Abdominal Imaging: Page 40

Viatronix notches French installations

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization firm Viatronix reported that it has installed its V3D Colon module for virtual colonoscopy at 14 hospitals throughout France, and that it expects to install the application at additional French sites in the coming months

October 18, 2006

Two studies define role of molecular imaging, therapy in endocrine carcinoma

By Shalmali Pal

Digestive endocrine tumors would seem to be as intricate as the digestive system itself, so it's no wonder that clinicians are searching for the best imaging modality to diagnose, differentiate, and treat endocrine tumors. Two recent studies looked at how molecular imaging and therapy fared in this disease. A group from Poland evaluated endocrine cancer response to treatment with a radiolabeled somatostatin analogue, while researchers in France tested two molecular imaging techniques in endocrine cancers as a tool for diagnosis and staging.

September 13, 2006

Imaging unreliable for detection of colorectal liver cancer metastases

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 6 - A complete response on CT scan is not conclusive in assessing the presence of metastases after chemotherapy for colorectal liver metastases, French researchers report in the August 20th issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

September 5, 2006

Endoscopic capsules help pinpoint obscure GI bleeding

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 5 - Capsule endoscopy leads to significant findings in the majority of patients who underwent the procedure because of obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, Spanish researchers report in the August issue of the European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

September 4, 2006

Endoscopic resection adequate for sporadic adenoma in ulcerative colitis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 4 - Endoscopic resection is adequate treatment for sporadic adenomas that arise in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to a report in the August issue of Gut.

August 3, 2006

Model may help identify hereditary colorectal cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 29 - Researchers in the U.K. have developed a method to identify patients with colorectal cancer that have mutations in DNA mismatch-repair genes. However, carriage of such mutations did not affect survival, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine for June 29.

June 28, 2006

Swedes want to perform VC, but many lack equipment, training

By Eric Barnes

Less than a quarter of Sweden's radiology departments perform virtual colonoscopy, but not for lack of interest in the procedure, a new study finds. Rather, the lack of multidetector CT scanners and training opportunities were the top reasons for not performing VC.

May 7, 2006

VC CAD helps junior readers catch up

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy computer-aided detection (CAD) can improve sensitivity for polyp detection, especially for the inexperienced reader, according to a study from Paris.

May 3, 2006

Colon CAD: VC's extra eyes face new challenges

By Eric Barnes

Prototype colon CAD systems are proliferating, and thanks to years of painstaking development work they're doing a pretty good job, outperforming all but the best radiologists in the detection of colonic lesions. VC CAD expert Dr. Hiro Yoshida from Harvard Medical School in Boston discusses the major innovations that have produced today's complex CAD systems, and the moving target CAD developers face in keeping up with new performance standards.

August 4, 2005

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