A type of PET scanning may be useful in a non-invasive assessment of
the formation of Alzheimer’s disease-related plaques in the brain,
according to small study posted online Monday that will appear in the
October issue of Archives of Neurology.
An ultrasonography-guided, 14-gauge, core-needle breast biopsy is a reliable alternative to stereotactic biopsy of nonpalpable,
high-risk breast lesions, according to a study in the August issue of Radiology.
Applying family history-related criteria in an unselected population
could result in the screening of many women who will not develop breast
cancer at an early age, according to a study published in the July 23 issue of
BMC Cancer.
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA)-based triage for patients with low-risk
chest pain is modestly more effective than the standard-of-care, and it
is also associated with cost-saving in women and low cost-effectiveness
ratios in men, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal Roentgenology.
Cardiac imaging for myocardial infarct size in an emergency department
(ED) is constrained by the difficulty of conducting MR or nuclear
medicine exams on unstable patients. However, using more widely
available multidetector CT technology shows promise as an
alternative imaging technique that may provide similar information.
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