Clinical News: Page 1758

MRI helps assess prostate cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Among patients initially diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, those with tumors clearly visualized by endorectal MRI were significantly more likely to have their disease status upgraded at biopsy, according to a new study in the Journal of Urology.
September 25, 2012
Radiology: Time to mothball 'low-dose' terminology
By Eric Barnes
The terms "low dose" and "standard dose" are meaningless, so if the paper you're submitting to Radiology includes them, expect to get it back, say the editors of the specialty's flagship journal.
September 25, 2012
Carestream lands HealthTrust contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health and its Quantum Medical Imaging division have signed digital radiography agreements with group purchasing organization HealthTrust Purchasing Group.
September 24, 2012
Toshiba expands preowned equipment program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has added reconditioned ultrasound systems to its Assurance Program.
September 24, 2012
Philips participates in Clinton Global Initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare said that the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting is highlighting Asha Jyoti, a collaborative mobile women's healthcare outreach program established by Rad-Aid International, Philips, and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.
September 24, 2012
CIVCO adds to US infection prevention portfolio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and radiotherapy products developer CIVCO Medical Solutions has debuted a new latex-free, hand-carried system drape to assist in infection control for portable ultrasound equipment.
September 24, 2012
Study predicts cancer care costs to double by 2020
By Cynthia E. Keen
Cancer-related medical costs are expected to more than double in some U.S. states within eight years, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Managed Care.
September 24, 2012
Rad Technology provides rad therapy vault to NH center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation shielding firm Rad Technology Medical Systems will provide Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene Cancer Center with its Temporary Radiotherapy Vault (TRV) while a linear accelerator is replaced.
September 24, 2012
RaySearch gets breast cancer therapy license
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm RaySearch Laboratories has signed an exclusive license agreement with University Health Network's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto regarding techniques for automated planning of breast cancer treatments.
September 24, 2012
NJ doctor pleads guilty in MRI kickback case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A New Jersey doctor has pled guilty to taking cash payments from an MRI center in Orange, NJ, in return for patient referrals. The physician, Dr. Dinesh Patel, faces up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.
September 24, 2012
DWI-MRI enhances performance in prostate cancer cases
By Wayne Forrest
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI-MRI) can improve diagnostic performance and be a useful adjunct to conventional MRI in detecting prostate cancer, according to a meta-analysis published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 24, 2012
Fast video cards enlisted in drive to curb CT dose
By Eric Barnes
High-speed computer graphics cards are being used to provide faster and cheaper radiation dose estimates than supercomputer-based software that has traditionally taken several hours to compute doses from CT scans, say researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
September 23, 2012
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