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Toshiba releases CT Vitality software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said it has unveiled its CT Vitality software.
June 7, 2015
MDCT: 3 things to do to standardize CT radiation dose
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Even the largest and most unwieldy collection of CT scanners in a multisite institution can function as one by standardizing three simple components of their CT scanning protocols, according to a Sunday presentation at the annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT (MDCT).
June 7, 2015
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Adding contrast to CT doubles DNA damage from radiation
By Eric Barnes
Patients who received contrast with their CT scans had more than twice as many double-strand breaks in their DNA from radiation exposure compared to those who had CT studies without contrast, concludes a new study in the June edition of Radiology. But whether this DNA damage translates into cancer risk is unclear.
June 4, 2015
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ACA ups colon, breast cancer screening in newly insured
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be behind recent increases in colorectal and breast cancer screening among the lower socioeconomic groups that benefit from being insured by it and Medicare, a new study in Cancer reveals.
June 3, 2015
Siemens to highlight new SPECT, CT systems at SNMMI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare plans to highlight new PET/CT and SPECT systems at the upcoming Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) meeting in Baltimore.
June 3, 2015
SCCT announces Toshiba award finalists
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced finalists for the ninth annual Toshiba Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Toshiba America Medical Systems.
June 3, 2015
Canadians cut CT dose by scanning larger regions
By Louise Gagnon
Researchers from Canada were able to cut radiation dose in CT studies of multiple anatomic regions with a simple solution: performing a single scan with a larger field-of-view, rather than combining two scans of smaller regions. The technique eliminated overlap in CT dose, according to data presented at a joint meeting of Canadian radiology societies.
June 3, 2015
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NIH study ties soft plaque on CT to cardiac risk factors
By Brian Casey
When it comes to arterial plaque, researchers are beginning to believe that soft, noncalcified plaques rather than arterial calcifications are the real killers. In a study published online June 2 in Radiology, U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers used CT to measure soft plaques and tie their size to risk factors for heart disease.
June 2, 2015
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IMRIS gets stock delisting notice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer IMRIS said it has received a notice of delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market.
June 1, 2015
UCSF adds talks to radiation symposium
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has added six new talks to its virtual meeting on CT radiation dose, bolstering its video library covering safe imaging with CT and fluoroscopy.
June 1, 2015
Kids with concussion usually normal on CT, MRI
By Brian Casey
Most CT and MRI scans performed on children with sports-related concussion are normal, but imaging -- and in particular MRI -- can play a role in determining whether kids are able to return to sporting activities, according to a Canadian study published online June 2 in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.
June 1, 2015
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MITA issues paper on XR-29 compliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has issued a white paper designed to help healthcare facilities that operate CT scanners achieve compliance with the XR-29 radiation dose reduction standard, also known as MITA Smart Dose CT.
May 31, 2015
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