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Serum BNP do not increase in pediatric trauma patients with serious head injuries: Report

Investigators at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have found that unlike adults, levels of serum beta-natriuretic peptide do not increase in pediatric trauma patients with serious head injuries.

9 Jul 2010

Study suggests Perfusion CT as noninvasive tool in diagnosis of hepatic toxicity

Liver damage is common in patients with tumor following chemotherapy. Although early liver damage causes no symptoms and is reversible in most patients, it occasionally progresses to more severe liver impairment, which may be irreversible, it is thus necessary to demonstrate the presence and severity of drug-related parenchymal changes.

9 Jul 2010

New information about quality of care available in America's hospitals added to new HHS website

Important new information about the quality of care available in America's outpatient and emergency departments, including how well hospitals care for patients with heart attacks and protect outpatients from surgical infections was added to the new HHS website HealthCare.gov.

8 Jul 2010

New Center for Image-Guided Intervention opened at MSKCC

Image-guided interventions are revolutionizing cancer diagnosis and treatment. MSKCC's new Center for Image-Guided Intervention (CIGI), which opened in June, offers cancer patients the most advanced, minimally invasive diagnostic and treatment options in a unique multidisciplinary setting designed to foster rapid innovations in cancer care.

7 Jul 2010

New blood test eliminates need for surgical lung biopsy for LAM diagnosis

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found that a certain blood test can successfully identify lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in some patients, eliminating the need for surgical lung biopsy to make a diagnosis.

6 Jul 2010

Report: Health spending outpaces economic growth in wealthy countries

Reuters on a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development: The increase in health spending is "piling pressure budgets already hit" by the recession and is "likely to continue rising as populations age, technology improves and public expectations grow. ... Given the urgent need to reduce their budget deficits, many OECD governments will have to make difficult choices to sustain their healthcare systems: curb the growth of public spending on health, cut spending in other areas, or raise taxes," according to the report.

1 Jul 2010

Siemens Radiation Reduction Alliance launched

In a continual commitment to patient care and radiation reduction in computed tomography (CT), Siemens Healthcare has launched SIERRA (Siemens Radiation Reduction Alliance) and has established an expert panel to advance the cause of dose reduction in CT. The new Low Dose Expert Panel includes 15 specialists in radiology, cardiology and physics, who are internationally recognized for their publications on the subject of CT dose.

29 Jun 2010

Image-guided percutaneous biopsies on the rise

Advanced imaging technologies have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward imaging-guided percutaneous-or through the skin-techniques, according to a new study appearing online and in the September print edition of the journal Radiology.

29 Jun 2010

Cell>Point completes cancer diagnostic phase 2 trial; reports favorable trends in primary tumor imaging

Cell>Point announced today that it has closed the Phase 2 portion of its Phase 2/3 trial of 99mTc-EC-G in evaluating patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

29 Jun 2010

EVISTA improves bone quality as measured by HRpQCT: IIT

Interim data from a prospective Investigator Initiated Trial presented today at the ECTS, the 37th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues, in Glasgow, demonstrates that EVISTA (raloxifene 60mg; once-daily, distributed in 34 countries by DAIICHI SANKYO), indicated for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, improves bone quality as measured by the high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography.

28 Jun 2010

Pennsylvania reports drop in hospital infections, other patient care issues include CT scans

The Pennsylvania Department of Health found that 12.5 percent fewer patients contracted infections in the state's hospitals in 2009 than a year earlier, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. But the reports shows that there were 25,914 infections in 2009. "'Though the report seems to show we're making progress, 25,914 is still a very large number and shows we still have our work cut out for us in bringing that number down,' Stephen Ostroff, the state's acting physician general, said Thursday.

25 Jun 2010

Cell>Point submits IND application for Phase 1b/2 99mTc-EC-G diagnostic trial in assessing CAD patients

Cell>Point announced today that it has submitted to the Food and Drug Administration an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for a Phase 1b/2 trial of its 99mTc-EC-G diagnostic in assessing patients with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).

