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Dutch regulators OK Petten restart
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical producer Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group has received approval from Dutch regulators to resume service at its High Flux Reactor in Petten, the Netherlands.
July 20, 2010
Web tool estimates pediatric CT dose risk
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A pediatric CT dose calculator is now available to estimate the effective radiation dose and additional lifetime risk of cancer for a child having a CT exam.
July 20, 2010
X-ray tube modulation helps reduce pediatric CT dose
By Cynthia E. Keen
By modulating x-ray tube output based on patient characteristics, instead of using a fixed tube current, Texas researchers were able to lower radiation dose in pediatric CT studies by 23%, according to a poster presentation at this week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting.
July 20, 2010
FDA clears Fuji's FDR D-Evo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its FDR D-Evo flat-panel digital radiography cassette.
July 20, 2010
Software enables fluoroscopy skin dose assessment
By Erik L. Ridley
PHILADELPHIA - A new software tool can allow monitoring of patient skin dose from clinical fluoroscopy procedures, according to research presented at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting.
July 20, 2010
Conebeam reconstruction method speeds processing, cuts dose
By Eric Barnes
A new processing method for conebeam CT images promises to dramatically lower radiation exposure for patients undergoing perfusion CT prior to image-guided radiation therapy, according to a study presented at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Philadelphia.
July 20, 2010
Minimal-prep VC gets new boost from dual-energy CT
By Eric Barnes
A new dual-energy CT electronic cleansing technique thoroughly outperformed an advanced single-source CT cleansing method in virtual colonoscopy in a recent study. The technique eliminated many common artifacts that have plagued investigational electronic cleansing techniques.
July 20, 2010
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Viztek completes NC install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek has installed its Opal-Ortho PACS and U-Arm digital radiography system at Salisbury Orthopaedic Associates in Salisbury, NC.
July 19, 2010
Intelerad nets IntelePACS order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Intelerad Medical Systems has implemented its IntelePACS breast imaging software at Insight Medical Imaging of Edmonton to screen and diagnose mammography studies.
July 19, 2010
iCAD debuts new MRI software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm iCAD has launched an MRI software suite for analyzing images of the breast, prostate, and other organs.
July 19, 2010
Young women have highest cancer risk from body CT scans
By Erik L. Ridley
PHILADELPHIA - The age and gender of patients are significant determining variables in calculating the risk of radiation-induced cancer from body CT scans, with young women at highest risk, according to research presented Monday at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting.
July 19, 2010
Mayo method enables perfusion CT in a fraction of the dose
By Eric Barnes
A new image-processing algorithm gives radiologists everything they need to diagnose perfusion CT images using up to 95% less radiation, according to research presented at this week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Philadelphia.
July 19, 2010
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