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Radiology digests new 16-slice scanners
By Brian Casey
November 13, 2003
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Financial analysis brings new perspectives on PET/CT acquisition
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Larry Weber, director of business development at Great Basin Imaging in Carson City, NV, explains the steps he took to develop a financial analysis for PET/CT at his outpatient imaging center.
November 13, 2003
GE expands capabilities of Infinia Hawkeye SPECT/CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality developer GE Medical Systems of Waukesha, WI, is increasing the diagnostic utility of its Infinia Hawkeye SPECT/CT system with a new detector that enables physicians to localize disease with greater accuracy and speed, according to the vendor.
November 12, 2003
Dunlee expands CT tube line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging equipment parts provider Dunlee has expanded its product line for GE Medical Systems CT tubes with the launch of its DA-200 series.
November 12, 2003
superDimension launches CT bronchoscopy device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT-guided bronchoscopy developer superDimension of Herzliya, Israel, introduced its superDimension/Bronchus system at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Vienna.
November 10, 2003
BodyScan adds San Antonio center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electron beam tomography services provider BodyScan Imaging is opening a new center in San Antonio.
November 10, 2003
Philips adds to cardiology line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems formally added a number of new technologies to its cardiology portfolio at this week’s annual American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in Orlando.
November 10, 2003
Oral pentobarbital tops chloral hydrate for pre-imaging infant sedation, study claims
By Jill Stein
Until now, chloral hydrate has been the gold standard for oral sedation for pediatric radiological imaging, explained Dr. Keira Mason and colleagues from Children’s Hospital in Boston in a poster presentation at the 2003 American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting in San Francisco.
November 10, 2003
Saline flush boosts contrast enhancement in abdominal CT
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from Austria have used the saline flush to increase contrast enhancement in both parenchymal and vascular structures of the abdomen. Well known in MRI, the procedure has not been routinely used in CT, where it could potentially improve enhancement while reducing the associated costs and risks.
November 5, 2003
Politics matters in the real world of virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
The colonoscopy may be virtual, but the politics shaping its approval for screening can be excruciatingly real. At the 2003 International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy in Boston, radiologist Dr. Joseph Ferrucci from Boston University School of Medicine offered evidence, and some politics of his own, in a discussion of VC's future.
November 4, 2003
DeJarnette renames Breakaway as dyseCT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
DeJarnette Research Systems has renamed its Breakaway software as dyseCT.
October 30, 2003
Amersham adds new contrast packaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical provider Amersham Health has introduced a new packaging approach for its Omnipaque and Visipaque contrast agents.
October 29, 2003
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