Clinical News: Page 1757

NLST stands alone in finding lung screening mortality benefit
By Eric Barnes
A new meta-analysis of lung cancer screening studies shows that only one of three randomized trials that looked at mortality found a benefit from screening. Still, the comparison is questionable inasmuch as the two studies analyzed along with the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) may be too small with too little follow-up.
September 27, 2012
Statewide imaging repository takes off in Australia
By Cynthia E. Keen
Although technically and financially challenging, making a patient's radiology images and records accessible to any physician who needs them is intrinsic to the concept of digital radiology. In Australia, the state of New South Wales is making this happen.
September 27, 2012
Digisonics scores Illinois order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has implemented its DigiView cardiovascular information system at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, IL.
September 26, 2012
Siemens adds to CT low-dose program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has added Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart, IN, to its Low-Dose Centers of Excellence program for CT.
September 26, 2012
Indonesian nuclear medicine firm plans U.S. venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Indonesian nuclear technology firm Batan Teknologi (BatanTek) has unveiled plans to build a nuclear medicine facility in the U.S. by 2013 to produce radioisotopes for the U.S. market.
September 26, 2012
Molecular Insight launches phase II trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals has begun a phase II clinical trial of its technetium-99m MIP-1404 prostate cancer molecular imaging agent.
September 26, 2012
Regular screening could drop breast cancer disparities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Regular mammography screening can help narrow the breast cancer gap between black and white women, according to a study conducted by Chicago researchers and published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
September 26, 2012
Iterative dose reduction with 3D enhances CT image quality
By Erik L. Ridley
The use of an advanced iterative reconstruction technique with 3D processing can improve image quality and interreader agreement in reduced- and low-dose CT scans for patients with pulmonary diseases, Japanese researchers have found.
September 26, 2012
Subspecialty second reads improve pediatric patient care
By Kate Madden Yee
In research that may support the case for more subspecialization in radiology, a Wisconsin team found that the rate of disagreement between interpretations of pediatric imaging studies by generalist community radiologists and specialty radiologists at tertiary care pediatric hospitals can be as high as 42%.
September 26, 2012
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Mobile Digital Imaging wins Fla. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile Digital Imaging has sold one of its Axis digital radiography systems to a Florida-based portable x-ray provider.
September 25, 2012
Nuclear medicine pioneer Dr. Henry Wagner passes away
By Wayne Forrest
Dr. Henry Wagner Jr., a pioneer in the field of nuclear medicine and past president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, died on September 25 at the age of 85. Wagner is credited as being one of the founders of nuclear medicine as a scientific and medical specialty.
September 25, 2012
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South Africa, Australia sign Mo-99 deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
South Africa and Australia have formed a partnership for the supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
September 25, 2012
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