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Chest CT pegs inhalation anthrax at Virginia facility
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CT has moved to the forefront of radiology’s response to the recent bioterror attacks using anthrax spores delivered via the U.S. mail. A group of radiologists in the Washington, DC, area is using the modality to successfully screen patients for advanced inhalation anthrax disease.
October 29, 2001
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Links to AuntMinnie.com CT Teaching Files
The following are links to selected AuntMinnie.com Teaching Files involving the use of computed tomography (CT). Just click on the link to go directly to the case.
October 27, 2001
Analogic is restructuring and refocusing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Analogic is shifting its corporate focus to its explosives detection and security systems business in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks and in light of lower CT revenues due to the upcoming loss of a major OEM client.
October 25, 2001
Imaging technology answers an urgent call for security
By Eric Barnes
It's nice to know that radiology has a higher calling -- somewhere around 35,000 feet in the air. Advanced imaging technologies based on CT and MRI are now being used to protect the lives of airline passengers as well as patients.
October 25, 2001
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PointDx licenses virtual endoscopy technology to Vital Images
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PointDx has signed a nonexclusive license agreement to its virtual endoscopy patents to Vital Images, which will allow Vital Images to enhance its CT colonography technology.
October 22, 2001
Vital Images releases Vitrea 2.5
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
3-D software developer Vital Images has introduced version 2.5 of its Vitrea software.
October 11, 2001
Do CT and EBCT calcium scores weigh apples and oranges?
By Eric Barnes
For better or worse, the high cost of electron-beam CT scanners will continue to drive the development of spiral CT technology as an alternative to EBCT for coronary artery calcium scoring. But an article in Radiology says spiral CT might not be up to the task.
October 11, 2001
Internists find MRI and CT most important innovations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI and CT are the most important medical innovations in the last 25 years, according to a survey of 225 general internists around the U.S.
October 10, 2001
Imatron adjusts projected revenues
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) scanner manufacturer Imatron has scaled back earnings estimates for fiscal-year 2001 by approximately 12%.
October 7, 2001
CT dose study is good news for interventional radiologists
By Shalmali Pal
The radiation exposure to staff and patients during three types of CT-guided procedures -- coagulation of osteoid osteoma, biopsy, and drainage -- is well within acceptable ranges, according to a study in The British Journal of Radiology.
October 4, 2001
GE gets clearance for CT colonography
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its CT colonography technique.
September 26, 2001
FDA approves Marconi's Infinite detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Marconi Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for Infinite Detector technology for its Mx8000 multislice CT scanner.
September 24, 2001
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