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GE recalls NM systems; saving NM residencies; rads as gatekeepers
By Brian Casey
July 8, 2013
Agfa debuts new small-format flat-panel detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare plans to release its DX-D 35C small-format, wireless, flat-panel digital radiography (DR) detector at the upcoming AHRA 2013 meeting in Minneapolis.
July 8, 2013
GE recalls gamma cameras after fatal accident
By Brian Casey
In the wake of a fatal accident in which a patient was crushed by one of its gamma cameras, GE Healthcare has advised users of many of its nuclear medicine systems to stop using the products until they have been inspected by GE service engineers.
July 8, 2013
Report: Cardiac cath growth isn't serving patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New interventional cardiac catheterization services duplicate existing programs and do not improve patients' access to emergency cardiac care, according to a new study published online July 9 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
July 8, 2013
MRI-glucose combo finds cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
London researchers have developed an imaging method that uses MRI to detect signs of glucose uptake that could indicate the presence of cancer, according to a study published online July 7 in Nature Medicine.
July 8, 2013
SNMMI disagrees with CMS PET decision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) expressed its disappointment with the July 3 draft decision from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the use of beta-amyloid PET imaging agents.
July 8, 2013
Half dose of MRI contrast feasible for rheumatoid arthritis
By Wayne Forrest
A half dose of the MRI contrast agent gadobenate dimeglumine provides just as much relevant diagnostic information as a full dose in 3-tesla imaging of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology.
July 8, 2013
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Combo residency could address nuclear medicine job woes
By Eric Barnes
A survey of nuclear medicine residents found widespread dismay about the lack of job opportunities for newly minted nuclear medicine specialists, along with a strong conviction that combining residency programs with radiology is the only way to set things right, according to an article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
July 8, 2013
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Toshiba donates US unit to Gorilla Doctors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has donated an ultrasound system to Gorilla Doctors to aid gorillas in the wild.
July 7, 2013
HIMSS Asia-Pacific forum to start August 1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT industry experts will congregate at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) AsiaPac13 Greater China eHealth Forum this summer to discuss strategies, challenges, and outcomes of IT adoption in the healthcare industry.
July 7, 2013
Algorithm identifies misfiled chest x-rays in PACS
By Brian Casey
The adoption of PACS hasn't eliminated the problem of lost x-ray films, as any healthcare facility knows. But Japanese researchers believe they've found an answer through a computer algorithm that locates misfiled chest radiographs based on unique anatomical data, which they call "biological fingerprints," found in each x-ray.
July 7, 2013
Lilly 'disappointed' with CMS draft decision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eli Lilly and its subsidiary Avid Radiopharmaceuticals are expressing disappointment in the July 3 draft decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that stopped short of fully endorsing PET beta-amyloid imaging for dementia or neurodegenerative disease.
July 4, 2013
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