 CT modality focus page provides information, videos, podcasts, and the latest news about industry product developments, trial results, screening guidelines, and protocol guidance that touch on the use of CT across the healthcare continuum, from various cancer screenings, such as lung and colon, to cardiothoracic imaging, to appendicitis, and more.

Articles

Here's what to expect this week on Diagnostic Imaging.

Diagnostic Imaging's A Look Ahead: June 14 to June 18, 2021

Using an external tracking device can lead to super-resolution that can potentially improve neurological disorder detection.

PET Technique Harnesses Head Movement to Improve Resolution

Slideshows

Take a quick look at Diagnostic Imaging's Top 5 stories of the week.

Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: June 7, 2021, to June 11, 2021

Patients who have their disease detected with low-dose CT have a half-fold risk of brain metastasis than patients screened with other methods.



Lung Cancer Detection with LDCT Linked to Lower Brain Metastasis Risk

Homeless patients suffering from seizures undergo more CT scans, largely due to lack of access to chronic care, leading to a higher radiation dose and cancer risk.



Higher CT Use Among Homeless Patients

CT scans show patients infected with the virus who are intubated or who experience fever have lower gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal lobe.

Mechanical Oxygen, Fever Linked to Gray Matter Volume Reductions in COVID-19 Patients

BU99008 traces reactive astrogliosis, a marker that provides early, rapid Alzheimer’s detection.

New PET Tracer Offers Possible Early Alzheimer’s Detection

What is this seen post bypass surgery along the aorta?

Image IQ Quiz: What's the Diagnosis of Post-Bypass CTA?

Study finds clinically significant percentage of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma develop asymptomatic brain metastases. 

Brain MRI and CT Could Identify Metastasis in Patients with Kidney Cancer

Increased stress-related brain activity in the amygdala can increase a patient's risk for Takotsubo syndrome.

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