Abdominal Imaging: Page 17

How molecular techniques can transform abdominal oncology

By Philip Ward

Molecular imaging is enhancing assessment of therapy response and facilitating risk-adapted, personalized therapy in malignancies. Moreover, research on exploiting the specific molecular features of tumors can translate into better clinical care.

August 11, 2013

French study underlines CT's superiority in detecting cocaine

By Philip Ward

CT should be systematically performed to ensure safe hospital discharge of cocaine body packers, given the failure of abdominal x-ray to detect gastrointestinal cocaine packets, new research from France has concluded.

July 15, 2013

French expert shows how to succeed after bariatric surgery

By Philip Ward

Upper gastrointestinal radiography and CT are vital to assess complications after bariatric surgery, but reading these examinations is not easy and understanding the surgical techniques is essential, French researchers have found.

July 10, 2013

HCC update: Put at-risk patients in surveillance program

By Philip Ward

Patients at risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) should be enrolled in an ultrasound surveillance program, noted Irish researchers in an award-winning e-poster presented at the 2013 European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology annual meeting in Barcelona.

July 1, 2013

ESGAR 2013 attendance surges

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Attendance at the 2013 European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) meeting last week in Barcelona climbed sharply from the 2012 conference.

June 13, 2013

Women can start colon cancer screening later than men

By Eric Barnes

Women can be screened for colorectal cancer five to 10 years later than men, according to an Italian study published on June 11 in Cancer. The different findings for men and women in more than 7,000 patients could eventually translate into different screening recommendations based on gender, the investigators wrote.

June 9, 2013

Colorectal cancer diagnostic network shows promise

By Erik L. Ridley

A regional network that links colorectal diagnostic experts is getting underway in Sweden, and researchers have high hopes it will lead to improved quality of radiological reporting in preoperative imaging of colorectal cancer patients, thus providing more patient-oriented care.

May 27, 2013

Simultaneous PET/MRI most accurate for image alignment

By Wayne Forrest

In a comparison of hybrid imaging modalities, simultaneous whole-body PET/MRI is more accurate than retrospectively fused PET and MR images in abdominal organs and better than PET/CT in the urinary bladder, according to a German study published online on 8 May in Radiology.

May 19, 2013

Even on a tight budget, CT enteroclysis can prove effective

By Philip Ward

A modified CT enteroclysis technique, performed with widely available and affordable infusion equipment and enteral contrast, can obtain diagnostic-quality images of small-bowel distention, South African researchers have reported in the European Journal of Radiology.

May 16, 2013

Echosens gets FDA clearance for FibroScan

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French ultrasound technology developer Echosens has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its FibroScan ultrasound elastography system.

April 15, 2013

Free intra-abdominal gas requires careful investigation

By Philip Ward

It's vital to understand how the anatomy affects the distribution of free gas within the peritoneal and extraperitoneal regions and use this to determine the most likely site of perforation, award-winning researchers from Malta and the U.K. have found.

April 14, 2013

Prone-supine matching algorithm shows high accuracy in CTC

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - U.K. researchers have developed an accurate matching algorithm to deal with the gnarly problem of integrating prone and supine CT colonography (CTC) datasets, according to a presentation at ECR 2013.

March 10, 2013

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