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X-ray positioning manual; update on PET/MRI scanner
By Brian Casey
March 24, 2008
iCRco nets Midwestern contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography (CR) vendor iCRco has won a multiunit CR contract with Midwestern State University of Wichita Falls, TX, the company reported.
March 20, 2008
Philips inks Chinese DR contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare and Chinese medical equipment wholesaler Ascent Profit have signed a 25 million euro ($39.4 million U.S.) contract to offer digital radiography (DR) systems to hospitals in China.
March 19, 2008
X-Ray Patient Positioning Manual
AuntMinnie.com's X-Ray Patient Positioning Manual is a compendium of articles on radiographic patient positioning. The 152-page document covers a wide range of positioning techniques, ranging from proper positioning for the pelvis and proximal femur to positioning for PA chest exams.
March 17, 2008
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Konica Minolta scores CR deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA has been awarded a three-year contract from Adventist Health Systems/West.
March 17, 2008
IDC reports 2007 loss as sales dip
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian digital radiography (DR) developer Imaging Dynamics (IDC) of Calgary posted a slightly higher net loss for its 2007 fiscal year as revenues dropped.
March 16, 2008
RadNet completes Papastavros buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider RadNet of Los Angeles has completed its acquisition of Papastavros' Associates Medical Imaging and related entities.
March 16, 2008
CMS makes no change to coronary CTA payments
By Brian Casey
In a victory for advocates of coronary CT angiography (CTA), the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today decided to make no change to the way it reimburses for coronary CTA exams. With the decision, CT advocates have dodged a bullet that many feared could have killed the promising new field of cardiac imaging with CT.
March 11, 2008
Report projects growth in PACS, RIS, CR markets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The global market for PACS and teleradiology systems is expected to be worth $4.4 billion by 2010, while the computed radiography (CR) and RIS markets are also expected to grow in years to come.
March 11, 2008
Obese patients challenge efficacy of cardiac CTA
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Coronary CT angiography (CTA) is proving useful for evaluating most patients with suspected coronary artery disease, particularly since the introduction of 64-slice scanners. But information about CTA's performance in certain subpopulations, such as obese patients, is lacking. Researchers from Belgium studied whether coronary CTA was useful in this patient population, and presented their findings at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 10, 2008
Prospective gating drops cardiac CT radiation dose
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - Prospective gating has emerged as a promising method for reducing radiation dose in coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies. Monday at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Italian researchers confirmed previous results in using prospective gating to reduce dose to as little as 2.8 mSv per heart study, while a German group discussed its effort to further refine prospective gating by making it more accurate.
March 9, 2008
GE launches Definium 6000 at ECR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VIENNA - GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., used this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) to launch Definium 6000, a new digital radiography (DR) product.
March 9, 2008
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