Digital X-Ray: Page 234

Bayer Schering, Epix to end Vasovist partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent firms Bayer Schering Pharma and Epix Pharmaceuticals have agreed to end their marketing partnership for the Vasovist blood-pool MR angiography agent that Epix developed.
September 3, 2008
Real-time 3D TEE helps guide heart-repair procedures
By Caitanya Min
Real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can help guide the treatment of patients with heart conditions such as atrial septal defect and congenital heart disease, according to a pair of presentations at the recent Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium (PICS).
September 3, 2008
Quantum launches new cassette holder
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has launched a new rolling lateral x-ray cassette holder.
September 3, 2008
Large CR study reveals wide variation in adult and pediatric protocols
By Kathlyn Stone
A retrospective study of more than 40,000 computed radiography exams obtained from six University of Maryland departments suggests wide variations in protocols among hospital departments and slightly higher-than-necessary radiation exposure to patients, particularly children.
September 2, 2008
Carestream targets existing x-ray rooms with wireless DR
By Brian Casey
Medical imaging vendor Carestream Health has launched a new wireless digital radiography panel that's designed to fit into existing analog radiography systems without the need for any retrofit adaptations.
September 1, 2008
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Sodium bicarbonate doesn't prevent CIN reactions
By Eric Barnes
For clinicians hoping to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with impaired kidney function, sodium bicarbonate is starting to lose its fizz, according to research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
September 1, 2008
Del adds Italian radiography orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Del Global Technologies subsidiary Villa Sistemi Medicali has installed two Apollo DRF systems at two hospitals in Rome.
August 25, 2008
MDCT for chest pain: Whom to scan, when to discharge
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography is proving to be reliable for triaging chest pain patients in the emergency room. Its high negative predictive value for ruling out acute coronary syndrome suggests that patients with negative results and negative cardiac enzymes can be safely discharged. But most are still admitted for observation, at great expense to the U.S. healthcare system.
August 21, 2008
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Xograph completes U.K. install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare has installed two digital radiography rooms in the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.
August 14, 2008
IDC takes Texas order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian digital radiography (DR) developer Imaging Dynamics (IDC) has received an order for its 1600 Plus X-Series DR system from Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, TX.
August 12, 2008
Swissray signs Adventist supply pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography (DR) developer Swissray International has been awarded a three-year, dual-source contract to supply DR systems to Adventist Health System of Winter Park, FL.
August 11, 2008
Siemens completes Northampton installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has installed its Artis zee cardiac angiography system and its Somatom Definition AS CT scanner at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust in the U.K.
August 11, 2008
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