Genitourinary Radiology: Page 15

Brush up on CT to unravel complications of prostatectomy
By Philip Ward
Urgent imaging is increasingly requested by urologic surgeons when postoperative complications are suspected after a prostatectomy, and correct multidetector CT techniques are particularly effective for identifying hematomas, active bleeding, and extravasated urine, Italian researchers have found.
September 16, 2013
Brush up on CT to unravel complications of prostatectomy
By Philip Ward
Urgent imaging is increasingly requested by urologic surgeons when postoperative complications are suspected after a prostatectomy, and correct multidetector CT techniques are particularly effective for identifying hematomas, active bleeding, and extravasated urine, Italian researchers have found.
September 15, 2013
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Diffusion-weighted imaging adds value in rectal cancer
By Philip Ward
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is easy to acquire, has become a fine problem-solving tool in most circumstances, and is an important complement to other sequences in oncology imaging, attendees learned in Barcelona at the 2013 European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology congress.
August 18, 2013
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SonaCare highlights U.K. urology study
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
High-intensity focused ultrasound developer SonaCare Medical is highlighting a new study published online in BJU International on the use of its Sonablate 500 system to treat prostate cancer.
July 30, 2013
Education reduces unnecessary prostate imaging in Sweden
By Kate Madden Yee
The rate of inappropriate imaging scans for low-risk prostate cancer patients in Sweden fell dramatically in the decade following an education effort to curb such tests, according to a study published online on 23 July in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
July 23, 2013
Elekta gets CE Mark for prostate motion monitoring
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has received a CE Mark for its Clarity 4D monitoring system.
July 18, 2013
Women with kidney, bladder cancers are not promptly diagnosed
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
As many as 700 women in England with symptoms of kidney or bladder cancer are not receiving prompt diagnosis and treatment of their condition every year, according to a study published online on June 24 in BMJ Open.
June 23, 2013
Simultaneous PET/MRI most accurate for image alignment
By Wayne Forrest
In a comparison of hybrid imaging modalities, simultaneous whole-body PET/MRI is more accurate than retrospectively fused PET and MR images in abdominal organs and better than PET/CT in the urinary bladder, according to a German study published online on 8 May in Radiology.
May 19, 2013
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Pelvic RT cuts risk for secondary prostate cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Men who receive pelvic radiotherapy to treat a primary cancer have a significantly lower risk of developing prostate cancer as a second cancer, according to a study of more than 550,000 men published in the April issue of Cancer Epidemiology.
March 28, 2013
Free breathing recommended for MRI-guided radiotherapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
Free breathing by patients can reliably reduce uncertainty in tumor position caused by respiratory motion during MRI-guided radiation therapy procedures on the kidney, according to Dutch researchers.
March 28, 2013
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Spanish collect top ECR award for work on prostate MRI at 3T
By Philip Ward
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a powerful noninvasive imaging method that can provide useful qualitative and quantitative information about tumor cellularity and tissue structure in prostate cancer, and permits detecting and staging prostate carcinoma, noted a Spanish team in prize-winning research presented at ECR 2013.
March 17, 2013
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SonaCare debuts HIFU products in Milan
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) developer SonaCare Medical will showcase two new products at the annual congress of the European Association of Urology in Milan from 15 to 19 March.
March 14, 2013
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