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Haiti after the earthquake: Idaho RT assists relief effort
By Donna Domino
An Idaho radiologic technologist (RT) who has been involved in longtime relief efforts in Haiti says an x-ray system that survived the earthquake is being used to examine hundreds of injuries daily.
January 27, 2010
Toshiba nets midsized Infinix VF-i install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has installed its first Infinix VF-i vascular x-ray system with a 12 x 12-inch flat-panel digital detector.
January 26, 2010
IsoRay adds VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical has named William Cavanagh as vice president of research and development.
January 26, 2010
GE receives NIH MRI grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare sister unit GE Global Research has received a four-year $3.27 million award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a smaller and cryogen-free MRI magnet.
January 26, 2010
Diagnosoft launches cardiac MR software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image analysis software firm Diagnosoft is launching a new software application for analyzing cardiac blood flow using MR.
January 26, 2010
Breast arterial calcs may not indicate coronary heart disease
By Kate Madden Yee
The presence of breast arterial calcifications on a screening mammogram doesn't necessarily signify that a woman has coronary heart disease, according to a new study published in the February issue of Radiology.
January 26, 2010
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FDA clears Fuji's AcSelerate DR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Fuji Digital Radiography (FDR) AcSelerate system.
January 26, 2010
Carestream takes orders for DRX-1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received purchase orders from several facilities for its Carestream DRX-1 system.
January 26, 2010
Colon stenting no barrier to virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
Flexible metallic stenting of the colon is common in patients treated for occlusive colorectal cancers. But conventional colonoscopy isn't a good way to follow up on these patients postoperatively, say Korean researchers.
January 26, 2010
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VC screening effective in Medicare-age screening cohort
By Eric Barnes
Virtual colonoscopy is effective in older screening subjects and does not result in a high rate of referral to invasive colonoscopy, according to a new study published in the February issue of Radiology. The researchers said their study indicates that VC screening could be valuable for the Medicare population.
January 26, 2010
NY Times article details radiation therapy errors
By Cynthia E. Keen
While cancer patients are undergoing radiation therapy intended to cure them, serious mistakes may be made, all attributable to failure by medical staff to follow detailed, established quality assurance protocols, according to an article published January 24 in the New York Times.
January 25, 2010
Visbion signs U.K. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Visbion has been awarded a contract to provide its Image Cube technology to British managed imaging services provider Alliance Medical.
January 25, 2010
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