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Image: CT image shows the complete skeleton showing the curve of the spine (Photo courtesy of the University of Leicester).

3D Model of King Richard III’s Spine Reveals Spiral Nature of his Scoliosis

Shakespeare may have pigeonholed Richard III, last Plantagenet King of England, as a hunchback, but now everybody can discover for themselves the real shape of one of history’s most illustrious spinal columns.  More...
11 Jun 2014

Digital Radiography Upgrade Reduces X-Ray Exam and Image-Processing Time with Potential for Radiation Exposure Reduction

Digital X-ray images captured with a digital radiography retrofit technology are automatically available for review and incorporated within the patient’s electronic health record.  More...
10 Jun 2014
Image: Nevill Hall Hospital, part of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, has become the first hospital in the United Kingdom to install a Somatom Definition Edge CT system from Siemens Healthcare. The addition of the new system has enabled the hospital to enhance image quality while keeping doses to a minimum, allowing for the delivery of rapid and effective diagnostic services (Photo courtesy of Siemens).

CT Technology Optimizes Interventional and Colonography Procedures While Keeping Radiation Doses Down

New computed tomography technology helps to improve spatial resolution by generating ultra-thin slices while reducing radiation doses.   More...
02 Jun 2014
Image: Colorectal cancer showing metastatic disease to the liver on FDG PET imaging. The heart shows the most FDG uptake (normal). Just below and to the right are two foci of increased FDG uptake showing cancer in the liver (Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine).

Additional Imaging Prior to Cancer Surgery May Not Be Warranted

Among patients with a specific type of colorectal cancer with limited metastasis to the liver, imaging using PET and CT before surgery did not significantly change the surgical treatment of the cancer, compared with just using CT scanning.   More...
28 May 2014

Iterative Reconstruction Techniques Help Reduce Radiation Dose for Pediatric Brain CT

Investigators have revealed that estimated radiation doses are substantially lower for pediatric CT scans of the brain that use an adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction technique compared to those that did not use it.   More...
28 May 2014

Automated CT Radiation Dose-Tracking Software Effective in a Clinical Setting

Dose-tracking software provides effective and easy monitoring of radiation dose exposure in an active academic practice, according to a recent study. More...
27 May 2014

New Agent Could Enhance Effectiveness of Radiotherapy

Scientists have demonstrated the potential of a drug to enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy in stopping tumor growth.   More...
27 May 2014
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