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Study finds wild price variations for head CT scans
By Kate Madden Yee
The price of a noncontrast head CT scan can vary more than fivefold in academic hospitals and more than tenfold in private practices across the U.S., according to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
April 8, 2015
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AuntMinnie.com CT Insider
By Eric Barnes
April 7, 2015
PHS signs dose software distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation dose tracking software developer PHS Technologies Group has signed a deal to sell its DoseMonitor 2.0 software through radiology informatics firm Nuvodia and radiology consortium Strategic Radiology.
April 5, 2015
Philips recalls over 400 CT scanners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has issued a class 2 device recall for more than 400 of its CT scanners due to a software defect, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
April 2, 2015
FDA releases statement on radiation protection effort
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a statement on the Bonn Call for Action, a list of priorities for radiation protection over the next decade.
April 1, 2015
GE launches CT scanner made in India
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has launched a new CT scanner targeted at the healthcare market in India that was designed and manufactured in the country.
April 1, 2015
Study: It's tough complying with Calif. dose reporting law
By Eric Barnes
Compliance with California's radiation dose reporting law is difficult because dose reporting processes that rely on manual data entry are unreliable -- at least in the experience of one large institution -- according to a new study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
April 1, 2015
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Canada clears IMRIS' Visius iCT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer IMRIS has received Canadian clearance to market its Visius iCT system.
March 25, 2015
AGA retreats on workup for pancreatic cysts found on imaging
By Eric Barnes
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has published new guidelines for managing asymptomatic neoplastic pancreatic cysts detected incidentally during CT or MRI scans. The guidelines retreat from previous advice to follow up these lesions more aggressively, according to an article published in Gastroenterology.
March 25, 2015
Carestream to develop 3D CBCT extremity scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health is teaming up with orthopedic and sports medicine specialists to develop a new 3D conebeam CT (CBCT) system to image extremities.
March 23, 2015
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Patients want information about radiation risk
By Kate Madden Yee
A new study published online in Radiology shows that patients want more information about medical radiation risks, but most would prefer to get it from the doctor managing their care, rather than a radiologist. This means that radiologists need to be more proactive in arming these physicians with information on radiation's risks and benefits.
March 23, 2015
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SST signs dose monitor distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SST Group has become the exclusive distributor in the U.S. and Canada for MPTronic's RDM radiation dose monitor.
March 17, 2015
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