Therefore, early screening and diagnosis of lung cancer are highly important. Currently, the widespread implementation of low-dose spiral chest computed tomography (CT) has increased the detection rate of small pulmonary nodules (SPNs) rising [3]. The high risk SPNs on radiologic imaging required...
Coronary CT angiography for screening of asymptomatic persons (including routine testing of asymptomatic heart transplant recipients), evaluation of atherosclerotic burden, evaluation of persons at high pre-test probability of coronary artery disease, identification of vulnerable plaques, monitoring of atheroma...
Patients with a positive CTC screening exam were followed-up with colonoscopy, whereas those with a negative exam underwent CTC at 10-year follow-up. Medicare CPT codes, relative value units (RVU's), and payments for colonoscopy and CT colonography were obtained from the Medicare Part B ...
Therefore, early detection and diagnosis are important for the curative treatment of lung cancer. The National Lung Screening Trial showed that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) reduces mortality by 20% compared with chest X-rays [5]. Posterior studies have shown that the early detection of ...
In Australia and the UK, more men now die from prostate cancer each year than women die of breast cancer [13]. Unlike in breast cancer and other tumor types such as colon cancer, there is no well-defined screening program for prostate cancer apart from the somewhat controversial use of ...
applied sciences Article Quantitative CT Analysis for Predicting the Behavior of Part-Solid Nodules with Solid Components Less than 6 mm: Size, Density and Shape Descriptors Andrea Borghesi 1,* , Alessandra Scrimieri 1, Silvia Michelini 2, Giulio Calandra 1, Salvatore Golemi 1, Andrea Tironi 3 ...