Dear AuntMinnie Member,
This week on AuntMinnie.com we're featuring a report from Haiti by Dr. Gia Deangelis, a University of Virginia radiologist on the front lines of the hard-hit nation's disaster relief efforts.
Dr. Deangelis narrowly missed being in Port-au-Prince at the time of the earthquake, but she managed to make it to Haiti a few days later. She's now at a clinic in Cap-Haitien, a few hours north of the capital, and is helping to care for the sick and injured. Click here to read her story.
Medicare spurs PET growth
In other news, a new study published in the February issue of Radiology highlights the impact of reimbursement on the use of medical imaging. University of Pennsylvania researchers found that procedure volume for FDG-PET studies in colorectal cancer patients grew substantially at their institution after Medicare began paying for the exams. Learn more in our Molecular Imaging Digital Community by clicking here.
Breast US predicts recurrence
Finally, click here for an article in our Ultrasound Digital Community on how Indian researchers used color Doppler ultrasound to predict whether cancer might return in women treated for breast cancer. They found that blood flow measurements in the breast were a good gauge of whether cancer might reoccur.
