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With the dramatic increases in the use of CT in recent years, people are questioning whether all these tests are really necessary or whether they are just driving up health care expenses.
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With initial safety trials of the world's most powerful MRI system completed, clinicians are one step closer to accessing real-time images of biological processes in the brain.
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For years, Robert Lefsrud, MD, a radiologist with a subspecialty in neuroradiology and musculoskeletal radiology, was a member of a large and busy radiology group providing services in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Two years ago, he and a colleague decided to branch out and form their own company, St. Croix Radiology Consultants in Dellwood, MN.
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Accompanying the growing demand for radiological services across the country is the growing physical size of the patients requesting those services. This demand has brought new challenges in terms of obesity and radiology. Can good quality images be obtained from an obese patient, and can that obese patient even fit on a machine?
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While it is not without risks, optical colonoscopy (OC) has long been the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening.
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Early feedback on a new ultrasound technology suggests that it is bringing important improvements to the table for the treatment of heart-rhythm disorders.
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Clinicians changed the intended care of more than one in three cancer patients as the result of FDG-PET scan findings, according to a study of data from the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO).
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Understanding the anatomic and physiologic changes that occur with pregnancy enhance the management of the pregnant trauma patient, potentially improving outcomes for both the mother and fetus. The best approach to fetal preservation is careful attention to resuscitation of the mother.
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