Digital X-Ray: Page 211

Study confirms link between angio contrast and long-term kidney damage
By Brian Casey
The use of x-ray contrast media in patients with kidney impairment can result in higher rates of long-term adverse events such as death, heart attack, and stroke, and different contrast agents can have varying adverse event rates, according to a study published online today in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
June 24, 2009
Imix installs first SomaRad units
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography (DR) developer Imix Americas has completed the first installations of its SomaRad DR system at four imaging centers.
June 24, 2009
OR Technology adds Botswana order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German image processing and PACS firm OR Technology has received an order from Bokamoso Private Hospital in Botswana.
June 24, 2009
Viztek lands DR order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek has installed a digital radiography (DR) U-arm system at Patients First Health Care of Washington, MO.
June 23, 2009
CAD helps digital chest x-ray; VA brachytherapy scandal
By Brian Casey
June 22, 2009
CAD for chest x-ray detects overlooked subtle lung cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software found nearly half of all lung tumors missed by radiologists on their original interpretation of images, according to a study by University of Maryland researchers that's being published in the July issue of Radiology.
June 22, 2009
Konica Minolta adds Regius install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA has received an order for its Regius digital imaging suite from Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, NH.
June 21, 2009
Carestream begins shipping new DRX-1 unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has begun shipping its wireless cassette-size digital radiography detector.
June 17, 2009
MR stress alone sufficient for myocardial perfusion
By Eric Barnes
Use of an automated postprocessing tool eliminates the need for both a stress and rest exam in myocardial perfusion MRI, according to researchers from Germany. They found that quantitative assessment of stress MRI images alone delivers the same diagnostic performance as semiquantitative evaluation of both stress and rest perfusion exams.
June 11, 2009
FDA clears new Ziehm C-arm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company's latest mobile C-arm device.
June 10, 2009
NanoScan touts contrast study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer NanoScan Imaging is drawing attention to results of a new research study in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine regarding its N1177 agent.
June 10, 2009
NY Yankees sign Philips
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has signed a contract to provide medical equipment to the New York Yankees baseball team.
June 9, 2009
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