Clinical News: Page 1509

Shimadzu, Konica Minolta ink portable DR deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Shimadzu Medical Systems USA and Konica Minolta Medical Imaging have expanded their relationship with a new digital radiography (DR) agreement.
April 8, 2014
Chest x-ray still has value for tuberculosis screening
By Brian Casey
Should low-dose CT replace chest radiography for determining whether patients scheduled for immunosuppressive therapy have latent tuberculosis? Not yet, according to German researchers, who believe chest radiography still has a role to play.
April 8, 2014
Off-label use unlocks contrast ultrasound for radiology in U.S.
By Erik L. Ridley
While the interminable wait continues for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of ultrasound contrast agents in radiology applications, the delay doesn't preclude their clinical use now in the U.S., according to a presentation by Dr. Richard Barr, PhD, at last week's American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine meeting.
April 8, 2014
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Rebooting breast screening; new Mary's Musings; RADPAC donations
By Brian Casey
April 7, 2014
GE gets FDA nod for Q.Clear
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Q.Clear PET iterative reconstruction algorithm.
April 7, 2014
New PET technique may aid prostate imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Colorado researchers have developed a way to alter lipid metabolism in a cancer cell to make it use more FDG, potentially improving detection with PET.
April 7, 2014
Annals opinions: Reboot needed on breast screening debate
By Kate Madden Yee
It's time for both sides of the mammography screening debate to drop the same old arguments and start thinking about the problem of breast cancer in new ways, according to two opinion papers published online April 8 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
April 7, 2014
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AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
April 6, 2014
Varian installs 500th linear accelerator in Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems has installed its 500th medical linear accelerator in Japan at the Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital.
April 6, 2014
Brainlab installs Airo mobile CT in NC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brainlab has installed its first Airo mobile intraoperative CT scanner at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC.
April 6, 2014
Calgary Scientific receives another FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Calgary Scientific has received class II clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its ResolutionMD software for mobile diagnostic use on all imaging modalities except for mammography.
April 6, 2014
Stress cardiac MRI aids early emergency dept. evaluations
By Wayne Forrest
When performed within 12 hours of a patient coming to an emergency department with chest pain, adenosine stress cardiac MRI is valuable for the "safe, quick, and accurate" diagnosis of significant coronary artery disease, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology.
April 6, 2014
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