DiagosticImaging | Using lower fixed-tube current or automatic exposure control techniques when performing adult and pediatric head CT scans can reduce radiation dose and ease concern about cancer risk, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Head CTs...
HealthLeadersMedia | More than one in four of the 117,000 new jobs created in the U.S. economy in July were in healthcare, according to preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Healthcare created 31,300 new jobs for the month and 170,900 new jobs in the...
DiagnosticImaging | The Society of Nuclear Medicine has picked its 2011 Image of the Year, published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine’s August 1 edition. The image, courtesy of radiologists at Stanford University and Hospital Mãe de Deus in Brazil, show PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography)...
AuntMinnie | Despite an abundance of false-positive results, FDG-PET/CT can provide "valuable insight" into the progression of disease in HIV patients without the need for biopsy, according to a paper in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. The researchers from Boston Medical...
AuntMinnie | Researchers have developed a tool that predicts whether coronary CT angiography (CCTA) will be successful before subjecting patients to the time, expense, and risks of scanning. The authors' "uninterpretable risk score" (URS), based on both patient and scan factors, categorizes patients who are likely...