Abdominal Imaging: Page 3

Swiss team shows PET/CT's promise in malignant melanoma cases

By Will Morton

F-18 FDG-PET/CT imaging is a better choice than ultrasound for detecting both lymph node and abdominal metastases in patients with malignant melanoma, Swiss investigators have found.

November 13, 2022

Dutch group supports ultrasound as alternative to biopsy in liver disease

By Amerigo Allegretto

Calibrated ultrasound can help with disease staging in hepatic steatosis by detecting liver fat, with results comparable to that of liver biopsy, according to researchers from Radboud UMC in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

October 25, 2022

More than a third of pancreatic cancers may be missed on CT, MRI

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiologists may be missing more than a third of pancreatic cancers on CT and MRI -- a finding that raises concern about whether patients are getting timely surgical treatment, according to a team of U.K. researchers.

October 12, 2022

NEJM: Colon cancer screening reduces mortality rates

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A study published October 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that colon cancer screening reduces mortality rates at 10-year follow-up.

October 11, 2022

How common is missed diagnosis in pancreatic cancer?

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

A new multidisciplinary study has suggested that pancreatic cancer remains a notoriously difficult diagnosis. In 600 confirmed cases of pancreatic cancer, 46 patients failed to have their cancer diagnosed through their first scan, representing a missed cancer rate of 7.7%.

October 10, 2022

NTT Data completes validation of kidney AI algorithm

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

NTT Data has validated its MaestroAI artificial intelligence (AI) software for the indication of kidney localization and abnormalities detection.

October 2, 2022

4D ultrasound reveals how fetuses respond to taste and smell

By Amerigo Allegretto

Four-dimensional ultrasound scans from a study conducted in North-East England have provided compelling evidence that fetuses react to smell and taste. Midwives plan to use the results to educate women on the need to eat healthily during pregnancy.

September 22, 2022

Attention shifts to pros and cons of pediatric teleultrasound

By Amerigo Allegretto

Researchers from Tours, France, have delivered an upbeat assessment of teleultrasound in a study that examined the use of the technology to evaluate children seen in the emergency department. The results were published in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

September 11, 2022

Ultrasound shows women with COVID history have stiffer placentas

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound elastography has highlighted differences in placental stiffness between pregnant women who recovered from COVID-19 compared with women with no history of COVID, Turkish researchers have reported.

August 28, 2022

German study provides insight on neuroendocrine tumors

By Erik L. Ridley

Body composition analysis of routine PET/CT staging exams can be used to opportunistically monitor patients with neuroendocrine tumors of a gastroenteropancreatic origin, researchers from University Hospital Essen have reported.

August 18, 2022

Novel ultrasound method can boost prostate cancer risk assessment

By Amerigo Allegretto

A nomogram prediction model that uses contrast-enhanced ultrasound can help predict prostate cancer risk, a new study has found. The authors hope the new technique will lead to a meaningful reduction in unnecessary biopsies.

August 4, 2022

Radiation dose in swallow studies comes under close scrutiny

By Will Morton

Radiologists from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, U.K., have found there is room for improvement in reducing radiation dose during barium swallow studies. They've recommended taking a fresh look at training in this area.

May 1, 2022

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