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Imaging for patients with Ebola virus is necessary, but new protocols need to be established to prevent spread of the disease.

44-year-old male with a history of absence seizures, migraines, peripheral neuropathy, and multisystem sarcoidosis.

Case History: 82-year-old male presented with acute onset of right inguinal region mass.

Routine CT angiography for patients with diabetes not more effective in preventing cardiovascular complications than good standard of care.

Attempts at determining imaging efficiency identifies hospitals with inefficient practices but not hospitals that are doing well.

Coverage of low-dose CT for lung cancer screening makes for an historical lung cancer awareness month.

With the advancement of medical imaging technology comes the need for updated safeguards.

Radiologists tend to focus on certain areas of lung CT images, which could result in missed nodules.

Coronary CT angiography may become an important part NAFLD assessment.

Filtered back projection and ASIR50 reduces dose in pelvic CT.

Study measures size-specific dose estimates and contrast-to-noise ratio in overweight patients.

A personal experience with dose that confirms the need for a push for mobile DR.

Changes in malpractice standard legislation in three states had little effect on advanced imaging use in the emergency room.

Image quality of neck CTs is improved with the use of model-based iterative reconstruction, compared with 30% adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction.

Low-dose CT lung cancer screening, done at intervals, can help detect lung cancer.

PET/MRI offers equal detection rates of solid tumors among children as does PET/CT, with lower radiation doses.

Study examines ASIR effect on normal and overweight children who underwent chest CT.

Study evaluates whether LDCT lung cancer screening is equally beneficial for younger and older patients.

Using PET/CT in women under 40 who have breast cancer may result in restaging of the cancer and adjustment of treatment.

There isn’t much radiologists can do about others invading their turf.

Contrast-enhanced PET/CT appears to be better than non-CE PET/CT in assessing distant metastasis in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Cone-beam CT is preferential to multislice spiral CT for hard-contrast objects, study says.

NCCN Group 2 high-risk patients to benefit from CT lung screening, study says.

False-positive results from CT colonography screening are considered an acceptable part of cancer detection for both patients and health care providers.

Using FDG-PET imaging to diagnose cancer may not be effective in certain areas of the country, where certain lung infections may be endemic.

The 16-slice CT scanner is expected to appeal to facilities due to a more affordable price point, Siemens said.

Ultrasounds accurate for initial screening for kidney stones.

Access to imaging, particularly MRI and some forms of CT, vary considerably across the United States.

Intravenous contrast material for CT appears to be safe for most patients, including those with a predisposition to nephrotoxicity.