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Meeting customer needs in the 3D lab: Part 1
By Erik L. Ridley
In this first installment of a two-part series on implementing postprocessing requirements for radiologists and clinicians in the 3D laboratory, AuntMinnie.com provides 3D technologist Laura Pierce's suggestions on how to address the needs of radiologists.
July 1, 2013
IBA inks deal with Taiwanese company
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical provider Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a contract with Taiwanese company Tomorrow Medical Systems (TMS).
June 30, 2013
Fla. hospital preps kids for MRIs without sedation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Wolfson Children's Hospital in Florida has launched a program aimed at reducing the number of pediatric patients undergoing sedation for MRI diagnostic scans.
June 30, 2013
Covidien's Mallinckrodt spin-off has spun
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mallinckrodt has completed the spin-off from its former parent company Covidien and has launched as a $2.1 billion publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company.
June 30, 2013
NaF-PET/CT beats scintigraphy, SPECT/CT for bone metastases
By Wayne Forrest
Sodium fluoride (NaF) PET/CT provides greater sensitivity and specificity for the detection of bone metastases than planar bone scintigraphy and SPECT/CT, according to a new pilot study from Copenhagen University Hospital.
June 30, 2013
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Radiation risk matters in cancer screening decisions
By Eric Barnes
CT wins the cost-benefit analysis in most cancer screening tests involving the modality, but the risks of ionizing radiation aren't negligible and should continue to be scrutinized as a factor in screening decisions, according to an article in the July edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 30, 2013
MITA lauds cost-effectiveness finding for CT lung scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) said it welcomes a new analysis of the 2010 National Lung Screening Trial showing that low-dose CT is a cost-effective diagnostic tool for patients at high risk of lung cancer.
June 27, 2013
JAMA: Use of advanced radiation therapy grows
By Brian Casey
The use of advanced radiation therapy technologies grew rapidly between 2004 and 2009 for treating men with prostate cancer, particularly among those who might not be at risk of dying from the disease, according to an article published in the June 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
June 27, 2013
FDA issues warning about Puerto Rican mammo facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to patients who had mammograms at a breast imaging facility in Puerto Rico.
June 27, 2013
Stanford neuroimaging center highlights MRI-based artwork
By Nicole Pettit
While some people might wish to forget the experience of undergoing an MRI exam, others turn it into art. Inspired by scans of her own brain, California artist Laura Jacobson recently created a permanent collection of works for the Stanford Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging.
June 27, 2013
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Medical tourism boosts adoption of MRI in Egypt
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of state-of-the-art medical imaging devices in the private sector to attract medical tourism has boosted the availability of MRI in Egypt, according to a new report by market research firm Frost and Sullivan.
June 26, 2013
Konica Minolta completes Tenn. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging has completed a contract for Sweetwater Community Hospital in Tennessee to convert its x-ray department to digital radiography (DR) with Konica Minolta's wireless AeroDR panel.
June 26, 2013
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