's microspheres beat the standard for liver cancer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Sirtex Medical's SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres improve quality of life in primary liver cancer when compared with the standard treatment, a new study presented at the International Liver Congress 2017 found.

April 23, 2017

Echosens, GE collaborate on liver ultrasound

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has introduced Logiq S8 XDclear 2.0, an ultrasound system that integrates French ultrasound developer Echosens' FibroScan liver tissue quantification technology.

April 18, 2017

MRS can noninvasively detect a fatty liver

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish researchers have found that MR spectroscopy (MRS) could replace tissue biopsy to test for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to a study published online on 3 April in Gastroenterology.

April 6, 2017

Spanish deliver master class on imaging of peritoneum

By Philip Ward

What do you really need to know about imaging of peritoneal metastases? Radiologists from Barcelona, Spain, have tackled this tricky topic and collected a prestigious international prize for their efforts.

January 16, 2017

Hermes launches new liver analysis software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish nuclear medicine software developer Hermes Medical Solutions has released its Remnant liver analysis software to bring surgical planning to its hybrid viewer platform.

November 28, 2016

ESGAR prepares for annual meeting in Prague

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) is preparing for its 2016 annual meeting, which will be held on 14-17 June in Prague.

May 11, 2016

Diffusion-weighted imaging breaks new ground in abdomen

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is no longer a research tool, and radiologists should know how it works and the right way to analyze images in clinical settings. That's the view of speakers at today's session on abdominal DWI, which aims to evaluate the technical difficulties and clinical relevance of both qualitative and quantitative DWI approaches in clinical practice.

March 2, 2016

German survey shows compliance with guidelines

By Eric Barnes

Abdominal and gastrointestinal radiology practice in Germany is generally in compliance with current guidelines, according to an extensive new survey by the German Radiological Society and the Abdominal/Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Association.

February 17, 2016

CTC excels in matchup with FIT, colonoscopy

By Eric Barnes

In the first randomized trial to pit CT colonography (CTC) against the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) and conventional optical colonoscopy, FIT yielded a higher participation rate than CTC but found fewer cancers and advanced lesions, according to results published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

January 5, 2016

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