AuntMinnie | Appropriateness criteria developed in 2009 by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) performed "fairly well" for certain indications, reducing the number of inappropriate imaging exams, according to a study presented at ASNC's annual meeting in...
DiagnosticImaging | Johns Hopkins researchers reviewing a decade of patient records of those who underwent spinal angiography found the procedure to be safe and effective, they reported online this week in the journal Neurology. The procedure, an X-ray of the blood vessels near the spinal cord,...
imagingBiz | While the volume of CT scans administered in emergency rooms have increased dramatically in recent years, a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine links such an increase to fewer hospital admissions. According to the study, the use of CT scans in...
AuntMinnie | Maximum standardized uptake values on PET/CT scans can help predict prognosis in breast cancer patients with bone metastases, but other PET/CT values could be even more useful, according to research presented last week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Breast Cancer...
DiagnosticImaging | Blood flow abnormalities in the brains of veterans with Gulf War illness have persisted 20 years and in some cases have gotten worse, according to a new arterial spin labeled (ASL) MRI study published online in the journal Radiology. Gulf War illness is a...