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Carestream readies AHRA launches
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health will unveil several new products at next week's American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) annual meeting in Washington, DC.
August 17, 2010
Perfusion CT finds subtle liver toxicity in chemotherapy patients
By Eric Barnes
A new study from China found that perfusion CT can detect and quantitatively assess microvessel changes associated with liver toxicity in chemotherapy patients. The results could help noninvasively assess early liver damage in cancer patients while obviating the need for a separate scan.
August 17, 2010
Dual-energy DR prototype has interventional potential
By Wayne Forrest
Portable, wireless dual-energy imaging may soon become a valuable resource for bedside applications: Researchers have had early success with a prototype system that has greatly enhanced the view of interventional devices implanted in phantoms and cadavers.
August 17, 2010
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DISC adds distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian radiography quality control technology developer Diagnostic Imaging Specialists (DISC) has signed on Associated X-Ray Imaging as a distributor.
August 16, 2010
SHAPE II task force revising cardiac risk guidelines
By Eric Barnes
The Houston-based Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE), which wants to scrap population-based cardiac risk assessment in favor of imaging-based evaluation of each individual, said it will release new guidelines at the November American Heart Association meeting in Chicago.
August 16, 2010
MRI helps guide therapy for NFL players with ankle injuries
By Wayne Forrest
A group of orthopedists in Minneapolis is using 1.5-tesla MRI to determine the extent of high ankle injuries among professional football players and better predict how long the disability will keep players out of action.
August 16, 2010
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Elekta brings Perfexion to Hawaii
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta will install its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system at the Gamma Knife Center of the Pacific in Honolulu.
August 15, 2010
Visbion moves to new HQ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Visbion has relocated to new offices in Surrey, U.K.
August 15, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
August 15, 2010
Konica Minolta upgrades CS-3 software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA has released software version 3.01 for its CS-3 Control Station computed radiography software.
August 15, 2010
Silicone oil may save vision of eye cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Eye cancer patients enter treatment knowing that their surgeon's strategy to kill the tumor with radiation may also sacrifice their eyesight. But California researchers have discovered that applying a layer of silicone oil while radiation therapy is being administered may shield healthy eye tissue and preserve vision.
August 15, 2010
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AuntMinnie.com Digital X-Ray Insider
By Brian Casey
August 12, 2010
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