1. CT Colonography for President Obama
(Communities/CT)

... care that exists in minority and underserved communities. The President has set an example that CTC provides a viable, effective and safe alternative to optical colonoscopy. Congress needs to act require ...

2. CTC, Effective Colorectal Cancer Screening Exam
(Communities/CT)

... other trials involving younger patients. The overall referral rate to optical colonoscopy of 15.3 percent (88 of 577) is actually slightly lower than other Medicare covered CRC screening exams such as ...

3. Residents Play Key Role in CTC Awareness and Supporting the Radiology Specialty
(Communities/CT)

... physician imaging expert who is interpreting their CTC and other studies," said MacLean. "CTC has many advantages over optical colonoscopy. Yet today, screening CTC for the most part is only covered by ...

4. New Study Argues for CT Colonography as Primary Colon Cancer Screening Test
(Radiology Conferences/ARRS 2009)

... during optical colonoscopy or surgery. "This means that when a radiologist calls a CTC exam positive, the endoscopist can be confident that a treatable polyp is present. The CTC exam can also show the ...

5. Teleradiology Offers CT Colonography to Rural Areas; a Study Research to be Presented at ARRS 2009
(Radiology Conferences/ARRS 2009)

... of the study. "In many remote health centers there are not enough personnel and resources to use optical colonoscopy as a colorectal cancer screening test. Most centers have CT machines modern enough ...

6. CT Colonography may yet Challenge Colonoscopy
(Communities/CT)

... to be cost-effective as well, the CTC costs could not be more than 43% of that for optical colonoscopy," for similar levels of adherence. In the March issue of the International Journal of Cancer, Zauber ...

7. National CRC Awareness Raises Support for Early Colorectal Cancer Screening
(Communities/Abdominal Pelvic)

... stage.3 Currently, Medicaid/Medicare elects to only provide benefits for the use of optical colonoscopy for screening, which provides both detection and removal of lesions. This is despite the fact that ...

8. Medicsight PLC Provides Business Update
(Company News/Medicsight)

... for the proposed CMS decision was that CT colonography is not as accurate for detecting polyps as the current gold standard, optical colonoscopy when the scans are read by less experienced reviewers. Software ...

9. Relevance of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and Image Analysis Software in Colon Cancer Screening
(Communities/CT)

CAD increases the sensitivity of readers in the detection of colorectal cancers Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and medical image analysis software declared clinical results from the new study which ...

10. TeraRecon will showcase a comprehensive CT Colonography package at the 9th International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy October 27-29, 2008
(Company News/TeraRecon)

... across the U.S, showed very comparable results as compared to the gold standard screening method of Optical Colonoscopy (OC).  The study compared primary CTC screening with OC screening in 2,531 adults ...

11. VirtuoCTC Devoted to Successful Implementation of CTC
(Company News/Viatronix)

... of colorectal findings encountered in CTC screening and comes complete with an answer book providing all relevant CTC and optical colonoscopy findings. The teaching file cases are available in DICOM as ...

12. INFINITT North America introduces ‘Xelis’ a new line of dedicated 3D software products for advanced viewing and diagnosis
(Company News/INFINITT North America)

... called CT Colonography, can be used with any 16-slice CT. The procedure is a less-invasive alternative to optical colonoscopy, which involves inserting a flexible tube into the colon to view the bowel ...

13. Viatronix: interview with President/CEO Zaffar Hayat
(Company News/Viatronix)

... to compare well with OC for colorectal neoplasia screening in asymptomatic individuals [1]. [1]. 'Virtual vs. optical colonoscopy in symptomatic gastroenterology out-patients: the case for virtual imaging ...

14. No data to support leaving small colon polyps in place
(Imported/Imported)

... Radiologic imaging would not be expected to detect these polyps. This should remind us all of the need for meticulous evaluation, slow withdrawal and inspection of the proximal colon during optical colonoscopy.” ...

15. Gastroenterology sets standards for CT colonography
(Communities/CT)

... colonography are controversial, with many payers recommending that this test only be indicated for patients who have had a failed optical colonoscopy or who have a mass obstructing the colon where examination ...

16. AGA Institute statement on CT colonography study
(Communities/CT)

... not already done so to get screened for colon cancer." When a polyp is found during an optical colonoscopy, the physician can remove it immediately. In the study by Kim, diminutive polyps (<5 mm) ...

17. Consumers should consider risks and realities of CT scans for colon cancer screening
(Imported/Imported)

... research from the University of Wisconsin comparing optical colonoscopy to CT colonography published in the New England Journal of Medicine raises several important issues for the public about colorectal ...

18. Minority patients prefer optical colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening
(Imported/Imported)

Individuals of ethnic minorities strongly prefer and better tolerate optical colonoscopy versus white patients who prefer CT colonography for the evaluation of the colon, according to a new study. The ...

19. Study calls virtual colonoscopy most cost-effective colon cancer screening test
(Imported/Imported)

... the availability of effective screening tests, screening rates remain low and CRC-related deaths remain high. Optical colonoscopy (OC) and flexible sigmoidscopy (FS) have been the primary screening tools ...

20. CT imaging cost-effective for colorectal cancer
(Communities/CT)

... they add. "I believe that CT colonography will be a recommended front-line screening option (alongside optical colonoscopy) within the year," Pickhardt said. "It is critical to remember that no single ...