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Making CT Purchasing Decisions

There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to CT scanners. Choosing the right unit to add to or upgrade your CT services depends on case mix, infrastructure and a host of other needs. This downloadable guide, from the editors of Diagnostic Imaging, can help your facility ask the right questions.

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What's New in CT
October 15, 2009
Custom CT protocol exposes Cedars-Sinai patients to excessive dose
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the prestigious Los Angeles healthcare institution known as the hospital to the Hollywood stars, has been jolted by an FDA alert indicating that perfusion CT performed during an 18-month period exposed more than 200 stroke patients to eight times the normal dose of... More »
August 7, 2009
Lung cancer staging presentation stirs debate about noncontrast imaging protocol
Radiologists may have to make only minor changes to their practices to adjust to the new international standards for lung cancer staging, but a lecture covering their implications was still controversial enough to send sparks flying Aug. 4 at the World Conference on Lung Cancer in San Francisco. More »
June 4, 2009
YouTube videos weigh threat of CT radiation exposure
The International Atomic Energy Agency and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have turned to YouTube to educate the public and physicians about the risks of exposure to CT-generated ionizing radiation and strategies to address them. More »
June 1, 2009
Report from ASCO: False positives crop up frequently in CT lung cancer screening
Low-dose CT lung cancer screening carries a high burden of false-positive results after only two rounds of testing, according to a presentation at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology. More »
May 28, 2009
Differing views explain why Medicare rejected CT colonography
Two radically different opinions have emerged to describe why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services decided not to extend Medicare coverage to CT colonography screening. One credits a new policy requiring efficacy data that considers the effect of proposed medical applications specifically... More »
May 26, 2009
Thin CT slices aid visualization of artery injured in blunt pelvic trauma
Thin CT slices are better than thick ones at identifying obturator arteries in blunt pelvic trauma patients, according to a study from Loma Linda University. More »
May 12, 2009
CMS rules against Medicare payment for CT colonography
Bucking the tide of medical professional opinion, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has decided against granting payment for CT colonography as a screening test for colorectal cancer. CMS ruled Tuesday that the clinical evidence remains inadequate to conclude that CTC is appropriate for... More »
May 11, 2009
CT colonography screening picks up aortic aneurysms
Multiple studies have shown CT colonography to be just as efficacious and cost-effective as colonoscopy for colon cancer screening. Now Italian and U.S. researchers have found that CTC also does something colonoscopy cannot: simultaneously detect colorectal cancer and abdominal aortic aneurysms. More »
May 8, 2009
Cardiac CT triple rule-out debunks radiation fears
For years, high radiation dose exposure has been the bogeyman that kept the cardiac CT triple rule-out exam for chest pain from widespread application. That concern has been addressed with the use of radiation dose reduction techniques, according to a Thomas Jefferson University study. More »
April 28, 2009
Whole-body CT bolsters survival hopes of polytrauma patients
Seriously injured patients have a better chance of surviving multiple trauma when they are evaluated in the emergency room with whole-body CT, according to a study of more than 4500 cases from Germany. More »
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Practical CT Archives

Custom CT protocol exposes Cedars-Sinai patients to excessive dose
Diagnostic Imaging,  October 15, 2009
Lung cancer staging presentation stirs debate about noncontrast imaging protocol
Diagnostic Imaging,  August 7, 2009
YouTube videos weigh threat of CT radiation exposure
Diagnostic Imaging,  June 4, 2009
Report from ASCO: False positives crop up frequently in CT lung cancer screening
Diagnostic Imaging,  June 1, 2009
Differing views explain why Medicare rejected CT colonography
Diagnostic Imaging,  May 28, 2009
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