Road to RSNA 2023: Ultrasound
Ultrasound's utility will be on full display at this year's RSNA annual meeting, showing its merit in a wide variety of clinical applications. Research to be presented at the annual meeting in Chicago will explore the modality's clinical applications in musculoskeletal, pediatric, abdominal, and women's imaging among other areas. This includes advancements in ultrasound in recent years, such as the use of contrast for improved imaging, elastography and color Doppler for assessing complex pathologies, and using imaging data in AI models. Studies will also evaluate ways to further improve the modality's capabilities by rea...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: 2023 2023 Ultrasound Preview Source Type: news
CEUS performs well in differentiating liver lesions
Sunday, November 26 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | S2-SSGI01-6 | Room S405In this session, attendees will see how contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) may be a suitable alternative to MRI in differentiating focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) from hepatic adenoma.In his talk, Jordan Swensson, MD, from Indiana University will discuss his team’s findings, which show that CEUS has high accuracy compared to hepatobiliary agent MRI in differentiating these liver lesions.FNH and hepatic adenoma are liver lesions that have different risks and treatments, but overlapping imaging features make it challenging for radiologists to tell betw...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: 2023 Ultrasound Preview Source Type: news
Cannabis And Cancer
With ever-increasing costs of conventional healthcare, and continuing issues with insurance coverage, alternative medicine is growing in popularity. Inasmuch as it is still officially denigrated, cannabis is about as "alternative" as it gets.
This, despite no shortage of historic references to cannabis, or its extract marijuana (prepared from the dried and crushed flowers and leaves of the plant) as to its medicinal effects. Chinese Emperors Fu Hsi (2900 BC) and Shen Nung (2700 BC) are said to have touted its healing effects. Some authorities claim that the anointing oil in Exodus 30:22-25 contained cannabis, and that "ca...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
