Dear AuntMinnie member:
Low-dose CT (LDCT) for lung cancer screening often flags incidental findings that are unrelated to lung cancer but may have clinical significance. Determining the severity of these findings can be tricky.
In this edition of our CT Insider, we’re highlighting a study that suggests that unexpected results on LDCT lung imaging are tied to a higher risk of an extrapulmonary cancer diagnosis in the year following scanning. Click here for the full details.
When you’ve read that article, check out a story from the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting about assessing the effect of the triglyceride-lowering drug olezarsen using coronary CT angiography (CCTA), as well as our coverage of research that found percutaneous thermal ablation to be safe and effective for treating malignant liver tumors.
A team from Beijing has reported that a clinical decision-support system used with patients with acute ischemic stroke decreased the incidence of new vascular events at three months, while another group found that smokers with a negative result on baseline LDCT lung cancer screening remain at elevated risk of developing the disease.
In this Insider we’re also highlighting a study that suggests that AI can find more lung nodules on CT, but doesn’t necessarily reduce interpretation time, as well as research that urges radiologists to track disease distribution and distinctive dichotomous features in order to best identify fibrotic interstitial lung disease patterns on CT.
Finally, don’t miss our coverage of a micro-CT scan performed at the University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography (UTCT) facility that revealed a new species of dinosaur which has been named Dooly after a dinosaur character in the South Korean franchise, “Dooly the Little Dinosaur.”
Our CT content area is packed with research that highlights the modality’s benefits, and we invite you to peruse it regularly. And if you have CT-related topics you’d like us to consider, please contact me.
Kate Madden Yee
Senior Editor
AuntMinnie.com