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SNM urges CARE bill passage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM is calling on the U.S. Congress to support the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act (CARE).
September 29, 2009
ACS report: Breast cancer death rate dropping
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast cancer death rates are on the wane in the U.S., according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS).
September 29, 2009
Lower dose for prospective CTA vs. angio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) with prospective electrocardiogram gating allows accurate evaluation of coronary artery disease with significantly less radiation dose than conventional invasive angiography, according to a study from the German Heart Center in Munich.
September 29, 2009
CAD fails to make up for inexperience in reading VC studies
By Erik L. Ridley
Using computer-aided detection (CAD) software with a 3D display technique can increase sensitivity for inexperienced readers of virtual colonoscopy exams, but it fails to narrow the performance gap with experienced interpreters, according to a study published in the October issue of Clinical Radiology.
September 29, 2009
Fuji completes first military install in Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
For the first time, Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has deployed its Synapse PACS software at a U.S. military medical installation in Europe.
September 28, 2009
CMS rules on MRI blood-flow coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
As expected, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its recommendation to extend reimbursement coverage to the use of MRI for blood-flow management scans.
September 28, 2009
GE adds support for ICE catheters
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has partnered with Biosense Webster to add support for intracardiac echo (ICE) catheters to GE's Vivid i and Vivid q cardiovascular ultrasound scanners.
September 28, 2009
UNC research server hit by hacker attack
By Erik L. Ridley
A computer server at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) has been hacked, potentially compromising the personal data of 236,000 women involved in a mammography research study.
September 28, 2009
Ergonomic issues continue to plague sonographers
By Wayne Forrest
Despite the use of ergonomically designed ultrasound equipment, researchers at Yale University in New Haven, CT, have found that 96% of their female sonographers experienced some type of musculoskeletal symptom within a 12-month time frame.
September 28, 2009
Siemens reports first Artiste treatment in U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare said that the first patient in the U.K. has been treated using its Artiste image-guided radiation therapy system.
September 27, 2009
Time Medical debuts two MR systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR firm Time Medical has entered the MRI scanner market with the launch of two low-field units.
September 27, 2009
IsoRay touts cesium-131 treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical said that the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City has become the first institution to treat recurrent head and neck cancer using its cesium-131 implant.
September 27, 2009
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