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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MR-guided US effective at zapping painful bone lesions

MR-guided focused ultrasound appears to be safe and effective for treating osteoid osteoma, according to a preliminary study published online Feb. 7 in Radiology.

Health Canada approves weight-bearing CT system

CurveBeam has received approval in Canada to sell and market pedCAT, a weight-bearing cone bone CT system for foot and ankle imaging.

From sci-fi to reality: Next-generation imaging tools

Medical technology today often seems to have been ripped straight out of science fiction lore of years past, and perhaps no other specialty provides a better showcase for the marvels of that technology than imaging.

Intermountain taps Carestream for pediatric dose reduction

Intermountain Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City has installed a Carestream DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System for imaging pediatric patients in the NICU, emergency department and throughout the hospital.

Lung cancer screening model misses 41% fewer cancers than NLST model

An update to a National Cancer Institute (NCI) lung cancer risk prediction model was found to be more sensitive than the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) criteria for lung-cancer detection, according to a study published Feb. 21 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

CT lung cancer screening could prevent 12,000 deaths in U.S.

Complete implementation of the CT screening protocol used in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) could avert 12,250 deaths annually in the U.S., according to a study published online Feb. 25 in CANCER. An accompanying editorial questioneed some implications of nationwide screening in the U.S.

PET tracer predicts resistance to hormone therapy for breast cancer

18F-labeled fluoromisonidazole (18F-FMISO) PET/CT can be used during breast cancer treatment planning to predict primary endocrine resistance in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive cancers, according to a study published Feb. 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Imaging’s don’t do list: 17 societies make picks

Seventeen medical specialty societies, including the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, have released lists of tests, procedures or treatments that are commonly ordered, but which are not always necessary. More than 130 tests and procedures comprise the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Choosing Wisely campaign.

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