Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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Seegene, Korean provider to develop molecular diagnostics for cancer

Seegene has entered a partnership with Samsung Medical Center to co-develop molecular diagnostics for cancer.

NEJM: Even 'normal' BMI during adolescence raises chance of CV risk

When adolescent men have elevated body mass indexes (BMI) it increases their risk for obesity-related disorders later in life, according to a study published April 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine. And despite the fact that diabetes has been linked to an increased BMI at the time of diagnosis, coronary heart disease (CHD) is associated with a heightened BMI in adolescence and in adulthood, even when BMI may be in the so called "normal" range.

ACC honors Serruys, Mortara

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) issued a Lifetime Achievement Award to Patrick W. Serruys, MD, and inducted David W. Mortara, PhD, as an honorary fellow during its annual 2011 scientific sessions this week in New Orleans.

St. Jude gains FDA approval on two ablation catheters

The FDA has approved St. Jude Medicals two new irrigated ablation catheters - the Safire Blu bi-directional irrigated ablation catheter and the Therapy Cool Path bi-directional ablation catheter.

AACR: Pre-targeted immunoPET is more specific for colon cancer

Pretargeted immunoPET with Immunomedics' TF2 and gallium-68 (68Ga)-labeled peptide is a sensitive imaging method for colon cancer and is more specific than FDG PET, according to results presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) this week in Orlando, Fla.

Health Affairs: Adverse events occur in 30% of admissions

Although the national focus has been on patient safety for more than a decade, medical errors and other adverse events occur in one-third of hospital admissionsa rate as much as 10 times higher than some estimates had indicated, according to a study in the April issue of Health Affairs.

EU project to develop nanotechnology-based systems for cancer management

A multidisciplinary SaveMe project has been launched by the European Union (EU) to develop new nanotechnology-based systems for detection, diagnosis and therapy for cancer.

AR: Online learning may trim high mammo recall rates

Web-based educational interventions may prove an effective method for improving physicians adherence to clinical guidelines, with findings published in the April issue of Academic Radiology suggesting preliminary success in helping radiologists develop realistic goals to reduce high mammography recall rates.

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