Radiography

Osteoporosis Treatment Improved by Simple Intervention
Older patients who visited local emergency rooms for breathing difficulties or chest pain and underwent chest X-ray exams revealing unknown spinal fractures, were subsequently more likely to receive osteoporosis treatment if simple interventional methods were used. More...05 Nov 2012
Genetic Alterations Can Effect Breast Cancer Risk from Low-Dose Radiation
Scientists have identified tissue processes that may influence a woman’s resistance or vulnerability to breast cancer after exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation, such as the levels used in full-body CT scans and radiotherapy. More...31 Oct 2012
Emergency Departments Seldom Perform Pregnancy Testing of Adolescents Before Exposure to Radiation
A small number of teen-aged girls undergo pregnancy testing in the hospital emergency department, even when they complain of lower abdominal pain, or before they are exposed to radiation testing. More...30 Oct 2012
In Other News
3D CT Breast Cancer Scanning Technology Delivers 25-Times Reduced Radiation Dose with Higher Resolution
Liver Cancer Patients Receive Optimum Treatment Using Image-Guided Radiotherapy in Taiwan
Decision-Making Model Argues Whether Mammography Is Needed
New Radiation Treatment Significantly Increases Survival Rate
CT Parametric Response Mapping Technology Can Distinguish Types of Lung Injury
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Effective for Treatment of Inoperable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Digital Mammography Improves Population-Based Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Computerized Osteoporosis Detection Technology Based on X-Ray Digitization, Computer Algorithm
Routine Screening Can Eliminate Breast Cancer Inconsistencies Between Black and White Women
CT Low-Dose Centers of Excellence Program Expanded
Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients with HPV Have Better Response to Radiotherapy
A Retrofit Solution Provides Cost-Effective Migration Path to Direct Radiography
Dosimeter Developed for Interventional Radiology Procedures
Fusion Digital Radiography System Designed for Smaller Budgets
Fasting Makes Brain Tumors More Susceptible to Radiation Therapy
First Multicenter Trial Confirms Effectiveness of Combined CT Angiography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Using 320-Detector Row CT
CT Effective Identifying Coronary Heart Disease
New Data Provide Clues into Why Some Lung Tumors Are Undetected by X-Ray
CT Angiography and Perfusion Effective in Assessing Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary CT Angiography Noninvasively Detects Coronary Artery Disease
CT System with Visualization Software Provides High-Speed Body Coverage and Comfort to Elderly and Bariatric Patients
Small Bowel X-Rays, CT Enterography May Be Replaced by MR Enterography for Children with Crohn Disease
Canadian CT Head Rules Superior to New Orleans Criteria in Predicting Neurosurgical Intervention
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