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Canadian group hopes to develop technetium-producing cyclotron
By Wayne Forrest
The Canadian government has awarded a $3 million grant to the University of Alberta in Edmonton and the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec to develop a new type of cyclotron that can produce technetium-99m -- helping alleviate the shortage of medical isotopes in North America.
April 8, 2010
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CT fails to explain racial variation in child abuse mortality
By Cynthia E. Keen
African-American children with traumatic brain injuries resulting from abuse or nonaccidental trauma are three times more likely to die in hospital emergency departments than Caucasian children, a new study from pediatric radiologists in Ohio indicates.
April 8, 2010
Low-cost US device shows promise for carotid screening
By Erik L. Ridley
While strokes caused by carotid artery stenosis are preventable, duplex ultrasound screening has failed to demonstrate cost-effectiveness. The developers of an inexpensive ultrasound device hope to change the equation with a two-step screening process analogous to the practice of mammography.
April 8, 2010
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Less DNA damage seen after high-pitch coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
High-pitch dual-source CT angiography (CTA) scans produce significantly less radiation-related DNA damage than comparable low-pitch dual-source CTA scans -- and, importantly, the DNA results correspond to both measured and derived biological radiation doses, say researchers from Erlangen, Germany.
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Konica Minolta debuts Xpress DR system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA has released a new digital radiography (DR) room package.
April 7, 2010
Carestream scores DRX-1 orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received an order for three digital radiography (DR) systems using its wireless DRX-1 detector.
April 7, 2010
SIR sells ConexSys group to Custom Computer Specialists
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and IT firm Custom Computer Specialists (CCS) have signed an exclusive, long-term licensing agreement to promote and develop the HI-IQ interventional radiology information management system.
April 7, 2010
Radiologists dissatisfied with ultrasound features on PACS
By Erik L. Ridley
Lagging ultrasound functionality available on PACS software has long been a sore point with many radiologists. And it remains so today, according to a recent survey that found that radiologists were less happy with ultrasound PACS functionality compared to users of other modalities.
April 7, 2010
Carotid ultrasound may help predict cardiac events
By Eric Barnes
Performing ultrasound studies of carotid intima-media thickness provides long-term prognostic value for adverse cardiac events, giving doctors important clues about who is at risk for a heart attack, according to a study published April 6 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
April 7, 2010
ACRIN launches PET/CT cancer study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has started a multicenter trial designed to assess the value of FDG-PET/CT staging for head and neck cancer patients.
April 6, 2010
Avid, Siemens begin florbetapir production
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging developer Avid Radiopharmaceuticals said PETNet Solutions has shipped the first dose of its florbetapir molecular imaging agent for visualizing beta-amyloid deposits in the brain.
April 6, 2010
Ontario group funds new breast cancer probe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research has made an investment in the development of a radiolabeled insulin probe for the early detection of breast cancer.
April 6, 2010
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