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Calcifications on CT distinguish malignant thyroid lesions
By Eric Barnes
The presence of calcification on CT scans of thyroid nodules can neither prove nor rule out malignancy -- but calcification patterns may be one useful tool that radiologists can use to assess the likelihood of cancer, say researchers from China.
May 11, 2010
GE's German IT unit chooses Matrox boards
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare's IT division in Germany is recommending Xenia Series display controller boards from Matrox Graphics for GE Centricity RIS/PACS workstations.
May 11, 2010
IBA's sales decline in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) stated in its first-quarter financial report that the company was still "feeling the consequences" from the global economic and financial crisis.
May 11, 2010
Hospital to retake 900 mammograms due to employee error
By Kate Madden Yee
A Georgia hospital is offering to retake more than 900 mammograms after it was discovered that an employee had marked the tests complete even though they had not been read by a radiologist.
May 11, 2010
MRI finds missed injuries on negative CT of blunt trauma
By Wayne Forrest
Even if a negative CT scan shows no injuries in the cervical spine after blunt trauma, MRI should be used to evaluate patients who are obtunded or unexaminable to avoid missed injuries due to the modality's excellent sensitivity for soft-tissue injuries.
May 11, 2010
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Should breast surgeons read mammograms? And, whole-body breast MRI; CR mammography
By Brian Casey
May 10, 2010
Visbion debuts 30-MP mammo workstation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Visbion has released a new mammography workstation that employs a 30-mexapixel (MP) display.
May 10, 2010
Whole-body MRI workup finds common breast metastases
By Eric Barnes
Results of a new study indicate that whole-body MRI is an excellent way to work up newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. Researchers from India found that MRI led to a change in treatment in nearly half of patients, and it also found metastases in some patients before symptoms appeared.
May 10, 2010
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CR-based digital mammography beats analog for screening
By Kate Madden Yee
In the push to convert to digital mammography, many facilities are using computed radiography (CR)-based systems as an interim step. But just how well does CR mammography compare to traditional analog imaging in a screening environment?
May 10, 2010
Buyer's Guide Update: CT
By Brian Casey
May 9, 2010
FDA schedules meeting on RT error reduction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a public meeting for June 9-10 in Gaithersburg, MD, to discuss steps that could be taken by manufacturers of radiation therapy (RT) systems to help reduce treatment errors.
May 9, 2010
U.S. cancer expenses double over 20 years
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The cost of treating cancer in the U.S. has nearly doubled over the past two decades, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published online May 10 in Cancer.
May 9, 2010
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