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AECL confirms delay for Chalk River
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) confirmed that it has delayed the anticipated restart for its National Research Universal nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, to April.
January 28, 2010
Digisonics inks new contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics of Houston has won three new contracts.
January 28, 2010
Bard posts Q4 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology provider C. R. Bard has posted financial results for the fourth quarter of 2009.
January 28, 2010
ASTRO, ACR publish joint guidelines for radiation therapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have jointly issued practice guidelines for image-guided radiation therapy and for the performance of stereotactic body radiation therapy.
January 28, 2010
Conficker worm invades U.K. hospital IT network
By Cynthia E. Keen
The Conficker virus infected approximately 120 computers in healthcare facilities run by the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K., according to a statement issued by the trust on January 28.
January 28, 2010
Structured reporting is coming; the devil's in the details
By Cynthia E. Keen
How much structure is enough for structured radiology reports? That was the question asked at an RSNA meeting session, where a panel of technology evangelists and session attendees agreed that while more user-friendly structured reporting software would stimulate adoption, the technology behind it doesn't exist yet.
January 28, 2010
Carestream deploys mobile CR to Haiti
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A service engineer from medical imaging firm Carestream Health has traveled to Haiti with a portable computed radiography (CR) system to assist in the earthquake relief efforts.
January 27, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
January 27, 2010
CIVCO to pair Infiniti with SonoSite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and radiotherapy products developer CIVCO Medical Solutions has expanded the utility of its Infiniti needle guidance system.
January 27, 2010
Bayer settles NSF case with Calif. man
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has settled a lawsuit involving a California man who allegedly contracted nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) after administration of the company's Magnevist gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent.
January 27, 2010
Software offers alerts for patients with past CT scans
By Erik L. Ridley
One of the challenges in reducing CT radiation dose is that many institutions don't have automated methods for tracking a patient's past scans. A Rhode Island health system addressed this issue with software that issues alerts for at-risk patients who have received multiple studies.
January 27, 2010
Preoperative CT may reduce negative appendectomies in women
By Eric Barnes
A 10-year review of more than 1,000 patients at a North Carolina hospital found that preoperative CT scans may reduce unnecessary surgeries in women of reproductive age with suspected acute appendicitis, according to an article published in the February issue of Radiology.
January 27, 2010
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