Clinical News: Page 2219

Aspyra gets FDA nod for mammo capability
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm Aspyra has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for digital mammography viewing capabilities on its AccessNet PACS.
March 23, 2010
PET recommended for skeletal trauma to identify child abuse
By Cynthia E. Keen
Diagnostic imaging can play an important role when physicians are treating a pediatric patient for an injury suspected of being caused by abuse. And PET may be better than standard radiography for the evaluation, according to an article published in the April issue of Radiology.
March 23, 2010
Maryland hits Johns Hopkins with $370K fine
By Cynthia E. Keen
The state of Maryland has fined Johns Hopkins University $370,000 as part of a settlement regarding alleged violations of state law relating to the university's use of ionizing radiation and its handling of radioactive materials for medical and research purposes.
March 23, 2010
Will new DR technologies offer alternative to CT? Part 1
By James Brice
The recent focus on rising CT radiation dose has some radiologists looking for alternative imaging tools. Some are wondering whether the solution could come from radiology's oldest modality -- radiography -- which is gaining renewed attention thanks to a trio of new digital technologies.
March 23, 2010
2010 03 19 10 59 00 906 2010 03 24 Dr Innovations Thumb
Massive VC study yields trove of extracolonic cancers
By Eric Barnes
A study of more than 10,000 asymptomatic screening subjects found that more than one in 200 had unsuspected and typically large but mostly early-stage cancers detected outside the colon at virtual colonoscopy.
March 22, 2010
2010 03 23 12 44 18 955 Pickhardt thumb 03 10
OR Technology signs Austrian vet hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German image processing and PACS developer OR Technology has received an order for its dicomPACS vet offering from Vienna veterinary hospital Kleintierklinik Breitensee.
March 22, 2010
Visbion lands large U.K. PACS order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Visbion has received a contract from the North of England Cardiovascular Network.
March 22, 2010
French study shows how to reduce MRSA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An intensive program of surveillance, precautions, training, and feedback appears to have helped reduce the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) over a 15-year period, according to a report in the March 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
March 22, 2010
X-ray features predict poor H1N1 prognosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients suspected of having H1N1 influenza who have certain features on chest radiography exams may have a worse prognosis, according to a study published in the April edition of Radiology.
March 22, 2010
NovaRad installs PACS in Ky.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS vendor NovaRad has installed its NovaPACS at women's clinics Partners in Women's Health and Advocates for Women's Health, both in Louisville.
March 22, 2010
MRI finds hip, pelvic abnormalities in healthy hockey players
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers in Pennsylvania have found that 70% of healthy professional and collegiate hockey players had abnormal hip and pelvis MRI scans, even though they had no symptoms of injury. The findings could serve as a warning to surgeons that they should not rely excessively on MRI results to diagnose and plan a course of treatment or surgery for patients, they said.
March 22, 2010
Breast cancer risk assessment starts with the right questions
By Kate Madden Yee
To effectively care for women at high risk for breast cancer, screening must become much more tailored, taking into account individual women's risk factors and using additional imaging modalities if necessary, according to a researcher from the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.
March 22, 2010
Previous Page
Page 2219 of 3661
Next Page