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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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April 22, 2009
ACRIN sets sights on noncancer imaging research
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network will expand its research scope beyond cancer to add applications that advance clinical care in areas such as neuro and cardiovascular imaging. More »
April 17, 2009
Frequent CT surveillance of endovascular aneurysm repair may be unjustified
More than eight years of data from nearly 500 patients suggest that frequent monitoring with CT to look for complications after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms is unnecessary and that it could be done instead with ultrasound. More »
April 13, 2009
CT use in pregnant women skyrockets at Rhode Island hospital
The CT imaging rate for pregnant women at two hospitals affiliated with Brown University’s medical school grew at an explosive 25.3% annual rate from 1997 and 2006, while medical imaging involving ionizing radiation for this population more than doubled. More »
April 8, 2009
CT reveals Queen Nefertiti’s nose job
Plastic surgery may have some early roots. German physicians have scanned the bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt with CT, showing marked differences between an inner core -- that more accurately depicts the queen -- and the outer layer where her nose bump is smoothed and her wrinkles are erased. More »
March 31, 2009
Drug-eluting stents reduce repeat treatment in peripheral arterial disease
Drug-eluting stents provide a significantly higher patency rate after three years in patients with critical limb ischemia compared with bare metal stents. Findings of a recent study suggest that drug-eluting stents can reduce also postintervention treatment rates. More »
March 24, 2009
Drug-resistant TB shows abnormalities on CT
Micronodules, tree-in-bud appearance, consolidations, cavities, bronchiectasis, and lobular consolidations are frequent CT abnormalities of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. More »
March 20, 2009
CT computer-aided volumetry fast tracks pneumothorax measurement
Potential deadly traumatic pneumothoraces can be measured in the emergency room with a computer-aided volumetric technique that helps move patients from diagnosis to treatment many times faster than conventional visual assessments of the condition with multislice CT. More »
March 12, 2009
Report from SIR: Interventionalists assess fluorescing stem cells to treat peripheral vascular disease
Using biotechnology developed from fireflies and seaweed, Johns Hopkins researchers are developing radiopaque stem cells for targeted delivery of therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease. The technique may allow guidance and tracking of stem cell injections meant to grow new blood... More »
March 6, 2009
Healthcare consumers receive dose of Image Gently
The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging has developed a new set of Image Gently brochures for distribution in physicians’ offices to help parents appreciate the risks and benefits of medical imaging and to track their children’s imaging histories. More »
March 5, 2009
New payment formula proposes Medicare cuts for high-tech imaging
A new formula proposed by the influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission for calculating practice expense relative value units could cut technical payments for MRI, CT, and PET from the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule by as much as 44%. More »
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