23 Jun 2010

Ohio Third Frontier helps drive innovation and opportunity in biomedical industry

Ohio Third Frontier, and the strategic investments made by the program to bolster Ohio's biomedical imaging industry, serve as a national model for success and are the primary reason behind Ohio's position as a national hub for innovation and opportunity in the thriving biomedical industry.

22 Jun 2010

Imaging algorithm helps reduce cumulative radiation exposure and number of CT, CTA, perfusion studies

A large, academic medical center implemented an imaging algorithm that allowed radiologists to successfully reduce the cumulative radiation exposure and number of computed tomography (CT) angiography (CTA) and CT perfusion studies performed on patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages (a form of stroke), according to a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (www.ajronline.org).

22 Jun 2010

ASIR technique reduces already low radiation dose delivered during CTC by another 50%: Study

A newly adapted low-dose computed tomography technique called adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction can help radiologists reduce the already low radiation dose delivered during CT colonography by another 50 percent, according to a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

22 Jun 2010

Pelvic extraperitoneal IMT with malignant transformation in 14-year-old

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an uncommon benign neoplasm with locally aggressive behavior but malignant change is rare. Such a rare tumor occurring in a 14-year-old patient with clinical presentations of abdominal pain and body weight loss was seldom described before.

18 Jun 2010

Molecular imaging fusion with CT anatomy results in precise localization of parathyroid lesions: Research

SNM's 2010 Image of the Year illustrates the potential of hybrid molecular imaging to provide precise information about the location and function of a condition known as "hyperparathyroidism." Researchers selected this image from more than 1,500 studies presented over the course of four days during SNM's 57th Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City.

16 Jun 2010

CT angiography not necessary in patients suspected with pulmonary embolism

A new study suggests that computed tomography (CT) angiography might be unnecessary in many patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism (PE), based on the results of risk assessment analysis. PE risk assessment could help reduce radiation exposure and costs associated with CT angiography. The results of the study appear in the online edition and August print issue of the journal Radiology.

15 Jun 2010

Research highlights importance of CT scanning in severe asthma patients

A new study led by University of Leicester researchers at Glenfield Hospital suggests that CT scans may be the way forward for monitoring progression of severe asthma as well as checking how it is responding to treatment.

14 Jun 2010

SBUMC uses RapidArc radiotherapy technology to treat cancer patients

A breakthrough external beam radiotherapy technology that is fast, precise, and has optimal dose delivery to targeted tumors while limiting damage to surrounding normal tissue, is the latest radiotherapy weapon that cancer specialists are using at Stony Brook University Medical Center to treat patients.

11 Jun 2010

Computed Tomography News and Research

Serum BNP do not increase in pediatric trauma patients with serious head injuries: Report

Study suggests Perfusion CT as noninvasive tool in diagnosis of hepatic toxicity

New information about quality of care available in America's hospitals added to new HHS website

New Center for Image-Guided Intervention opened at MSKCC

New blood test eliminates need for surgical lung biopsy for LAM diagnosis

Report: Health spending outpaces economic growth in wealthy countries

Siemens Radiation Reduction Alliance launched

Image-guided percutaneous biopsies on the rise

Cell>Point completes cancer diagnostic phase 2 trial; reports favorable trends in primary tumor imaging

EVISTA improves bone quality as measured by HRpQCT: IIT

Pennsylvania reports drop in hospital infections, other patient care issues include CT scans

Cell>Point submits IND application for Phase 1b/2 99mTc-EC-G diagnostic trial in assessing CAD patients

Ohio Third Frontier helps drive innovation and opportunity in biomedical industry

Imaging algorithm helps reduce cumulative radiation exposure and number of CT, CTA, perfusion studies

ASIR technique reduces already low radiation dose delivered during CTC by another 50%: Study

Pelvic extraperitoneal IMT with malignant transformation in 14-year-old

Molecular imaging fusion with CT anatomy results in precise localization of parathyroid lesions: Research

CT angiography not necessary in patients suspected with pulmonary embolism

Research highlights importance of CT scanning in severe asthma patients

SBUMC uses RapidArc radiotherapy technology to treat cancer patients

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