Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), the leading international professional society dedicated to research, education and clinical excellence in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT), has named Dr. Raman Dusaj and Dr. Thomas Smith the recipients of the fourth annual Young Investigator Award...

Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS)-an intensive five-day course offered by the Society of Interventional Radiology Oct. 24-28 in Dallas, Texas-provides interventional radiologists, neurointerventionalists, vascular neurologists and fellows-in-training with the unique educational opportunity to review, observe and discuss all aspects of acute stroke management...

Computed tomographic colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is not cost-effective if reimbursed at the same rate as colonoscopy, according to a study published online July 27 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in people over the age of 65, and there are several screening methods used to detect it...

The short-lived radioactive isotopes used in hospitals and in research in Denmark, are something that the scientists here at Riso DTU know a great deal about. From 25-28 July Riso is hosting the 13th workshop on "Targetry and Target Chemistry." The workshop has been held since 1985 at leading research institutions in Europe and North America with two-year intervals...

Patients with deadly glioblastomas who received high doses of radiation that hit a portion of the brain that harbors neural stem cells had double the progression-free survival time as patients who had lower doses or no radiation targeting the area, a study from the Radiation Oncology Department at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found...

A new system that utilizes a precise a GPS-like system to track prostate cancer tumors is now being offered to patients undergoing radiation therapy at Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute...

A study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that 31 radiologists who reviewed the CT scans used in a medical malpractice lawsuit did not agree with the conclusions reached by four paid medical expert witnesses in the case...

The risk of stillbirth or neonatal death among the offspring of women who had survived childhood cancer and had received radiation therapy (radiotherapy) when they were children, is higher compared to other women, says a report published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancer...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is soliciting proposals for participation in the Medicare Imaging Demonstration (MID)...

A recent questionnaire submitted to a group of patients at one of the nation's largest general hospitals suggests that a significant number of patients, who have previously refused colorectal cancer screening, are willing to undergo computed tomography colonography (CTC) (or virtual colonoscopy), but not willing to pay for the exam themselves when not covered by insurance, acco...

A new approach to processing X-ray data could lower by a factor of ten or more the amount of radiation patients receive during cone beam CT scans, report researchers from the University of California, San Diego. Cone beam CT plays an essential role in image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), a state-of-the-art cancer treatment...

Siemens has enhanced its digital radiography systems with technology that produces a soft tissue image of the chest. Riverain Medical's SoftView Enhanced Chest Imaging technology automatically suppresses the ribs and clavicles to improve the visibility of soft tissue structures in the lungs, allowing the physician to interpret pulmonary nodules with greater certainty...

Perfusion CT scanning, an emerging imaging technology, got a bad rap last year when a machine set to incorrect radiation levels overdosed hundreds of people in Los Angeles...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and affiliated VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System are the first in the U.S. to perform a specialized PET/CT scan to successfully locate the presence of tumors. The improved imaging allows surgeons to more easily locate and remove cancerous tumors, according to Ronald Walker, M.D., professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences...

Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, one of the leading paediatric teaching centres in the country, has installed an interventional imaging system and combined fluoroscopy and radiography unit from Siemens Healthcare to strengthen its imaging services for young patients. The Artis zee™ Multipurpose interventional system will be used for angiograms, venous and barium studies...

BSD Medical Corporation ("BSD" or "Company") (NASDAQ: BSDM) reported presentation of a clinical study being conducted at Duke University on the use of hyperthermia, delivered using the BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System, combined with chemotherapy to treat bladder cancer patients who have failed standard therapy...

As warnings and concern increase over the health risks of commonly used scanning tests involving high doses of radiation, radiologists and scientists are seeking ways to improve the safety of the tools they use in diagnosing disease...

Although the standard practice of treating patients with advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma using radiation and chemotherapy may reduce cancer deaths compared to patients treated with radiation alone, non-cancer related deaths and toxicity problems have been shown to increase, according to a recent study published online in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute...

Radiation similar to that used to treat cancer may someday help clean up environmental disasters such as the Gulf oil spill and detect explosive powder hidden underneath clothing...

Next week the city of Philadelphia will host the 52nd annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the premier organization in medical physics, a broadly-based scientific and professional discipline encompassing physics principles and applications in medicine and biology...