Abdominal Imaging: Page 16

AAA gets orphan drug status

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA) has received orphan drug designation status for gallium-68 DOTATATE.

March 4, 2014

X-ray works for identifying drug mules

By Rebekah Moan

Digital radiography (DR) is a good tool for detecting cases of methamphetamine body packers, according to a new study in the British Journal of Radiology. But the unique nature of such radiography studies may call for additional training when radiologists are called to interpret images of suspected drug carriers.

February 13, 2014

For reliable radiation dose data, RIS/PACS works best

By Erik L. Ridley

Actual patient radiation dose data extracted from RIS/PACS databases are far more reliable than commonly used self-reported patient dose surveys that are based on average-sized patients and typical scanner parameters, researchers from Western Australia have found.

February 10, 2014

iPhone facilitates second opinions for on-call radiologists

By Erik L. Ridley

On-call radiology residents can reliably use a smartphone to get after-hours advice from more experienced or specialized radiologists on challenging CT cases for the diagnosis of appendicitis, Korean researchers recently reported.

January 19, 2014

Multislice CT detects liver transplant complications

By Rabia Mughal

Multislice CT is a noninvasive and accurate way to detect postoperative complications in liver transplant recipients and the best option for confirming vascular complications, according to a study from Dr. Omar Abdelaziz and colleagues at Cairo University.

January 5, 2014

In a pinch, sonographers can handle emergency abdominal US

By Erik L. Ridley

When radiologists are unavailable to provide final reports in a timely fashion, sonographers are capable of providing interpretations of abdominal ultrasound studies in an emergency setting, according to Australian research published online in Radiography.

January 2, 2014

Median signs contracts for 2 hepatocellular research trials

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Imaging software developer Median Technologies said it has secured a deal to manage medical images in two phase II clinical trials for hepatocelluar carcinoma.

November 26, 2013

PET/MRI could be alternative to PET/CT for liver lesions

By Wayne Forrest

PET/MRI is more than adequate in characterizing liver lesions and provides greater lesion conspicuity than PET/CT, offering clinicians a powerful alternative for oncology imaging, according to a German study published in the November issue of the European Journal of Radiology.

October 30, 2013

Doctors are not informing patients of overdiagnosis risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Patients are not being told about the possibility of overdiagnosis and overtreatment as a result of cancer screening programs, and many say they wouldn't start a screening program if the overdiagnosis rate is too high, according to a German survey of patients in the U.S.

October 27, 2013

ESUR updates guidelines on acute pelvic pain during pregnancy

By Rebekah Moan

The European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) has updated its guidelines regarding acute abdominal and pelvic pain during pregnancy. The group found that ultrasound and MRI are still the preferred modalities for this indication, among other conclusions.

September 26, 2013

ESOI plans oncology workshop in Germany

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Oncologic Imaging (ESOI) plans to hold an oncology workshop 22-23 November in Hohenkammer, Germany.

September 19, 2013

Beware of the dreaded 'Psneaky Pseudolesions' on CT

By Philip Ward

Pseudolesions can easily be misread as true lesions on CT, and to prevent unnecessary investigations, it's essential for everybody -- particularly trainees -- to become more aware about how to spot them, noted the most viewed e-poster presented at the 2013 European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology congress.

August 13, 2013

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