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Gamma Medica completes 1st Fla. installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma Medica has installed its LumaGem molecular breast imaging system at the Hill Breast Center at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville.
October 13, 2014
Delphinus names Sanders VP of engineering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Tomographic ultrasound developer Delphinus Medical Technologies has named Chris Sanders as vice president of engineering.
October 13, 2014
Redberg et al take last shot at CT lung screening; FDA approves new ultrasound contrast agent
By Brian Casey
October 13, 2014
MRI shows baseball's wear on teenage shoulders
By Wayne Forrest
It may be America's pastime, but baseball is causing a range of health issues in the young athletes who play it. In a new study published online October 14 in Radiology, MR images revealed abnormal shoulder development and potential long-term issues in male and female teenagers who threw a baseball more than 100 times a week.
October 13, 2014
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GE installs 1st SensorySuite in Calif.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has installed its first SensorySuite at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Centers in San Diego.
October 12, 2014
JAMA IM editorials weigh in on lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
With Medicare on the cusp of a momentous decision about whether to pay for CT lung cancer screening, the issue is the focus of a pair of editorials published October 13 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Taking opposite sides, the articles one last time outline positions that have become solidified as the U.S. government weighs what could be one of the biggest public health initiatives in decades.
October 12, 2014
Study: Overuse of cardiac imaging adds to health costs
By Brian Casey
A new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine has concluded that the overuse of cardiac stress testing with medical imaging has contributed to rising healthcare costs.
October 12, 2014
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CT hits the road in Houston with stroke ambulance project
By Eric Barnes
Houston doctors have launched a CT-equipped mobile stroke unit to start clot-busting treatment sooner after 911 is called. The University of Texas team also hopes to learn whether patients have better long-term outcomes when they're treated sooner rather than later.
October 12, 2014
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PET imaging technique lessens motion effects
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Finnish researchers have developed an imaging technique to reduce the effect of respiratory motion on PET image quality, according to a new study published in Physics in Medicine and Biology.
October 12, 2014
SNMMI opposes proposed changes in tech duties
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is asking its members to contact the Joint Commission to object to proposed changes regarding which tasks technologists can perform.
October 12, 2014
Bracco gets FDA nod for ultrasound contrast agent
By Erik L. Ridley
A third contestant has joined the U.S. market for ultrasound contrast agents: On Friday, Bracco Diagnostics received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its Lumason ultrasound contrast agent. The approval marks the end of a long odyssey for Bracco in its efforts to bring the agent to market.
October 9, 2014
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Analogic launches new Flex Focus 400 exp scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Analogic has launched a new version of its Flex Focus 400 ultrasound scanner platform at the Anesthesiology 2014 meeting in New Orleans.
October 9, 2014
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