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Toshiba hits Vantage milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has completed the 800th installation of its Vantage 1.5-tesla MR system at Elkview General Hospital in Hobart, OK.
August 24, 2009
October named MRSA Awareness Month
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The MRSA Survivors Network has designated October as MRSA Awareness Month. MRSA -- methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- is a staph infection that can be contracted from exposure to contaminated surfaces in hospitals.
August 24, 2009
Siemens signs deal with Volcano
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has inked a nonexclusive global resale agreement to resell intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) developer Volcano's s5i IVUS/fractional flow reserve systems and accessories.
August 24, 2009
GE teams with TomTec
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems are partnering on echocardiography technology.
August 24, 2009
TomTec launches new M'Ath software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems has launched its new vascular analysis product, M'Ath (measure of atherosclerosis), as part of its CardioArena multimodality imaging suite.
August 24, 2009
Medrad inks Florida research deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad has signed an FDG research agreement with the University of South Florida.
August 24, 2009
Pulmonary CTA finds more than pulmonary embolism in children
By Cynthia E. Keen
Despite recent concerns over the use of CT in children, the modality is a good tool for diagnosing pediatric patients with clinical suspicions of pulmonary embolism (PE), according to an article in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 24, 2009
Breast lesion kinetic curves inconsistent across MRI systems
By Kate Madden Yee
Kinetic curves of malignant breast lesions are not consistent across MRI systems, which could potentially lead to clinical problems, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 24, 2009
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Australian reactor to begin Mo-99 production
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization will begin producing molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) within a few weeks as a new reactor is repaired and comes online, according to an article Saturday in The Australian.
August 23, 2009
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
August 23, 2009
VMAT bests IMRT for prostate cancer treatment time
By Paula Gould
In terms of dosimetric accuracy, volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is comparable to step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), but VMAT cuts treatment time considerably, according to research from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
August 23, 2009
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Image Gently campaign expands to interventional radiology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging is expanding the scope of its Image Gently campaign to include interventional radiology. The organization launched a global campaign this week to increase awareness of the need to keep radiation dose as low as possible when performing interventional radiology procedures on children.
August 23, 2009
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