Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 3

U.K. guidelines endorse FibroScan for primary care use

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French ultrasound developer Echosens said that the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published diagnostic guidance recommending the use of its FibroScan️ ultrasound technology for assessing liver fibrosis and cirrhosis outside secondary and specialist care.

June 8, 2023

Check-Cap lays off 90% of workforce

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Israeli firm Check-Cap, a developer of an investigational swallowable low-dose x-ray capsule for colon cancer screening, is reevaluating its strategic business plan and has laid off 90% of its staff.

June 6, 2023

Voyageur promotes results from CT barium contrast study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Voyageur is highlighting the findings of a study that compared the performance of its SmoothX barium contrast to Readi-Cat 2 for CT exams of patients with dysphagia.

April 13, 2023

HistoSonics highlights first patient treated in CAIN trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

HistoSonics has announced that the first kidney cancer patient has been treated in Leeds, U.K., using the company's histotripsy platform.

March 30, 2023

U.K. team uses imaging to study sleep and obesity

By Will Morton

A study using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scans to image obese patients suggests that increases in visceral body fat may be associated with an individual's quality of sleep, particularly duration, researchers from a top London facility have reported.

March 26, 2023

France's Echosens gets approval to expand use of FibroScan

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Paris-based Echosens has secured clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for expanded screening use of the company's FibroScan liver management technology.

March 23, 2023

Strain elastography shows liver stiffness in long-COVID patients

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasonic strain elastography shows higher liver stiffness measures in recovered long COVID-19 patients, researchers from Turkey told ECR 2023 attendees. As COVID-19 runs its course, liver enzymes may be elevated and liver insufficiency can develop, they said.

March 12, 2023

Microwave ablation effective in treating thyroid microcarcinoma

By Amerigo Allegretto

Microwave ablation can effectively treat papillary thyroid microcarcinoma using ultrasound to identify capsular invasion -- an approach which has been typically avoided due to safety concerns, suggests new research.

March 9, 2023

Top tips on setting up, organizing, future-proofing a CTC service

By Philip Ward

A multidisciplinary group in the U.K. has released a free-to-download 18-page document about the practical aspects of running a successful CT colonography (CTC) clinic and planning for the future.

January 16, 2023

Researchers seek clarity on PET/CT's role in gastric cancer

By Philip Ward

Gallium-68 (Ga-68)-04 and F-18 FDG dual-tracer PET/CT are of equal value for initial evaluation of distant metastases from gastric cancer, but Ga-68 fibroblast-activation protein inhibitor-04 PET/CT shows limited sensitivity in detecting early gastric cancer, a new study has found.

December 20, 2022

Fast acquisition techniques can reduce SPECT/CT bone scan times

By Will Morton

Whole-body SPECT/CT bone scan times to detect metastatic tumors in prostate cancer patients could be cut by half with the use of faster acquisition techniques, authors from Finland have stated.

December 19, 2022

MRI-targeted prostate biopsies can drastically cut overdiagnosis

By Kate Madden Yee

A new approach to prostate cancer biopsy based on targeted MRI rather than systemic ultrasound shows promise for reducing overdiagnosis by up to half, Swedish scientists stated on 8 December in the New England Journal of Medicine.

December 11, 2022

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