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Medrad gains approval for SimpliCT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medrad has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its SimpliCT interventional guidance system.
June 26, 2001
Whole-body CT scan center to open in Scottsdale, AZ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
BodyScan Imaging, an Irvine, CA-based imaging-service firm, is slated to open its first whole-body CT center in the U.S. Southwest this July 16.
June 25, 2001
GE rolls out line of hybrid scanners
By Erik L. Ridley
GE Medical Systems believes that fusion imaging is the future of nuclear medicine. And the Waukesha, WI-based firm is backing up its vision with the launch of a family of combo scanners at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting.
June 24, 2001
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Evolution and fusion define lung imaging progress
By Eric Barnes
TORONTO - For evaluating patients with suspected primary lung cancer, nuclear medicine has come a long way, baby. On the road from gallium and V/Q to promising new radionuclides such as depreotide, to CT fusion techniques that could finally get radiotherapy planning right, Dr. Alan Waxman sees nuclear medicine's bright spots.
June 24, 2001
GE unveils Discovery LS hybrid CT/PET system
By Erik L. Ridley
NEW YORK CITY - GE Medical Systems has laid claim to the high end of the burgeoning fusion imaging market, launching its Discovery LS hybrid CT/PET scanner yesterday at a media event at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
June 21, 2001
testing bard
By Wayne Forrest, Cynthia E. Keen
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June 19, 2001
MRI lifts the lid on TRB
By Eric Barnes
The past few years have yielded many clues about ocular retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer that occurs in about 1 in 20,000 births. Yet little is known about a particularly virulent form of the disease known as trilateral retinoblastoma. In a 15-year retrospective study, neuroradiologist Dr. James Provenzale sheds a light on TRB's deadly path.
June 19, 2001
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Marconi produces 16-slice CT images
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Marconi Medical Systems said it has produced 16-slice images from its Infinite Detector technology, which was designed for use with Marconi's Mx8000 multislice CT scanner.
June 17, 2001
Optimal triggering is crucial for EBCT of coronary arteries
By Eric Barnes
Electron beam computed tomography has been found to be a reliable method of evaluating coronary luminal stenosis, given adequate image quality. But image quality is precisely the problem, so researchers from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and St. John's Cardiovascular Research Center in Torrance, CA, found ways to optimize it.
June 12, 2001
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Comparative assessment of CT and sonographic techniques for appendiceal imaging
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Both CT and ultrasound imaging are widely used in the diagnosis of appendicitis with a resultant lowering in the clinically negative appendectomy rate. In order to determine which technique was superior, radiologists at Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania conducted a comparative assessment of various CT techniques and graded compression ultrasound.
June 11, 2001
CT over the rainbow: color-coding protocol reduces errors
By Shalmali Pal
Colors play a major role in dictating human behavior. Red means stop, green means go, and orange means a detector configuration of 5 mm, slice thickness of 5 mm, and 1.5 ml/kg of contrast agent. It does, that is, if you are following "Rainbow Radiology," a color-coded system designed to streamline pediatric CT scans.
May 29, 2001
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Canadians follow the Masters path for head CT
By Eric Barnes
A 1987 study that stratified trauma patients by risk of intracranial injury apparently works as well for CT as it did for x-ray. In fact, new research concludes that the old Masters guidelines choose patients for head CT far more reliably than the emergency room physicians treating them.
May 28, 2001
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