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Chinese imaging market projected to grow modestly
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Chinese medical imaging market is expected to grow modestly to reach more than $2.5 billion by 2016, according to a new report from market research firm Millennium Research Group.
July 17, 2012
OCT found safe, feasible for imaging carotid arteries
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can reliably yield high-resolution images of the carotid arteries of vascular disease patients before, during, and after stenting procedures, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of Endovascular Therapy.
July 17, 2012
ACR Select could lead to national guidelines for ordering exams
By Cynthia E. Keen
The American College of Radiology (ACR) began publishing evidence-based guidelines relating to the appropriateness of ordering imaging exams almost 20 years ago. This year, its goal is to make the ACR Appropriateness Criteria the de facto national standard by commercializing them as a clinical decision-support system.
July 17, 2012
The Practice of Ultrasound: Part 6 -- Shear-wave elastography
By Dr. Jason Birnholz
AuntMinnie.com presents the sixth in a series of columns on the practice of ultrasound from Dr. Jason Birnholz, one of the pioneers of this modality. In this installment, he discusses the development and use of shear-wave elastography.
July 17, 2012
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RTA opposes CMS payment cuts for rad therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Therapy Alliance (RTA) has warned that double-digit reimbursement cuts for radiation therapy services proposed on July 6 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) may have a deep and devastating impact on cancer care services because community cancer centers may close.
July 16, 2012
Does mammography save lives? And, FDA workshop on pediatric imaging
By Brian Casey
July 16, 2012
Analysis of Swedish county data is off the mark
By Dr. László Tabár
In this week's study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, a research team claimed to find that mammography screening had no impact on mortality from breast cancer, based on their interpretation of data from Swedish counties. However, the group made a number of fatal mistakes in their analysis, according to Dr. László Tabár.
July 16, 2012
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Varian completes 1st Australian TrueBeam install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has installed its first TrueBeam radiotherapy treatment system in Australia.
July 16, 2012
GE reports on flutemetamol PET study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare said that final results from a phase III study of its F-18 flutemetamol PET imaging agent showed strong concordance between F-18 flutemetamol PET images and beta-amyloid brain histopathology.
July 16, 2012
Toshiba touts MicroPure US pilot study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said that a pilot study at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) found that its MicroPure ultrasound image processing technique helped improve visualization of breast microcalcifications.
July 16, 2012
Carestream lands large DR order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has installed 12 of its DRX wireless digital radiography (DR) systems at Edward Hospital & Health Services in Naperville, IL.
July 16, 2012
FDA approves new colonoscopy prep
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new colon-cleansing product for use prior to colonoscopy.
July 16, 2012
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