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ASTRO, AAPM roll out rad-onc incident training
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) have joined forces to introduce the Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System.
June 22, 2014
Contrast echo technique spots, quantifies heart damage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A novel myocardial contrast echocardiography technique can diagnose and quantify damage to heart muscle even after an episode of mild cardiac injury from ischemia has resolved.
June 22, 2014
Breast cancer management in Turkey meets global standards
By Rabia Mughal
A Turkish study on the diagnosis and management of breast cancer with bone metastasis found that while the country largely complies with international guidelines, physicians need to increase their awareness and knowledge of the current guidelines.
June 22, 2014
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New knowledge changes use of CT in guiding stroke treatment
By Eric Barnes
Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator works better and is harmful to fewer patients than most doctors think, and, in any case, stroke treatment shouldn't be denied just because CT perfusion says the ischemic area is too large, according to a presentation earlier this month at the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.
June 22, 2014
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Texas technologists oppose licensure removal
By Eric Barnes
The Texas Society of Radiologic Technologists said it opposes a recent move by a commission appointed by the Texas Legislature to eliminate licensure requirements for radiologic technologists.
June 19, 2014
MRI links brain development to violent TV
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using MRI, researchers found less mature brain development and poorer executive functioning in young adult men who watched more violence on television, according to a study in the July issue of Brain and Cognition.
June 19, 2014
ISCT's Rubin issues challenge to image processing firms
By Eric Barnes
Advances in image processing have given radiologists new tools to find the abnormalities they're looking for. But Dr. Geoffrey Rubin believes that radiologists need better tools -- and quickly -- before they drown in a flood of data being produced by the new generation of CT scanners.
June 19, 2014
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MedInformatix signs Wash. practice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MedInformatix said it has won a contract for version 7.5 of its RIS software at a Washington state radiology practice.
June 19, 2014
NY museum uses CT to identify mummy's gender
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from the Buffalo Museum of Science in Buffalo, NY, have conducted a virtual autopsy on a South American mummy using 3D CT, the museum said.
June 19, 2014
Consumer-grade displays can tackle image viewing
By Erik L. Ridley
Even without DICOM calibration, consumer-grade color displays can perform comparably to medical-grade grayscale LCDs for reading chest radiographs, Colombian researchers reported in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 19, 2014
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AuntMinnie.com CT Insider
By Eric Barnes
June 18, 2014
Targeson wins $225K NIH grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Targeson has received a grant of $225,000 from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
June 18, 2014
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