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Wide-area 640-slice CCTA pares contrast dose
By Eric Barnes
Chinese researchers performing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) on a wide-area CT scanner with 640-slice reconstruction found they could substantially reduce the use of contrast media -- at least in nonobese patients with well-controlled heart rates.
June 20, 2013
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Refurb company BC Technical acquires MedX
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging refurbished equipment developer BC Technical has acquired nuclear medicine developer MedX.
June 20, 2013
Senate committee passes helium bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 18 unanimously approved a bill that would prevent the early closure of the Federal Helium Reserve.
June 20, 2013
Research falls short in backing PET for cancer surveillance
By Wayne Forrest
Published research isn't sufficiently showing the effectiveness of PET and PET/CT for the surveillance of several cancers, according to a June 17 article in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Studies lack standard definitions for surveillance, use different scanning protocols, and have inconsistent reports of test accuracy.
June 20, 2013
Philips sells MR-HIFU unit in Jordan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has sold an MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) system to Farah Hospital in Amman, Jordan.
June 19, 2013
Final day of MDCT video stream; Fishman on iPads; CT for stroke; PACS downtime
By Brian Casey
June 19, 2013
Carestream gets FDA nod for new DR detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new wireless digital radiography (DR) detector.
June 19, 2013
Siemens settles ultrasound copyright case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has resolved its copyright and trade secret lawsuit against Conquest Imaging regarding ultrasound patents.
June 19, 2013
MDCT: Ultralow-dose CT lung scan needs more validation
By Eric Barnes
WASHINGTON, DC - Ultralow-dose lung CT with iterative reconstruction looks to be quite robust, but more validation is needed before imaging facilities make it their mainstay, according to a Wednesday talk at the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.
June 19, 2013
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Digisonics to unveil Web software at ASE
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics will debut its newest product at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) conference.
June 19, 2013
PACS downtime plan improves business continuity, uptime
By Erik L. Ridley
Nobody likes downtime, particularly with a critical system such as PACS. But the effects of PACS outages have been significantly lessened at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, which adopted a new comprehensive business continuity process based on a dedicated backup PACS that's only used during downtime.
June 19, 2013
Del Medical expands DR line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Del Medical has added a new line of detectors to its digital radiography (DR) series.
June 18, 2013
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