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Rapid ID of Mass Casualties Possible With Automated Imagery
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Using a technique called Phase-Only Correlation (POC), Japanese investigators have developed a method by which hundreds of dental radiographs can be processed in days rather than months. They have used the technique to identify more than 500 victims of a plane crash, in which bodies were virtually destroyed. Reuters Health Information
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Cancer Risk Low With Annual Lung CT in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
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In patients with cystic fibrosis, the cumulative risk of radiation-induced cancer resulting from routine annual lung computed tomography (CT) is "quite small" -- less than 0.5%, a study shows. However, the lack of documented benefit of routine CT makes its use questionable. Reuters Health Information
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PET Outperforms CT for Diagnosis of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
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Solitary pulmonary nodules that prove to be malignant are much more likely to be identified as such with positron emission tomography (PET) than with computed tomography (CT), a multicenter team reports in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Reuters Health Information
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MR Imaging of Femoroacetabular Impingement
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Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and its link to early hip osteoarthritis requires early diagnosis and treatment to prevent/delay degeneration in younger patients. What are the MRI findings of FAI?
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