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U.S. finalizes tariff list of Chinese products
By Erik L. Ridley
As expected, the Trump administration has formalized its plans to impose tariffs on a wide variety of products manufactured in China. Effective July 6, more than 800 products -- including a range of medical imaging technologies -- will be hit with 25% import tariffs.
June 14, 2018
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Chronos Imaging sells 100th CT x-ray tube
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Chronos Imaging has shipped its 100th CT x-ray tube, two months after acquiring an Aurora, IL, manufacturing plant from Philips Healthcare.
June 14, 2018
Are good intentions good enough for reducing CT dose?
By Abraham Kim
CT radiation dose has been the target of a variety of recommendations, protocols, and guidelines designed to reduce how much dose patients receive. But despite good intentions, radiology may not be doing all it can to reduce CT radiation dose, according to a June 12 opinion article in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 14, 2018
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Report: Trump tariffs to focus on high-tech gear
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Trump administration is expected to publish an updated list of products manufactured in China that will be subject to 25% import tariffs, and the list is expected to focus on high-tech equipment, according to a June 14 report from Bloomberg.
June 13, 2018
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Stress echo beats CCTA for evaluating chest pain
By Kate Madden Yee
Stress echocardiography is a safe method of evaluating chest pain in patients who present to the emergency department, resulting in lower rates of hospitalization and shorter hospital stays when compared with coronary CT angiography (CCTA), according to a study published online June 13 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
June 13, 2018
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Riverain scores patent for chest CT technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Riverain Technologies has been awarded a patent for a software process that features deep learning and synthetic data modeling.
June 12, 2018
CT links brain calcifications to smoking, diabetes
By Abraham Kim
Researchers from the Netherlands examined the brain CT scans of patients with memory complaints and identified a strong association between the presence of calcifications in the hippocampus and various risk factors such as smoking and diabetes, according to an article published online June 12 in Radiology.
June 12, 2018
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Report: Federal black lung fund running low on cash
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. government's program to assist coal miners who are diagnosed with black lung disease is running low on cash, according to an article published by CNN.
June 11, 2018
Samsung NeuroLogica installs BodyTom at Fla. site
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Samsung NeuroLogica announced that Florida Hospital in Orlando added a BodyTom Elite CT scanner to its brachytherapy suite.
June 11, 2018
ACR responds to USPSTF CT lung screening research plan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and various partner associations have submitted a letter to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) offering recommendations for its upcoming five-year review of CT lung cancer screening.
June 10, 2018
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Are we using the right metrics for CT lung screening?
By Abraham Kim
CT lung cancer screening has been shown to reduce mortality when administered to high-risk smokers, but a new study is questioning whether the right metrics are being used to demonstrate this reduction, according to an article published online June 7 in JAMA Oncology.
June 7, 2018
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Deep learning for brain hemorrhage | Breast pain and imaging overuse | New PET tracer for NET detection
By Brian Casey
June 6, 2018
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