Clinical News: Page 2212

Conn. breast density law causes conundrum for mammo sites
By Kate Madden Yee
A new Connecticut law that mandates that women undergoing mammography be informed of their breast tissue density rating could spark increased use of ultrasound for breast cancer screening. But are radiologists ready for the additional workload if similar legislation spreads across the U.S.?
April 28, 2010
Thoracic CT finds PE in kids with cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Routine contrast-enhanced thoracic CT exams identify unsuspected pulmonary emboli (PE) in nearly 2% of pediatric cancer patients, a prevalence level comparable to what is reported in adults.
April 27, 2010
Esaote posts 2009 sales gain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Global sales gains contributed to a 5.3% increase in consolidated sales for ultrasound vendor Esaote in 2009.
April 27, 2010
GE begins 1st Optima MR450w installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has begun installations of its Optima MR450w 1.5-tesla wide-bore MR scanner in the U.S. and Europe.
April 27, 2010
ASRT releases CT career prep package
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has created an online learning program to help would-be CT technologists prepare for a career in the modality.
April 27, 2010
GE, Nycomed extend partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and Nycomed are expanding their partnership in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States for the local sales, marketing, and distribution of GE's contrast agents in that region.
April 27, 2010
CT calcium scores boost value of cardiac risk factors
By Eric Barnes
A new analysis of a major cardiac risk study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that CT coronary artery calcium scoring significantly boosts the power of traditional risk factors for predicting adverse cardiac events over the long term.
April 27, 2010
Medicare cancer imaging grows at twice rate of overall expenses
April 26, 2010
Nuance installs eScription in U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Speech recognition and software developer Nuance Communications has implemented its eScription computer-aided medical transcription technology for NHS Trusts and four hospital organizations in London.
April 26, 2010
ProCure adds inclined beam to Okla. site
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ProCure Treatment Centers has opened the third of four treatment rooms at its proton therapy center in Oklahoma City.
April 26, 2010
ARRT: Fewer RTs taking exams
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
For the first time in eight years, the number of people taking radiologic technologist (RT) certification examinations in nuclear medicine, radiography, and radiation therapy declined in 2009.
April 26, 2010
PET visualizes a brain on drugs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed an imaging protocol that allows them to visualize the activity of the brain's reward circuitry in normal individuals and people addicted to drugs.
April 26, 2010
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