Dear AuntMinnie Member,
For CT colonography (CTC) advocates, it may have seemed like this day would never come. But the path to broad acceptance for the modality became a lot clearer on Wednesday with news that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has finally accepted CTC as a screening method for colorectal cancer.
The decision, included in the task force's final recommendations for colorectal cancer screening, may herald a new era for CTC, which has long struggled for recognition and acceptance.
Click here for our coverage by International Editor Eric Barnes, or stop by our CT Community at ct.auntminnie.com.
SNMMI Image of the Year
The Image of the Year award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is always a highly anticipated event. German researchers took the prize at this year's annual meeting for their use of three different radiotracers with PET to measure amyloid plaques, tau tangles, and metabolic activity in the brains of living Alzheimer's patients.
Click here for our coverage by Features Editor Wayne Forrest, and be sure to visit the Molecular Imaging Community at molecular.auntminnie.com for all of our stories from SNMMI 2016.
CCTA reporting guidelines
Unlike breast and liver imaging, for example, coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has not had any guidelines for reporting findings to referring physicians. Enter the Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS) -- new guidelines that standardize reporting of these studies and offer suggestions for subsequent patient management.
Three societies teamed up in the multidisciplinary effort aimed at improving the consistency of CCTA reporting. Click here to access our article, or stop by our CT Community at ct.auntminnie.com.
