Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 10

How to avoid pitfalls in interpretation of adrenal imaging

By Philip Ward

A clear understanding of the pitfalls in the performance and interpretation of adrenal CT can help prevent incorrect and inappropriate investigations, award-winning researchers from a top London facility have found. It's essential to keep aware of the full range of pseudolesions and mimics, they said.

January 14, 2019

Simulator training can improve ultrasound skills

By Kate Madden Yee

Simulator-based training shows considerable promise for improving the abdominal diagnostic ultrasound performance of radiology trainees, according to a Danish study published online on 7 January in European Radiology.

January 10, 2019

2D shear-wave elastography diagnoses cirrhosis

By Kate Madden Yee

2D shear-wave elastography is an effective tool for ruling out liver fibrosis or cirrhosis in people with chronic liver disease, German researchers wrote in a study published online on 11 December in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

December 18, 2018

Strasbourg team gazes into future of image-guided surgery

By Abraham Kim

Virtual reality and augmented reality technologies can help overcome many of the current challenges facing liver surgery and, ultimately, may optimize decision-making and treatment planning, according to new research from a leading French facility.

December 5, 2018

How can imaging reassure patients over weight loss?

By Philip Ward

Abnormal previous imaging in cases of unexplained and unintentional weight loss may be useful to fast-track patients for CT scans, but questions remain unanswered and further work must be done in this area, according to Scottish researchers.

November 12, 2018

U.K., Perspectum, GE invest in liver software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

UK Research and Innovation will invest 10 million pounds ($13 million U.S.) to develop artificial intelligence and scalable MRI services to diagnose liver disease.

November 5, 2018

French reveal latest thinking on pediatric liver tumors

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Masses in the liver often are difficult to diagnose and manage in adults, but they pose extra challenges in children, and radiologists must be resourceful and imaginative when using the various techniques for their workup, delegates heard at the recent French radiology congress.

October 21, 2018

Can an AI algorithm triage routine abdominal CT exams?

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can be highly sensitive and specific for identifying acute findings on abdominal CT scans enabling radiologists to prioritize reading of those urgent exams, Swiss researchers reported in an article published online on 7 September in Investigative Radiology.

September 12, 2018

Check-Cap shares research results for new C-Scan system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Colon capsule developer Check-Cap said that interim results from an ongoing multicenter clinical investigation of version 3 of its C-Scan system showed promising results for polyp detection.

September 3, 2018

Opinion: Inappropriate use of abdominal x-rays

By Dr. Toni Anderson

Many requests for abdominal x-rays don't ask a clear question of the interpreting radiologist, and some requests aren't even clinically indicated. Dr. Toni Anderson from Dublin has studied this issue and shares her experiences.

August 5, 2018

Ultrasound identifies alcohol-induced liver disease

By Kate Madden Yee

Using ultrasound to identify liver damage in alcoholic patients helps inform treatment decisions in this population and may even lead to improved prognoses, according to a study published online in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

August 1, 2018

Audit shows 25% of abdominal x-ray requests are inappropriate

By Philip Ward

A new audit of 200 consecutive requests for abdominal x-rays found that more than a quarter of referrals are wide of the mark, with general practitioners being the worst offenders, delegates learned at this month's U.K. Radiological and Radiation Oncology Congress in Liverpool.

July 10, 2018

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