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Manually establishing the corresponding locations in opposing datasets can be challenging, potentially prolonging interpretation time and possibly engendering reader error,” Slabaugh said. The researchers addressed this problem with a novel prone-supine registration algorithm to facilitate interpretation. Automating the task of matching prone and supine virtual colonoscopy datasets will aid polyp characterization and facilitate interpretation.
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Dr. Alexander Whitley, PhD, and colleagues explained what they faced and how they delivered treatment. The hospital had a CT simulator with an 85-cm bore size and a 60-cm scan field-of-view, with a table that could support patients weighing up to 650 lb. The patients’ girth resulted in poor-quality images, but they were adequate enough to plan setup based on bony landmarks.
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The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) is asking the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to consider the ways in which cutting physician payments could affect access to healthcare and patient outcomes.
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Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the world, and only about 15 percent of cases are diagnosed at an early stage, when it’s most treatable.
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“Discussion of risks related to radiation dose from medical imaging procedures should be accompanied by acknowledgment of the benefits of the procedures. Risks of medical imaging at effective doses below 50 mSv (milliSieverts) for single procedures or 100 mSv for multiple procedures over short time periods are too low to be detectable and may be nonexistent,” said the statement released by the AAPM. “Predictions of hypothetical cancer incidence and deaths in patient populations exposed to such low doses are highly speculative and should be discouraged.”
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Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT and FDG-PET/CT can provide additional information to evaluate and confirm how well melanoma patients respond to immune-modulated and antiangiogenic cancer therapy, according to researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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In The News 01.10.12
Device spots melanoma cell by cell
Early detection of melanoma, the most aggressive skin cancer, is critical because melanoma will spread rapidly throughout the body. Now, University of Missouri researchers are one step closer to melanoma cancer detection at the cellular level, long before tumors have a chance to form.
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Early outcomes of men treated with proton therapy for prostate cancer suggest that it is a safe and effective treatment, according to two studies published in the January 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
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When compared with comparable insured persons, nonelderly uninsured and Medicaid patients received fewer services in the ED (8% and 10%, respectively), even after the researchers adjusted for severity of their healthcare episode. The study showed similar results for the value of imaging services received (13% and 19%).
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“This new technology offers fast, high-quality 3D imaging of the breast and is an important new tool in our arsenal to detect breast cancer early when it is treatable. It makes breast tumors easier to see in dense breast tissue,” Dr. Plecha says.
New Data Shows Decline in Medical Imaging Utilization
A new analysis of Medicare data finds that spending on medical imaging continues to decline and that Medicare patients are receiving fewer imaging procedures. Learn More
MITA Now Includes Radiopharmaceutical Industry in Membership
With new membership MITA unites both halves of nuclear medicine. Learn More
CT Lung Cancer Screening Named Top Five Advance in 2011
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) named CT-based lung cancer screening amongst 2011’s top five advances in its annual report on progress against cancer. Learn More
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