Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Could your PACS workstation be causing you pain in the neck ... and back, wrist, and shoulders? It might, according to a study presented this week at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual conference in San Diego.
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston distributed a survey to radiologists in their department, asking how many were experiencing musculoskeletal symptoms. You might be surprised by how many reported suffering from some kind of pain. Learn more by clicking here.
In other news from the meeting, Italian researchers on Monday reported on their use of breast MRI for staging cancer in women newly diagnosed with the disease. They discovered that breast MRI found more lesions than mammography and ultrasound combined, and the modality also changed the treatment decisions for many patients. Click here for that article.
Finally, learn about software developed at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City to automatically track radiation dose in patients getting CT scans. The developers of the application, called Valkyrie, believe that it could be an improvement over cumbersome manual methods of dose tracking. Find out how it works by clicking here.
Check back later in the week for more coverage of the ARRS show, or get frequent updates by signing up for our Twitter feed, and look for tweets with the #ARRS2010 hash tag.
News from DDW
But the ARRS show isn't the only medical meeting under way this week. In New Orleans, gastrointestinal specialists are convening for the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) conference.
We're featuring a couple of stories from that meeting in our Virtual Colonoscopy Digital Community, including one on how flexible sigmoidoscopy might not be necessary after virtual colonoscopy, and an article on how VC could be a good screening tool for members of minority communities who might shy away from conventional optical colonoscopy.
