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Radiation exposure extraction tools enable dose monitoring, QA
By Cynthia E. Keen
The digitization of radiology has made the concept of efficient, cost-effective data mining possible, while the development of informatics tools is making such activity realistic. Two articles in the August issue of Radiology describe tools to extract radiation dose data.
July 25, 2012
UPMC slashes PACS downtime via workflow continuity model
By Erik L. Ridley
PACS downtime can be dramatically reduced by adopting a workflow continuity approach that ensures access to critical functions such as reading and dictating exams in cases of system unavailability, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
July 25, 2012
Zonare wins $25M in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems announced it has won $25 million in financing.
July 25, 2012
ROMICAT II: CCTA more efficient to triage chest pain patients
By Eric Barnes
It's more efficient to use coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to rule out coronary artery disease for chest pain patients, according to results of the long-awaited Rule Out Myocardial Ischemia/Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) II trial, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
July 24, 2012
Brainlab hits Novalis milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab has announced the inauguration of the 300th Novalis radiosurgery program.
July 24, 2012
Elekta to highlight works in progress at AAPM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta plans to highlight its works in progress at the upcoming American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting in Charlotte, NC.
July 24, 2012
NH to expand hepatitis C testing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
State health authorities in New Hampshire are extending a hepatitis C testing program in the wake of revelations that a traveling cardiac cath lab technologist may have infected patients with the disease after allegedly diverting fentanyl from the lab for his own use.
July 24, 2012
CIVCO adds integration with Vision RT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and radiotherapy products developer CIVCO Medical Solutions has integrated its Protura robotic patient positioning system with radiation therapy software developer Vision RT's AlignRT 3D imaging system.
July 24, 2012
Quantum debuts DRive DR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has introduced DRive, a digital radiography (DR) hardware and software package.
July 24, 2012
Cardiac cath technologist charged in hepatitis C infections
By Kate Madden Yee
Federal authorities in New Hampshire have charged a traveling cardiac cath technologist with infecting patients with hepatitis C after he allegedly stole syringes containing fentanyl and replaced the dirty needles with saline solution. The case has authorities fearing an outbreak of hepatitis C in more than half a dozen states.
July 23, 2012
HeartIT signs Memorial Sloan-Kettering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT) has received an order from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
July 23, 2012
Toshiba's Aplio US scanner featured on 'The Doctors'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said that its Aplio 500 ultrasound scanner was featured on the television show "The Doctors."
July 23, 2012
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