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Low-dose CT screening can help clinicians detect early cancers among survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma, particularly if they were or are smokers.

CT images reconstructed with low dose model-based iterative reconstruction did not compromise image quality.

States found to have a high percentage of people at risk for lung cancer do not have an adequate number of LDCT screening centers.

New CT scanners’ variability affects cardiovascular risk classification.

Coronary CT angiography is a useful tool in detecting prevalence and type of coronary artery fistulas.

Mainstream media may report CT overuse, but double thoracic CT is used appropriately, study says.

Using SPECT-CT allows clinicians to identify some causes of low back pain.

Emerging technology gives radiologists an unprecedented view of the brain.

New algorithm is offered on Siemens’ SOMATOM Force CT system.

Using PET/CT imaging can help clinicians detect recurrent thyroid disease among patients who have negative radioiodine scans.

Chest tomosynthesis may reduce the number of chest CTs and the resultant radiation doses.

Pelvic radiographs not be as effective as CTs in diagnosing pelvic fractures or dislocations in children.

Using PET/CT with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose–labeled leukocytes is a noninvasive and reliable method to help diagnose acute pancreatitis.

Experienced and inexperienced radiologists had similar eye tracking, so errors may be occurring during other phases of the study.

CCTA may be effective in screening CAD in adult survivors of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Web-based decision tool in development to help high-risk patients decide if they want to undergo low dose CT screening for lung cancer.

Automatic tube voltage selection automatically adjusts the tube current depending on patient size and attenuation.

Patients who underwent low-dose CT for lung cancer screening and received false-positives benefited from counseling.

35-year-old female with prior history of breast carcinoma presented with frontal headaches.

Use of imaging studies in emergency departments rose significantly from 1993 to 2007, but then declined from 2007 to 2012.

General practitioners in Australia are increasingly ordering imaging tests, with an increase of 45 percent over the past decade.

As growth of imaging utilization slows, radiologists worry about the effect on reimbursement.

PET with [18 F]flutemetamol can assist physicians in early and more accurate diagnosis of early onset dementia.

Brain PET and age may help clinicians determine which patients with amnestic mild cognitive disorder may progress on to probable Alzheimer’s disease.

If radiology groups aren’t using compliant CT scanners, they can expect to pay up.