Clinical News: Page 1501

Mary's Musings: Can big data add insight to breast screening?

By Dr. Mary Morrison Saltz

Dr. Mary Morrison Saltz enters the fray over breast screening in this month's column, in which she addresses the uncertainty over whether screening mammography is effective and how it might be improved. She also makes a surprising confession of her own.

May 21, 2014

Elekta promotes Gamma Knife study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta is touting a study that found patients with multiple brain metastases receive as much as a 74% lower radiation dose to normal brain tissue with its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion radiosurgery system.

May 21, 2014

ImaginAb opens Japanese subsidiary

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging agent developer ImaginAb has launched ImaginAb Japan, a wholly owned subsidiary headquartered in Tokyo.

May 21, 2014

VuCOMP completes W.Va. installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer VuCOMP has installed its M-Vu CAD for mammography software at Mon General Hospital in Morgantown, WV.

May 21, 2014

Practice of Ultrasound: Part 15 -- The way of the radiologist

By Dr. Jason Birnholz

AuntMinnie.com presents the latest in a series of columns on the practice of ultrasound from Dr. Jason Birnholz, one of the pioneers of the modality. In this installment, he reflects on the early days of his career in ultrasound, and how things might have been.

May 21, 2014

fMRI shows deficiencies in meth users

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In a study of chronic methamphetamine users, functional MRI (fMRI) showed brain abnormalities that appear related to risky decision-making.

May 20, 2014

Monteris adds to AtamA product line

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Monteris Medical said its 3-tesla MR-compatible AtamA brain surgery stabilization system is now available in the U.S. and Canada.

May 20, 2014

Navidea points to SNMMI studies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals said that 11 studies involving its products will be presented at the upcoming Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.

May 20, 2014

Radiologist training tool improves MSK interpretations

By Wayne Forrest

A new teaching tool called Real View Radiology is showing early success by improving the ability of first- and second-year residents to interpret musculoskeletal MRI cases. The system was developed by a group of residents at IU Health, the health system affiliated with Indiana University (IU).

May 20, 2014

Uterine artery embolization (UAE) in the UAE

By Haleema P. Saripada, Maysam T. Abu Sa'a, Jamal Al Deen Alkoteesh

Since it was first introduced in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) several years ago, uterine artery embolization has become a popular procedure for many young women who have symptomatic uterine fibroids. In this article, the team that introduced UAE to the UAE describes the procedure and its advantages.

May 20, 2014

New MRI technique shows tPA risk for stroke patients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed an MRI technique that can predict with 95% accuracy how stroke victims will react to intravenous, clot-busting drugs.

May 19, 2014

Dassault unveils 3D virtual heart model

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

French 3D design and simulation firm Dassault Systèmes has introduced a 3D simulation model of a whole human heart.

May 19, 2014

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