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Clinical News: Page 2208
Varian debuts TrueBeam, Trilogy updates
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has unveiled its TrueBeam platform for image-guided radiation therapy and radiosurgery.
April 14, 2010
Automated exposure control delivers uneven CT dose reduction
By
Eric Barnes
Reducing tube current may be a popular way to lower CT radiation dose, but it's not necessarily an effective one. In a new study, medical physicists from Greece found that organ dose reductions resulting from tube current modulation with automated exposure control can vary -- especially in children.
April 14, 2010
Computer analysis bolsters liver elastography performance
By
Erik L. Ridley
Computer-enhanced dynamic analysis of ultrasound elastography movies is a useful and reliable method for depicting liver hardness, yielding a high level of interreader agreement, according to research published April 14 in the
World Journal of Gastroenterology
.
April 13, 2010
MR scans may detect signs of early dementia in elderly
By
Rosemary Frei
TORONTO - MRI can detect signs of white-matter hyperintensity in the elderly that may indicate three times the risk of developing dementia, according to a French study presented this week at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting.
April 13, 2010
Carestream takes 7 Canadian orders
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received seven orders for its wireless cassette-sized Carestream DRX-1 system and Carestream DRX-Evolution suite in Canada.
April 13, 2010
TomoTherapy hits Hi-Art milestone
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy has installed its 300th Hi-Art radiation therapy system.
April 13, 2010
Aribex settles x-ray patent case
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Handheld x-ray developer Aribex has settled a patent infringement case with Sigma Biomedics of Prospect Heights, IL; Dentalaire Products International of Fountain Valley, CA; and Digimed of Moscow.
April 13, 2010
SNM nets AHRQ grant
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM has received a $48,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to hold a conference to develop research on the comparative effectiveness of PET and other molecular imaging techniques.
April 13, 2010
CT shows abdominal fat is unreliable Crohn's treatment target
By
Eric Barnes
A few reports have associated abdominal visceral fat with more aggressive forms of Crohn's disease, but the strength of the association -- and the implications for treatment -- remain unclear. Researchers from Ireland decided to try CT to resolve the issue.
April 13, 2010
CT delivers 91% of total pediatric ER radiation dose
By
James Brice
MDCT may be used half as often as general radiography for examining children in the pediatric trauma center at Johns Hopkins University, but the modality is responsible for 91% of the ionizing radiation exposure associated with diagnosing their injuries.
April 13, 2010
Rad therapy groups support FDA review
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology and the two major trade associations representing manufacturers of diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology equipment have issued statements supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new initiative to improve the safety of radiation therapy devices.
April 12, 2010
Providers don't adequately discuss colon cancer screening
By
Brian Casey
Healthcare providers aren't communicating adequately with patients regarding colorectal cancer screening, even though such discussions would improve screening rates, according to a new meta-analysis published in the April 13 issue of the
Annals of Internal Medicine
.
April 12, 2010
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