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Study finds diffusion-weighted MRI tops CT in diagnosing stroke
By Wayne Forrest
German researchers are recommending the use of diffusion-weighted MRI instead of CT to diagnose acute ischemic stroke within 12 hours of a person's first stroke symptom, according to new guidelines published in the July 13 issue of Neurology.
July 11, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
July 11, 2010
Pediatric CTA aids congenital cardiac surgery planning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
From the perspective of a cardiac surgeon, the presurgical information gleaned from a CT angiography (CTA) exam of pediatric patients about to undergo surgery to repair congenital cardiac malformations is well worth the trade-off in radiation dose exposure. But just how useful is it?
July 11, 2010
Covidien completes ev3 tender
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Covidien has completed its tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of ev3 of Plymouth, MN.
July 11, 2010
IDSI completes Indian install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has installed its CT Laser Mammography system at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India.
July 11, 2010
Lantheus buys all Ablavar rights
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging has acquired the balance of the worldwide rights for gadofosveset trisodium, an injectable MR angiography blood-pool imaging agent.
July 11, 2010
Syntermed upgrades NeuroQ software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging software developer Syntermed has launched NeuroQ 3.5 to enhance the accuracy of FDG-PET brain imaging for improved diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
July 11, 2010
GE relaunches Optison ultrasound contrast
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has relaunched its Optison ultrasound contrast agent following a yearlong interruption in supply of the agent.
July 11, 2010
Sectra awarded Aussie PACS contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has been awarded a PACS contract from Queensland Health's BreastScreen Queensland Program in Australia.
July 11, 2010
Varian, ASRT award scholarships
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Education and Research Foundation and radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems have awarded 2010 Varian Radiation Therapy Student Scholarships.
July 11, 2010
fMRI can help predict tumor response
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
With the help of functional MRI (fMRI), researchers have found that patients whose intraprocedural apparent diffusion coefficient values increase or decrease by more than 15% are more likely to have a favorable anatomic tumor response one month later, according to a study in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.
July 11, 2010
Modeling predicts glioma radiation therapy response
By Tami Freeman
In an attempt to personalize treatment, a research team from the University of Washington has developed a mathematical model for predicting untreated glioma growth. Now, the researchers have extended the model to incorporate the effects of external-beam radiation therapy.
July 11, 2010
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