Heather Hokenson[email protected]Clinical News3D imaging helps diagnose 1.7-million-year-old cancerCancer is often thought to be a product of modern times and lifestyles, but researchers have discovered what they believe is the earliest case of malignancy -- in a fossil from an early human ancestor who lived about 1.7 million years ago. The key to diagnosing this ancient cancer was advanced 3D imaging technology.August 10, 2016Clinical NewsCT of mastodon helps rewrite North American prehistoryDanish and U.S. researchers have discovered new evidence regarding the first humans and hunters in prehistoric North America, thanks to CT scans of the remains of a mastodon. The first-known hunters on the continent can now be dated back nearly 14,000 years, according to a recent study in the journal Science.November 8, 2011Clinical NewsCold case closed: CT solves iceman's cause of deathYou could say it's the oldest open "cold case" to date -- the death of the famous Alpine glacier iceman. Since he was discovered in 1991, his 5,300-year-old mummified remains have been subjected to numerous scientific tests, and theories have abounded as to how he died. Recently, however, a team of Italian and Swiss researchers determined the iceman's exact cause of death using multidetector-row CT (MDCT).July 3, 2007Page 1 of 1Top StoriesHealth EquityResolution on imaging access awaits World Health Assembly approvalThe WHO board has adopted the Strengthening Medical Imaging resolution and it now looks set for approval by the World Health Assembly. Prof. Hedvig Hricak moderated an important webinar on the topic last week.UltrasoundWhat can we learn from astronauts' use of ultrasound?Womens ImagingAI speeds up fetal ultrasound scan timesCTNociceptive responses to contrast CT aren't necessarily pathologyRadiology EducationRadiology societies demand retraction of 'flawed' interventional guideline
