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A new study revealed that an emerging artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled software tool led to improved sensitivity, specificity and inter-observer agreement for the diagnosis of indeterminate pulmonary nodules on chest computed tomography (CT) scans.

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Is it a thoughtless verbal reflex or a failure to go beyond a surface read of imaging?

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Given the challenges with the shortage of the iodinated contrast agent Omnipaque, national and state organizations have issued suggested risk mitigation and conservation strategies to reprioritize imaging needs during this temporary shortage.

In a lung screening cohort of over 2,500 people, researchers found that significantly higher rates of chronic kidney disease and chronic heart failure were associated with increased hospitalization and mortality rates in patients with COVID-19.

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In a recent survey of over 13,700 people between the ages of 50 and 75, researchers found that only 1.4 percent of respondents had colorectal cancer screening with computed tomography (CT) colonography.

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Validating a prognostic scoring system for locoregional recurrence risk in post-mastectomy patients with varying levels of axillary lymph node involvement, emerging research suggests patients with intermediate risk for breast cancer recurrence could benefit from post-mastectomy radiotherapy.

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In a formal request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American College of Radiology (ACR) emphasized that Medicare and Medicaid coverage of computed tomography colonography (CTC) could significantly improve colorectal cancer screening rates for at-risk populations.

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In a recent video interview, Syam Reddy, MD discussed the merits of computed tomography (CT) colonography, a non-invasive alternative to conventional colonoscopy, which may help reduce gaps in screening for colorectal cancer.

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In a new national coverage determination, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have lowered the starting thresholds for lung cancer screening from 55 to 50 years of age and from a 30-pack/year tobacco smoking history to 20 packs a year.

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Emerging research suggests that strict adherence to the Lung-RADS classification may not lead to optimal detection of cancer.

Canon's latest entry into the PET/CT market is a digital, air-cooled system that provides customizable solutions for a range of clients.

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Study findings further highlight the central role of PET/CT in disease response after CAR-T cell therapy.

Cost, lower literacy levels and fear of lung cancer diagnosis were highlighted as concerns with lung cancer screening.

PSMA PET is highly robust in identifying prostate cancer lesions which are otherwise deemed unremarkable.

Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma may benefit from early PET/CT imaging after transarterial radioembolization to predict treatment response and survival, a new study found.

Clinicians taking care of patients with high-risk prostate cancer being assessed for prostatectomy can use a positive PET scan as a true positive, but a negative scan cannot be used to exclude disease or inform nodal dissection.

Diagnostic Imaging sat down with medical physicist and CT expert Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD, to learn more about the history of CT and its expanding potential in medical imaging.

The approval represents the first major technological advance in CT in nearly a decade.

Screening for COVID-19 exposure, particularly for patients with cancer on active treatment, has become a priority during the pandemic.