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Elekta debuts lung guidance software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has introduced two new products to treat lung tumors and enable doctors to visually confirm a tumor's position during the breathing cycle.
April 8, 2010
Oraya nets CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oraya Therapeutics has received the European CE Mark for its IRay stereotactic radiotherapy system.
April 8, 2010
Exposure index values vary widely between CR systems
By Brian Casey
Imaging facilities trying to reduce digital x-ray dose are turning to exposure index (EI) values to see how much radiation patients receive. New research indicates that while this is a good idea for digital radiography, it's not so hot for computed radiography (CR) due to wide variation in EI measures.
April 8, 2010
Another PACSMail install for Sybermedica
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. healthcare software developer Sybermedica has completed an installation of its PACSMail software at a London imaging facility.
April 8, 2010
Kubtec wins Ind. Xpert order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital x-ray firm Kub Technologies (Kubtec) has won a contract with Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis for its Xpert 80 digital cabinet x-ray system.
April 8, 2010
Digisonics nabs OB-Windows contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has inked two contracts for its OB-Windows software.
April 8, 2010
Sapheneia wins Ohio Clarity CT contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Sapheneia has installed its Clarity CT software at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
April 8, 2010
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.
April 8, 2010
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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
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