Last Updated: 2009-03-11 14:00:30 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The American College of Gastroenterology has just released new guidelines for colorectal cancer screening, the first update to their last recommendations issued in 2000.
One key change, according to the guidelines which appear in The American Journal of Gastroenterology for March, is that screening tests [...]
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Multi Slice CT Cardiac Imaging
Calcium scoring is a technique where the extent of calcification in the coronary arteries is measured and scored.
There is a direct correlation between the extent of calcium in the coronary arteries and the risk of a future cardiac event. For example, a calcium score of more than 400 is considered severe [...]
Tags: Calcium Score, cardiac imaging, cardiology, MSCT
What is Obstetrical Ultrasound Imaging?
Ultrasound imaging, also called ultrasound scanning or sonography, involves exposing part of the body to high-frequency sound waves to produce pictures of the inside of the body. Ultrasound exams do not use ionizing radiation (as used in x-rays). Because ultrasound images are captured in real-time, they can show the structure and [...]
Tags: 4d imaging, pregnancy, radiology, ultrasound