Abdominal Imaging: Page 5

Dutch team advocates elastography for liver fibrosis imaging
By Amerigo Allegretto
Investigators from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands reported at RSNA 2021 that point shear-wave elastography is accurate and reliable for measuring liver elasticity in chronic liver disease patients who present with fibrosis.
December 12, 2021
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Is low-dose CT adequate to diagnose appendicitis?
By Kate Madden Yee
Investigators from Finland have found appendicitis can be diagnosed with a low-dose CT protocol just as well as with CT at a standard radiation dose. Low-dose CT can also differentiate between cases that may require surgery, they said.
November 23, 2021
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Akhan speaks on interventional radiology's role in pancreas
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
What does the future hold for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer? How is the role of interventional radiology evolving? Prof. Okan Akhan, from Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey, has addressed these questions in a free podcast from the British Institute of Radiology.
October 31, 2021
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Colorectal cancer diagnoses fell by 40% during COVID-19 pandemic
By Kate Madden Yee
The number of diagnosed colorectal cancer cases fell by 40% during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, most likely because people postponed colon screening exams. This could lead to a surge in advanced disease, according to Spanish researchers.
October 3, 2021
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Spotlight falls on abdominal ultrasound delays
By Erik L. Ridley
A seven-month delay in completing a referral for an abdominal ultrasound scan was "unacceptable" in a case involving a woman later found to have neuroendocrine cancer, according to a report by the New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner.
September 28, 2021
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Deep learning gives boost to hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis
By Erik L. Ridley
Researchers have trained a deep-learning model to detect hepatocellular carcinoma on contrast-enhanced liver CT using over 7,500 patients. The algorithm -- called HCCNet -- yielded statistically comparable accuracy to three experienced radiologists.
August 10, 2021
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Keeping aware of renal complications can help save lives
By Philip Ward
Prompt recognition of the complications from renal interventions is vital -- particularly given the potential threat to life -- and building up a greater understanding of early and delayed complications can allow radiologists to direct the management of patients, new research has found.
July 19, 2021
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Advanced CT can help assess outcome in abdominal surgery
By Kate Madden Yee
A novel Dutch study involving 369 patients with ventral hernias who underwent abdominal wall reconstruction has shown that preoperative CT helps predict the complexity and outcomes of abdominal surgery more accurately than surgeons' judgment.
July 7, 2021
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Lung ultrasound can pinpoint congestion in hemodialysis patients
By Amerigo Allegretto
Scientists from the National Research Council of Italy have found patients with end-stage kidney disease who underwent lung ultrasound showed significantly less frequent episodes of decompensated heart failure and major cardiovascular events.
June 10, 2021
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Sometimes it's better for everyone if we just do nothing
By Dr. Chris Hammond
Specialties like interventional radiology exist almost entirely in the context of doing procedures rather than managing patient pathways, but it may be in everybody's interests not to intervene at all. Occasionally inaction really is preferable, writes Dr. Chris Hammond.
May 26, 2021
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Echosens launches upgrade
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
French ultrasound technology developer Echosens announced it has launched SmartExam, an upgrade to its FibroScan product, a noninvasive diagnostic tool for measuring liver fat and stiffness.
May 12, 2021
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Low-dose CT effective for diagnosing colonic diverticulitis
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A low-dose protocol of intravenous contrast-enhanced 2-mSv CT is comparable to conventional-dose CT for diagnosing right colonic diverticulitis, according to new research.
April 11, 2021
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