News & Recognitions

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CT Colonography: A Noninvasive Colorectal Cancer Screening Option
12/01/2008
Computerized tomographic colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, can be adopted into clinical practice as another screening option for colorectal cancer - the nation's second-leading cause of cancer death. The National CT Colonography Trial, results of which were published in the September 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrated that CTC is highly accurate for the detection of intermediate and large polyps, which are the ones more likely to develop into cancer.

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UCLA Women's Imaging Services
11/01/2008
UCLA Radiology offers two locations specifically designed for women's imaging needs. At the forefront of technology, these facilities offer the broadest spectrum of state-of-the-art tools available to ensure the highest level of quality for screening, diagnosis and treatment. This includes imaging of breast, heart, hip and uterine fibroids.

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OCTOBER: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
10/01/2008
The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) program is dedicated to increasing awareness of breast cancer issues, especially the importance of early detection through a nationwide campaign. Three UCLA Breast Imaging Radiologists, Dr. Lawrence Bassett, Dr. Nanette DeBruhl and Dr. Anne Hoyt, join the forces to spread the message in the media.

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David I. Saperstein Emergency Department
06/01/2008
The opening of the new Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center and the David I. Saperstein Emergency Department (ED) follows the lead set by the Santa Monica-UCLA Nethercutt Emergency Department through a new era of medical imaging for the emergency patients. The new ED is equipped with state-of-the-art direct digital and computed radiography equipments to facilitate excellence in routine radiographic examinations. The ED has a new multidetector CT scanner that supports a broad range of advanced imaging protocols that previously were in the exclusive domain of outpatient imaging centers.

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High-Quality Preoperative CT Scans Help Reduce Unnecessary Appendix Surgery
04/01/2008
Drs. Steven Raman and colleagues Ferdnand Osuagwu, Barbara Kadell and David Lu of the UCLA Radiology Abdominal Imaging Division reported in the February 28th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the results of a study suggesting that the increased use of high-quality preoperative CT has led to significantly improved clinical outcomes in adults, with a dramatic and sustained decrease in the rate of false positive diagnosis of appendicitis and also a decrease in rates of appendiceal perforation.