Abdominal Imaging: Page 21

Splenic volume software offers speed, objectivity
By Erik L. Ridley
A software tool can accurately offer automated detection and segmentation of the spleen on CT scans of malignant lymphoma patients, yielding volume measurements that correlate highly with other volumetry techniques, researchers from the University Hospital Erlangen in Germany have found.
April 22, 2012
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Image fusion aids assessment of gut motility
By Philip Ward
Fusion of single photon emission CT and MR images, along with sequential gamma images, can improve the assessment of segmental gastrointestinal transit time by facilitating accurate delineation of the tracer anatomically, researchers from Malaysia and the U.K. have found.
April 15, 2012
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MR enterography compares favorably to endoscopy, histology
By Eric Barnes
MR enterography is both sensitive and specific for the detection of Crohn's disease compared to both endoscopy and histology, and should be used in place of other methods in young patients when it's feasible to do so, according to a study in the European Journal of Radiology.
April 10, 2012
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Video capsule endoscopy transforms small bowel imaging
By Philip Ward
Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) surpasses CT enterography and CT enteroclysis in detecting flat, small bowel lesions, but retrospective VCE and CT enterography findings in obscure bleeding need further evaluation, and an unbiased comparison of the two procedures is still needed.
April 3, 2012
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London Clinic approved for colorectal cancer trial
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Advanced Therapies Center of the London Clinic has received approval from the U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to initiate a phase II clinical trial to treat metastatic colorectal cancer.
April 1, 2012
CT colonography delivers in laparoscopy planning
By Eric Barnes
Italian researchers are adding a new indication for CT colonography after finding that it outperformed conventional colonoscopy for planning laparoscopic surgery in patients with colorectal cancer or complicated diverticular disease. They presented their results at the recent European Congress of Radiology.
April 1, 2012
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What companies don't tell you about screening
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Private companies that offer health screening services come under the microscope in articles published this week in the British Medical Journal.
March 27, 2012
Radiographers' role in CT colonography comes under scrutiny
By Rebekah Moan
Radiographers have a greater capacity for triaging extracolonic findings at CT colonography after training, but they may still not be of significant support to radiologists, Dutch researchers said at the recent European Congress of Radiology.
March 27, 2012
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GE promotes ECR CT contrast media study
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is touting a French study in which an abdominal CT scanning protocol used less radiation dose and less contrast agent. Results were presented at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.
March 4, 2012
3D or not 3D? No longer a question in liver imaging
By Frances Rylands-Monk
VIENNA - The gap between reality and virtuality in liver imaging appears to be narrowing. At Friday's New Horizon's session at the European Congress of Radiology, attendees took a journey through time and space with four expert speakers.
March 2, 2012
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Interactivity creates a buzz in acute abdomen session
By Frances Rylands-Monk
VIENNA - Which modality do you think comes with highest radiation exposure? That was the first question posed at yesterday's interactive teaching session E3 220 on acute abdominal inflammatory disorders. Delegates paused to watch the yellow countdown bar, as speaker Dr. Christian Hohl waited for an answer.
March 1, 2012
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Imaging and therapy specialists combine to combat rectal cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
VIENNA - The odds are unpleasantly high that a rectal cancer diagnosis will be a death sentence. Advanced imaging techniques, however, are offering new hope to both low-risk and high-risk patients. Radiologists collaborating with radiation oncologists have the potential to make a world of difference for these patients.
March 1, 2012
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