Clinical News: Page 1809

Varian launches online product finder
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems' X-Ray Products business has launched an online product finder tool that gives customers the ability to locate replacement x-ray tubes and other items.
June 24, 2012
MRI with gadolinium oxide particles finds more MS lesions
By Wayne Forrest
The combination of gadolinium and ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide particles in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals 51% more active lesions in MRI scans than gadolinium alone, French researchers report in the July issue of Radiology.
June 24, 2012
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AATS lung cancer guidelines broaden screening criteria
By Eric Barnes
A task force for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) has issued new clinical guidelines for CT lung cancer screening that substantially broaden the screening criteria compared to recommendations published last month by the American College of Chest Physicians.
June 21, 2012
GE unveils custom CT dose-reduction initiative
By Cynthia E. Keen
GE Healthcare launched its Blueprint program, a new service intended to help institutions and health systems lower CT radiation dose via customized dose-reduction plans, at a Thursday press conference at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Lake Success, NY.
June 21, 2012
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Confidence boosts mammography interpretation accuracy
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists who are confident in their mammography exam interpretations tend to be more accurate, according to a new study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 21, 2012
NY Senate, Assembly pass breast density bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The New York state Senate and Assembly have passed breast density notification legislation, bill sponsor Sen. John Flanagan announced.
June 21, 2012
Novel PET/CT device offers insight into inflammatory arthritis
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers in California have developed a unique extremity PET/CT system that may become a promising tool for monitoring disease activity and studying the pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis.
June 21, 2012
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West Physics expands services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical and health physics consulting firm West Physics Consulting has begun offering a full range of MRI safety services to its customers worldwide.
June 21, 2012
Novation nets contrast agent deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Group purchasing organization Novation has signed supply agreements with Bracco, GE Healthcare, and Lantheus Medical Imaging for the companies' contrast agents.
June 21, 2012
Is the new AMA mammo policy strong enough? And, ISCT cardiac coverage
By Erik L. Ridley
June 20, 2012
ISCT: CT angiography predicts need for coronary intervention
By Rebekah Moan
SAN FRANCISCO - Dual-source coronary CT angiography showed high diagnostic accuracy for predicting the need for coronary intervention in what its investigators are calling the largest multicenter trial to date, according to results presented on Wednesday at the International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) meeting.
June 20, 2012
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StatVideo debuts tele-EchoBox
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video conferencing developer StatVideo has introduced tele-EchoBox, an echocardiography telemedicine system.
June 20, 2012
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