Dear AuntMinnie Member,
As we begin to slide into summer, AuntMinnie.com brings you reports from two medical imaging meetings taking place this week, Stanford University's International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT and Thomas Jefferson University's Leading Edge in Diagnostic Ultrasound show.
From San Francisco, staff writer Eric Barnes is on the scene delivering reports on the latest research and discussion in multidetector-row CT. In our first article, Dr. Mathias Prokop of University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands describes recent advances in wide-area detectors and their impact on clinical applications in a story you can reach by clicking here.
In other news from the meeting, iterative reconstruction techniques are gaining popularity for their ability to improve lesion conspicuity and reduce noise in CT imaging. Click here for the rest of the story. And a third report from the conference addresses data archiving questions posed by MDCT. Dr. Jeffrey Mendel of Tufts University shared his thoughts on a hybrid "thin/thick" approach -- click here to learn more.
You can read the rest of our coverage of the MDCT show by visiting our CT Digital Community at ct.auntminnie.com.
Leading Edge
On the other coast, staff writer Erik L. Ridley reports on a talk at the Leading Edge show in Atlantic City, NJ, that proffers an optimistic future for contrast-enhanced ultrasound outside the heart. Although noncardiac ultrasound contrast applications have been slow to catch on in the U.S., presenter Dr. Barry Goldberg of Thomas Jefferson University sees positive movement occurring.
Learn more by clicking here, or visit the Ultrasound Digital Community at ultrasound.auntminnie.com.
