Genitourinary Radiology: Page 14

SNMMI: PET prostate image lands Image of the Year honors
By Wayne Forrest
BALTIMORE - A PET radiotracer for prostate cancer that can be labeled with different radioisotopes for both diagnostic and therapeutic use won Image of the Year honors at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.
June 8, 2015
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Novel PET/CT tracer helps detect prostate cancer recurrence
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
German researchers are reporting early success in performing PET/CT with a novel gallium-68-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen ligand to detect prostate cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy.
May 5, 2015
CT texture analysis can help predict outcome
By Dr. Anselm Schulz
CT texture analysis of standard contrast-enhanced images in patients with colorectal liver metastases prior to treatment is showing promising results in predicting outcome before liver resection, according to Dr. Anselm Schulz from Oslo.
April 6, 2015
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BMJ: Public opinion varies on how much overdetection is acceptable
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The British have "highly variable views" about how much overdetection they would accept in cancer screening, according to a study published online March 3 in BMJ.
March 2, 2015
Siemens readies new handheld ultrasound unit for ECR
By Erik L. Ridley
Handheld ultrasound systems represent a rapidly growing segment of the ultrasound market, and prospective purchasers will soon have an additional entrant to consider. Siemens Healthcare will unveil Acuson P500, a new handheld ultrasound platform, at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.
March 1, 2015
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MRI-based prostate CAD shows high sensitivity for cancer
By Eric Barnes
An MRI-based prostate cancer computer-aided detection (CAD) system is scoring high marks for detecting intermediate-to-aggressive prostate cancers noninvasively, Dutch investigators have reported.
February 17, 2015
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Risks on rise with transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
New research from Sweden shows that risks associated with transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy are increasing, with men vulnerable to urinary tract infections and subsequent hospitalization, according to a study published online on 20 August in the Journal of Urology.
August 19, 2014
SNMMI: New PET tracer detects recurrent prostate cancer
By Wayne Forrest
German researchers have developed a new PET radiotracer that detects recurrent prostate cancer in patients with very low prostate-specific antigen levels, according to two preliminary studies presented this week at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting in St. Louis.
June 11, 2014
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SNMMI: SPECT/CT shines at sentinel lymph-node imaging
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Presurgical SPECT/CT provides more effective sentinel node imaging than lymphoscintigraphy, according to results from an international multicenter trial presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.
June 9, 2014
CADx helps characterize focal prostate lesions
By Erik L. Ridley
Thanks mostly to its ability to improve specificity, computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) software can bolster characterization of focal prostate lesions on multiparametric MRI scans, French researchers reported in the June issue of Radiology.
June 1, 2014
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Start-up firm Blue Earth Diagnostics develops prostate PET agent
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers from GE Healthcare have set out on their own with Blue Earth Diagnostics, a start-up with plans to commercialize a PET radiopharmaceutical they hope will prove more useful than FDG for detecting and assessing recurrent prostate cancer.
May 4, 2014
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SIR: Prostate artery embolization proves useful
By Eric Barnes
An emerging treatment known as prostate artery embolization for benign prostatic hyperplasia is effective and long-lasting, without causing sexual dysfunction, according to a Portuguese study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual scientific meeting.
March 27, 2014
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