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ISCT speakers offer advice on managing CT contrast reactions
By Brian Casey
SAN FRANCISCO - Can radiologists better manage adverse reactions from contrast media used during CT studies? Yes, according to a series of presentations on Tuesday at the International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) meeting that offered attendees strategies for reducing adverse contrast reactions.
May 18, 2010
Medrad, Pinestar team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad and imaging equipment and accessories provider Pinestar Technology said they will offer data integration between Medrad's Intego PET infusion system and Pinestar's nuclear medicine information system.
May 18, 2010
Lantheus touts SNM papers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging said that 14 abstracts involving two of its cardiovascular PET works-in-progress will be presented at next month's SNM annual meeting in Salt Lake City.
May 18, 2010
Agfa inks large Brazilian order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has received an order from the Fundação Instituto de Pesquisa e Estudo de Diagnóstico por Imagen (FIDI), a large diagnostic imaging group in São Paulo, Brazil.
May 18, 2010
TeraRecon debuts iNtuition Cloud
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon has introduced iNtuition Cloud at this week's 2010 International Symposium on Multidetector Row CT in San Francisco.
May 18, 2010
Reduced-voltage cardiac CT works fine -- if you know the rules
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Backed by growing clinical evidence, radiologists should step up to the plate and cut the tube voltage in their cardiovascular CT protocols. But getting the benefits without the pitfalls means paying attention to some technical considerations.
May 18, 2010
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320-slice CT identifies vocal cord dysfunction in asthma patients
By Edward Susman
NEW ORLEANS - Researchers from Australia at this week's American Thoracic Society meeting suggested that dynamic 320-slice CT can noninvasively pinpoint vocal cord dysfunction among patients with asthma.
May 18, 2010
Philips teams with Electron in Russia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare and Electron will collaborate on the development and production of products specifically designed for the Russian healthcare market.
May 18, 2010
ACC task force releases 2010 policy on CTA, CMR
By Eric Barnes
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents has published the 2010 version of its views on coronary CT angiography (CTA) and cardiac MRI (CMR), detailing the strengths and weaknesses of each technology.
May 18, 2010
Imorgon aims to carve out ultrasound PACS niche
By Erik L. Ridley
Dissatisfaction with ultrasound functionality on PACS workstations has been an age-old complaint, leading many institutions to install separate ultrasound PACS to meet their needs. But what if powerful ultrasound capabilities were available within traditional PACS workstation software, offering the best of both worlds?
May 18, 2010
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Study: Does radiation increase breast cancer risk?
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiation exposure can alter the environment surrounding breast tissue cells so that future cells may become cancerous, according to a new study published in the online journal Breast Cancer Research.
May 17, 2010
Siemens unveils new fourSight software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare is presenting its syngo fourSight Workplace image management software as a work-in-progress at this week's American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting in San Francisco.
May 17, 2010
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