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SIIM show opens this week, with SNM meeting on deck
By Brian Casey
June 2, 2010
Image Gently expands dose awareness to nuclear medicine
By Wayne Forrest
Although radiation dose in pediatric nuclear medicine procedures is believed to be low, members of the Image Gently campaign want to address the issue proactively. They're planning to discuss the expansion of the effort to nuclear medicine at this month's SNM meeting in Salt Lake City.
June 2, 2010
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SNM convenes annual meeting as challenges persist
By Wayne Forrest
As SNM convenes its annual meeting on June 5, the society faces a number of challenges, including a persistent shortage of a key radioisotope, looming new regulatory guidelines on PET radiopharmaceutical production, and the need to continually demonstrate nuclear medicine's value.
June 2, 2010
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Sectra gets Swedish PACS install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has won a contract to expand its PACS network in a Swedish public hospital system.
June 1, 2010
Calif. Senate passes radiation bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The California Senate last week passed legislation designed to protect patients from excess medical radiation through measures such as recording the radiation dose from CT scans.
June 1, 2010
Eckert & Ziegler nets French order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy and radioisotope developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products has received an order through its Belgian subsidiary IBt Bebig (International Brachytherapy).
June 1, 2010
European Commission's 'digital agenda' includes health IT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European Commission launched its Digital Agenda for Europe on May 19, an ambitious action plan designed to spread the benefits of digital communication to European Union residents.
June 1, 2010
MeVis increases stake in Medis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions has increased its stake in Medis Holding to 41%.
June 1, 2010
IMRT reduces dry mouth toxicity
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) reduces xerostomia, or dry mouth, in patients receiving the treatment for head and neck cancers, but it is unknown if the treatment is better or worse at reducing the size of tumors, according to a new comparative effectiveness review from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
June 1, 2010
ACR promotes VC screening bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is urging the U.S. Congress to pass legislation introduced last week that would require Medicare to pay for virtual colonoscopy screening.
June 1, 2010
Dual-energy VC aims for noninvasive polyp evaluation
By Eric Barnes
Dual-energy CT may find itself forging a new path in virtual colonoscopy by not only finding colorectal lesions but characterizing them in ways other noninvasive techniques cannot, according to a presentation at the International Society for Computed Tomography conference.
June 1, 2010
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Study finds coronary calcium, ED link
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Men with erectile dysfunction (ED) are more likely to have high coronary artery calcification scores on CT scans, according to new study presented this week at the American Urological Association meeting in San Francisco.
May 31, 2010
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