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Clinical News: Page 2246
AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider
By
Erik L. Ridley
January 31, 2010
Study cuts radiotracer dose for pediatric PET exams by half
By
Wayne Forrest
Philadelphia researchers have found that it's possible to reduce PET radiotracer dose among pediatric patients and still maintain image quality, according to a new study in the February issue of the
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
.
January 31, 2010
MRI links silent stroke to kidney failure in diabetics
By
Wayne Forrest
With the help of MRI, Japanese researchers have found that silent cerebral infarction signals an increased risk of progressive kidney disease and kidney failure in patients with type 2 diabetes.
January 31, 2010
MRI shows that exercise may increase brain volume
By
Wayne Forrest
MR images show that exercise prompts an increase in hippocampal brain volume in patients with schizophrenia, as well as in healthy people, according to the February issue of
Archives of General Psychiatry
.
January 31, 2010
Siemens to sell Microsoft HealthVault in Germany
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Microsoft and Siemens have signed an agreement giving Siemens the right to sell Microsoft's HealthVault personal health record platform in Germany.
January 31, 2010
Report: NRG looking for new Pallas builder
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dutch radiopharmaceutical producer Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) may put its proposed 80-megawatt nuclear research reactor back out to bid after reportedly breaking off negotiations with its first choice to build the facility.
January 31, 2010
MDS to lay off 150 in Toronto
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MDS plans to lay off 150 employees at its Toronto headquarters when the company relocates to Ottawa but also hire 50 people for its new offices.
January 31, 2010
NIH tells scanner suppliers to include radiation monitoring
By
Eric Barnes
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is requiring imaging vendors to include radiation dose-tracking technology in scanners they sell to the NIH as part of an effort to track radiation derived from imaging studies, according to the February edition of the
Journal of the American College of Radiology
.
January 31, 2010
Software saves time by segmenting meniscus in knee MR images
By
Wayne Forrest
Ohio researchers have developed a program to semiautomatically process knee MR images with the same -- and, in some cases, better -- accuracy as radiologists in one-fourth the time. The software is designed to segment the meniscus to compare normal knees with knees from patients with moderate osteoarthritis.
January 31, 2010
3T MRI as good as MR arthrography for planning hip surgery
By
Wayne Forrest
Results from a new clinical study indicate that 3-tesla MRI is as effective as MR arthrography in detecting acetabular labral tears in the hip, saving patients an unnecessary procedure and potential complications from an arthrogram.
January 31, 2010
Second
NY Times
article highlights radiation therapy errors
By
Cynthia E. Keen
Radiation oncology suffered another black eye on January 27, when the
New York Times
published the second article this week detailing errors in radiation therapy procedures. The stories have the radiation oncology community conducting damage control.
January 28, 2010
Nuke med advances in Middle East, Turkey
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Two new projects will enhance nuclear medicine practice in the Middle East and Turkey.
January 28, 2010
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