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Worrisome radiation dose seen in CT lung screening, follow-up
By Eric Barnes
Lacking cumulative dose data for lung screening protocols, radiologists from Duke University Medical Center decided to add them up based on the literature. CT lung screening and multiple follow-up scans can produce alarmingly high dose totals, according to Dr. Philip Goodman.
December 22, 2002
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Toshiba gets clearance for cardiac functional analysis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its cardiac functional analysis software package, available on the vendor's Aquilion 16 CT scanner.
December 17, 2002
Thin-collimation MDCT identifies more coronary calcium
By Eric Barnes
Armed with a shiny new 16-slice ECG-gated scanner and a heart phantom, German researchers set out to optimize their coronary artery calcium (CAC) evaluation protocol. They presented their findings at the 2002 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 17, 2002
Analogic revenues surge in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging technology developer Analogic reported record revenue of $135.7 million in its first quarter, up 79% from the $75.8 million reported in the first quarter a year ago.
December 10, 2002
Newbridge Capital scoops up BodyScan Imaging, affiliates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Newbridge Capital, a Newport Beach, CA-based financial management company, has signed an agreement to acquire all assets and business interests of Irvine, CA-based BodyScan Imaging, Cardiac Imaging, and BodyScan’s affiliate business, Imaging Center Management.
December 10, 2002
E-Z-EM touts colon CAD for InnerviewGI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
E-Z-EM featured several advances for its InnerviewGI workstation at last week’s RSNA meeting. Enhancements include a new work-in-progress protocol that applies computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithms to virtual colonoscopy studies, according to executives of the Westbury, NY, vendor
December 9, 2002
Toshiba installs three 16-slice CT scanners in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has completed the first U.S. installations of its Aquilion 16 CT scanner in three facilities -- Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore; Long Beach Memorial Hospital in California; and St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, ID.
December 9, 2002
CT highlights neoplasm in secondary appendicitis
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) CT accurately demonstrates underlying neoplasm in most patients presenting with secondary appendicitis, according to a retrospective study of U.S. military personnel.
December 9, 2002
PET/CT shows promise for peritoneal carcinomatosis
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - The combination of two technologies with PET/CT fusion imaging could provide the best possible imaging study for the detection of ovarian cancer.
December 5, 2002
Plain film x-rays not needed with CT to evaluate polytrauma spinal injuries
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Doctors who work at a busy trauma center in Miami said plain x-ray films of the neck are unnecessary if the patients with multiple injuries receive a routine spiral CT scan upon admission.
December 5, 2002
R2 and Vital Images to merge CT lung nodule software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CAD developer R2 Technology of Sunnyvale, CA and Plymouth, MN-based Vital Images have agreed to integrate their lung nodule detection software.
December 3, 2002
RSNA presentations highlight mixed views on full-body CT screening
CHICAGO - A marketing study at this week's RSNA conference shows that potential patients are interested in full-body CT screening, but other researchers find modest results.
December 3, 2002
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