DiagnosticImaging | Increasing use of CT scanning in emergency departments has corresponded with fewer hospital admissions, according to a new study published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. A team of researchers led by Keith Kocher, MD, of the University of Michigan, assessed emergency department...
AuntMinnie | Ignoring manufacturer guidelines for imaging equipment is usually inadvisable, but Kuwaiti researchers have found that doing so for digital radiography (DR) lumbar studies can reduce radiation exposure, according to a poster presentation at last week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting. The...
DiagnosticImaging | A study assessing CT angiographs of nearly 25,000 patients presumed to be free of coronary artery disease (CAD) has shown both obstructive and nonobstructive forms of the disease to increase the risk of death. The study, published August 16 in the Journal of the...
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...
DiagnosticImaging | Optical Coherence Technology (OCT), a favored tool of eye specialists for nearly two decades, may soon be coming to an esophagus or colon near you. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an experimental imaging system that enables high-speed, three-dimensional imaging of...