Search Tag: CT scan
2023 18 Oct
United Imaging Healthcare Europe proudly announces that world-renowned St. Orsola University Hospital (Policlinico di Sant’Orsola) has recently decided to integrate the cutting-edge High-Resolution Digital PET/CT - uMI Vista into their comprehensive Medical Oncology Unit. Founded in 1592 as the first hospital in the city of Bolonia, St. Orsola...Read more
2023 24 Feb
A team at Wayne State University-affiliated Trinity Health Oakland Hospital have designed a new programme that tracks incidental findings on body CT. This new programme, known as The Radiology Finding Incidental Disease (FIND) Program has led to significantly boosted rates of clinician follow-up, as well as increased patient adherence to recommendations for...Read more
2020 18 May
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has now affected millions of people and caused over 250,000 deaths globally. Since the first outbreak in China in November 2019, anecdotal reports have persisted that this airborne infection affects the airways and compromises breathing. In almost every patient infected with coronavirus, lung symptoms of varying intensity...Read more
2020 26 Mar
Ultrasound might not seem an obvious weapon against COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, and its ensuing complications. Best known for helping doctors and expectant parents to view babies in utero, ultrasound sees inside the body by emitting and recording the echoes of high-frequency soundwaves. It’s similar to how bats navigate at...Read more
2020 31 Jan
Even today, finding the right balance between image quality and the radiation dose remains a core issue in medical imaging. Although medical imaging is one of the most useful modern medical tools, the use of ionizing rays in imaging undeniably entails various risks. There are many methods for reducing doses while obtaining an image quality clear...Read more
2019 02 Mar
Hitachi Healthcare is presenting next levels of diagnostic imaging solutions: the new CT scan, the SCENARIA View , the new high field MRI system, the ECHELON Smart Plus , and SynergyDrive suite at European Society of Radiology (ECR), Vienna, Austria February 28, 2019. SCENARIA View is an all new design that raises the bar for versatility...Read more
2018 27 Jun
Researchers in the UK have developed an algorithm to monitor the joints of patients with arthritis, which could change the way that the severity of the condition is assessed. The technique uses images from a standard computerised tomography (CT) scan, which isn't normally used to monitor joints, but produces detailed images in three dimensions....Read more
2016 05 Jul
Just like a scene out of the blockbuster Jurassic Park films, researchers have used advanced imaging equipment to identify a facial tumour in a fossil of a primitive dwarf duck-billed dinosaur discovered in Romania’s Transylvania region. The international team of researchers employed the Micro-CT scanning facilities at SCANCO Medical...Read more
2016 27 Jun
A survey of about 300 healthcare professionals in Canada found that radiologists and technologists generally had better knowledge than referring physicians when it comes to radiation dose levels and potential risk. The aim of the study, published in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences ( JMIRS ) was to identify that there...Read more
2016 15 Jun
Researchers using an advanced form of MRI called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have found a way to differentiate in advance those concussion patients who may be burdened long-term and those who would recover fully. The team of researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System led by Professor Michael L. Lipton...Read more
2016 31 May
Tumours have grown around the pancreas to encompass critical blood vessels in about a third of all pancreatic cancer patients, with conventional wisdom suggesting that surgery to remove the tumours is rarely an option, and life expectancy is usually measured in months. Now, Mayo Clinic has teamed up oncologists, radiologists, gastrointestinal...Read more
2016 05 May
Multimodality imaging can be used to detect and diagnose prosthetic heart valve complications, where a dysfunction is rare but can be life threatening, according to the first recommendations published on this subject. When a dysfunction does occur in heart valve replacement using mechanical or biological prostheses, it is crucial to determine...Read more
2016 14 Apr
Lung ultrasound is portable, less costly and safer than chest X-rays when diagnosing pneumonia in children, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, results of which were published in the medical journal Chest . Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation...Read more
2016 28 Mar
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis , in an area where stroke incidence is 37 percent higher than the national average, has launched the world’s most comprehensive mobile stroke unit, capable of conducting and producing advanced quality imaging for stroke diagnosis and noninvasive CT-angiography. This is the first...Read more
2016 10 Mar
This interdisciplinary science project, launched in Affidea Polska's Otwock Centre, explores the secrets of the unopened sarcophagus of an ancient Egyptian mummy and 41 other artefacts and has captured the imagination of thousands across time TV coverage in Poland and even been featured on the BBC news website, sees teams of scientists working with...Read more
2016 08 Mar
iCAD, Inc., a New Hampshire-based provider of advanced image analysis and workflow solutions for the early identification and treatment of cancer, announced an industry first tomosynthesis computer-aided detection (CAD) tool during the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) meeting in Vienna, Austria. The breakthrough technology employs the...Read more
2016 06 Mar
The number of thymic tumour patients is increasing rapidly in Japan because of the abundance of computed tomography (CT) scanners in the country that makes the examination easily accessible, as a result of which the prevalence of this condition is now better recorded. Speaking on diagnostic imaging of thymic tumours at the “ESR Meets Japan”...Read more
2016 05 Mar
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center are reporting in a new study that they successfully performed CT scans for joint fractures with one-fourteenth the amount of normal computed tomography radiation — without compromising image quality or a surgeon’s ability to effectively diagnose an injury. The NYU study showed that reduced the...Read more
2016 27 Feb
As the biggest independent provider of advanced diagnostic imaging services in Europe, Affidea owns and operates 170 medical centres and grows at a rate of (on average) one new centre every fortnight. As the company evolves, our owners Waypoint Capital want to turn it into the biggest global brand for diagnostic imaging and cancer care. The cornerstone...Read more
2015 29 Dec
Combinations of history and physical examination features in clinical decision rules can identify patients with minor head trauma at low risk of severe intracranial injuries, and for whom head CT may not be necessary. The findings are based on a systematic review conducted by Joshua S. Easter, MD, MSc, of the Department of Emergency Medicine, University...Read more
2015 23 Aug
Loyola University Medical Centre is the first hospital to offer a new and noninvasive technology to test for coronary artery disease. The technology offered by the centre uses noninvasive CT scans and calculates the amount of blood that flows through diseased coronary arteries that have narrowed due to plaque buildup. The procedure is completely...Read more
2015 23 Jul
Siretom, the first Siemens computer tomograph, began series production in 1975 Siemens shaped image-based diagnostics through innovations such as Spiral, Multislice, and Dual Source CT Somatom Force, the latest top-of-the-range model, proves Siemens Healthcare’s technological leadership 40 years after the launch of its first series model,...Read more
2014 01 Nov
Mindways Software, Inc. (Austin, TX, USA) has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its asynchronous Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT) calibration technology for CT-based bone mineral density measurement. This latest QCT software innovation makes it possible to assess bone mineral density (BMD) using...Read more
2014 06 Oct
According to a study published online in American Journal of Roentgenology , there is a need to incorporate advanced image-processing techniques and additional display methods as they could play a role in the early detection of lung cancer during annual screenings. The study was conducted by Dong Ming Xu, MD and colleagues from the Department...Read more