Clinical News: Page 1622

Carestream gets Tenn. pediatric DR installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has installed its digital radiography (DR) technology at Children's Hospital at Erlanger in Chattanooga, TN.
August 8, 2013
Study links triple-negative breast cancer on MRI, PET/CT scans
By Wayne Forrest
California researchers have found links between the appearance of triple-negative breast cancer on two different imaging modalities, MRI and PET/CT. They believe their findings can help guide therapy for the disease, which occurs less frequently but is typically more deadly than other types of breast cancer.
August 8, 2013
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Hermes gets FDA nod for NM software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish nuclear medicine software developer Hermes Medical Solutions has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for new software for reconstructing and processing hybrid nuclear medicine (NM) studies.
August 7, 2013
PACS productivity in CT: Are we there yet?
By Erik L. Ridley
The adoption of PACS has improved the productivity of radiologists when reading CT exams, but there are still barriers to surmount in order to wring full efficiency gains from digital image review, according to Dr. Jeffrey Mendel from Tufts University.
August 7, 2013
Calif. team uses MRI to guide gene therapy in brain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego are reporting the use of MRI to guide the delivery of gene therapy in the brain.
August 7, 2013
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Study finds docs aren't 'gaming' decision-support software
By Erik L. Ridley
Referring physicians sometimes don't like it when clinical decision-support software tells them they can't order an imaging exam. But how often do doctors enter inaccurate lab data to try to "game" the system to get the test they want? Not very often, if the experience of Brigham and Women's Hospital is any indication.
August 7, 2013
Fuji, NBCF donate mammo unit to Texas site
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA and the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) have donated an Aspire ClearView-1m mammography unit to the Rose, a nonprofit breast health organization in Houston.
August 6, 2013
Proton therapy groups praise GAO prostate cancer report
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Two groups representing the proton therapy community issued a statement backing a recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that highlighted a trend toward increased physician self-referral for prostate cancer treatment.
August 6, 2013
Longer observation cuts pediatric head CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Observing children with blunt head trauma for a longer time period translates into a smaller chance they'll be scanned with CT, according to a new study published online August 5 in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
August 6, 2013
Medtronic ships neurostimulator for use with MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Medtronic has begun shipments of a neurostimulation implant that can be used in MRI scans of patients who meet certain conditions.
August 6, 2013
Higher creatinine can occur after CT -- even without contrast
By Eric Barnes
Contrast media is often blamed for what appears to be contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients getting CT scans. But Chinese researchers have found that elevated rates of serum creatinine -- a marker for CIN -- can occur after CT even in patients who never receive contrast.
August 6, 2013
Strategic planning and ACOs; is capitation back? MRI shows early treatment response
By Brian Casey
August 5, 2013
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