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Focused CT preferred over US for tracking suspected appendicitis in pregnant women

By Shalmali Pal

Focused contrast-enhanced CT is a safe and effective way to image pregnant women for suspected appendicitis, according to the 11-year experience of radiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

January 14, 2001

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Marconi nets CT and MR contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

January 11, 2001

GE completes ELGEMS purchase

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

January 11, 2001

Ultrasound, MRI come up short in achilles tendon injuries

By Erik L. Ridley

Ultrasound and MRI aren't sufficiently accurate to warrant their routine use in diagnosing achilles tendon disorders, say Canadian researchers who reviewed studies using both modalities.

January 11, 2001

Limiting MR and CT to specialists curbs imaging demand

If only specialists could order MRI and CT exams of the joints, would primary care doctors refer more patients to them? Would costs then rise? Would quality of care suffer? Apparently not, according to Dr. Andrew Litt from the New York University School of Medicine, who studied 100,000 capitated patients over two years.

January 10, 2001

Ross resigns as Imatron president

January 9, 2001

Marconi sells five Mx8000 scanners to Univ. of Maryland

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

January 8, 2001

Imatron sells ninth system in Q4

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

January 4, 2001

Imaging Diagnostic continues approval process for CT laser mammography

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

January 2, 2001

TACT technique offers 3-D mammograms

By Shalmali Pal

A new breast imaging technique could offer 3-D mammograms as an alternative to conventional 2-D digital mammography. At last month's RSNA meeting, a researcher from Wake Forest University presented results from an emerging technology known as tuned-aperture computed tomography.

December 27, 2000

Imatron inks distribution deal for Japan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

December 19, 2000

Marconi’s Mx8000 scanner to be used in lung study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

December 14, 2000

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