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China, India to enjoy MRI market growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
China and India will prove to be major growth markets for the MRI industry in the coming years, according to a new report from medical intelligence company GBI Research.
March 4, 2013
HIMSS: PACS will not remain a self-contained data silo
By Cynthia E. Keen
NEW ORLEANS - Not all imaging informatics administrators and radiology IT staff want to keep PACS as its own silo of data in a healthcare IT enterprise data archive. Technology changes and the movement to a single integrated enterprise archive will eventually absorb it, attendees at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting were told in an educational session on Monday.
March 4, 2013
HIMSS: Are you ready for a meaningful use audit?
By Cynthia E. Keen
NEW ORLEANS - Hey, meaningful users! Are you prepared to pass a federal privacy and security audit? You may not be, which can carry important consequences, participants learned at a Sunday symposium of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting.
March 3, 2013
Surgery plus RT works best for metastatic gastric cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Patients with metastatic gastric cancer face a grim prognosis, but those who undergo surgery followed by radiation therapy (RT) may have the best chance of longer survival, according to a study published online January 29 in Cancer.
March 3, 2013
JAMA: Physicians do not discuss CT risks with most patients
By Eric Barnes
Physicians rarely communicated the risks of CT scans to patients before ordering the exams in a population of older male patients at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital, according to survey results published on March 4 in a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine.
March 3, 2013
Report predicts single-digit growth for MRI market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new market research report is predicting that the global MRI market will grow at a 6% annual rate, reaching a value of $6 billion by 2018.
February 28, 2013
Elekta launches new Versa HD linear accelerator
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has launched a new advanced linear accelerator system, Versa HD.
February 28, 2013
Study confirms diminished use of pediatric trauma CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of CT exams in pediatric trauma patients has declined or stayed the same for most clinical applications over the past decade, according to an analysis published online February 25 in Radiology.
February 28, 2013
Cephasonics debuts new US research systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology and subsystems developer Cephasonics is entering the ultrasound research market with the introduction of the cQuest Griffin and cQuest Firebird research scanners.
February 28, 2013
Philips gets FDA OK for MicroDose SI FFDM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its MicroDose SI full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.
February 28, 2013
Orlando center bets on CT lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
A little more than a year after a Florida cancer care hospital took the plunge into low-dose CT lung cancer screening, the program has proved its worth, according to the physicians who are running it -- though they admit they wouldn't mind having a few more people to screen.
February 28, 2013
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Ultrasound spots lung congestion in dialysis patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lung ultrasound is capable of discovering asymptomatic lung congestion in dialysis patients, and these findings can predict risk of premature death or heart attacks or other cardiac events, according to research published online Thursday in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
February 27, 2013
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