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First segment of PET/CT imaging atlas goes live
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The first module of a free, interactive Web-based PET/CT imaging atlas is available at the Web site of the Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine (JPNM), a collaborative venture of Boston-area medical institutions.
June 20, 2004
Siemens unveils SPECT/CT offering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions is introducing TruePoint, a SPECT/CT hybrid imaging technology, at this week's annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) in Philadelphia.
June 20, 2004
CT gains ground in urology
By Eric Barnes
CT urography and cytoscopy are becoming the imaging team of choice for evaluating the urinary system, potentially replacing radiographic procedures such as intravenous or retrograde pyelography as often as 80% of the time, researchers report.
June 17, 2004
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Hitachi to spotlight SceptreP3 PET/CT system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Medical Systems America will be introducing its PET/CT hybrid imaging system, with connectivity via the company's AVIA PACS architecture, at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting next week.
June 16, 2004
Prone, supine, and the moveable colonic polyp
By Eric Barnes
A new study in this month's Radiology suggests that polyps, especially when long or pedunculated, can be mobile, mimicking stool. The researchers, from New York University Medical Center in New York City, looked at the question and found that it actually happens pretty often.
June 15, 2004
Cardinal unveils CT dose phantom kit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare products firm Cardinal Health Radiation Management Services of Cleveland has debuted a multi-use CT dose phantom set featuring a new pediatric head phantom.
June 14, 2004
AuntMinnie.com CT Radiology Insider
By Eric Barnes
in clinical applications ranging from hematuria investigation to postsurgical follow-up, CT -- especially MDCT with multiplanar reconstruction -- has earned practitioners' respect for its ability to depict the entire urinary tract anatomy and quickly trace the source of problems.
June 13, 2004
Quick D-dimer test eliminates need for CTA for PE
By Tracie L. Thompson
Computed tomography angiography has rightly gained popularity in recent years as a means for diagnosing pulmonary embolism. But what if there were a test that could rule out PE just like CTA, yet without the radiation and contrast exposure?
June 13, 2004
Hiroshima revisited: Lung cancer screening raises lung cancer risk
By Eric Barnes
Depending on where one stands in the radiation hormesis debate, a new study on CT lung screening may or may not be of concern. Still, new estimates of a 5% increase in excess lung cancers among frequently screened smokers are noteworthy in anyone's book, and may even prompt some radiologists to fine-tune their protocols.
June 13, 2004
Analogic shows Q3 downturn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging equipment developer Analogic reported fiscal 2004 third-quarter revenues of $92 million, down 8% from the $100 million booked in the same quarter last year.
June 9, 2004
Contrast-enhanced CT finds myocardial infarction
By Eric Barnes
Several new studies are reporting that contrast-enhanced CT can readily demonstrate myocardial infarction (MI) as foci of reduced attenuation compared with normal myocardium. The studies hint at a predictive role for CT in assessing a patient's prognosis after a cardiac event.
June 9, 2004
E-Z-EM shifts barium manufacturing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a cost-cutting move, E-Z-EM is moving barium powder production to its manufacturing facility in Montreal.
June 8, 2004
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