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BJC buys 5 Siemens CT scanners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has taken an order for five Somatom Definition Flash CT scanners from BJC HealthCare in St. Louis.
August 22, 2010
Medrad signs Novation deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad has inked a national supply contract for its Intego PET infusion system with group purchasing organization Novation.
August 22, 2010
Study: $6.6B molecular imaging market by 2014
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cost savings from early disease detection and clinicians' demand for better, more accurate diagnostic tools will lead to 5.8% annual growth for molecular imaging devices, according to a new report by healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information of New York City.
August 22, 2010
Dual-tracer nuclear protocol finds high-risk heart patients
By Wayne Forrest
A nuclear medicine protocol with two radiopharmaceuticals can identify high-risk cardiac patients and help physicians determine which patients are best suited for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
August 22, 2010
Contrast levels the field between breast CT and mammography
By Kate Madden Yee
Adding contrast to dedicated breast CT makes the technology a contender as a qualitative and quantitative imaging modality for breast cancer screening and diagnosis, according to a new study in the September issue of Radiology.
August 22, 2010
ASIR cuts dose by 27% in coronary CT angiography
By Eric Barnes
A low-dose coronary CT angiography (CTA) technique known as adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) can reduce the radiation dose associated with coronary CTA by 27%, according to a study published online August 20 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 19, 2010
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Aloka adds features to ProSound
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Aloka is incorporating an automated nuchal translucency thickness measurement and precalibrated settings into its ProSound ultrasound systems.
August 19, 2010
Toshiba to show new AIDR feature
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems Europe has introduced its adaptive iterative dose reduction (AIDR) technology, designed to reduce radiation dose by as much as 75% compared to conventional scanners.
August 19, 2010
AECL produces first Mo-99 batch
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) has taken the first batch of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) from the National Research Universal nuclear reactor.
August 19, 2010
Breast CAD helps find lobular carcinoma in situ lesions
By Eric Barnes
Computer-aided detection (CAD) is making an elusive breast abnormality, lobular carcinoma in situ, a little clearer by highlighting the calcifications that often surround it, according to a new study from Wende Breast Care in Rochester, NY.
August 19, 2010
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Web-based radiology incident system drives error reporting
By Cynthia E. Keen
An Internet-accessible radiology incident reporting registry, enabling medical professionals to anonymously submit "events" ranging from a minor PACS malfunction to a medical incident, is pioneering the use of an electronic national medical imaging incident reporting system in Australia and New Zealand.
August 19, 2010
Cell>Point shows promising results with new cancer imaging agent
By Wayne Forrest
Radiopharmaceutical developer Cell>Point is moving toward a phase III clinical trial for its SPECT imaging agent after encouraging preliminary results showed the agent's ability to match FDG-PET in diagnosing and staging patients with cancer.
August 19, 2010
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