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Siemens extends Avingtrans pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has extended its contract with engineering technology group Avingtrans to provide Siemens with MRI products through October 2010.
August 10, 2009
Rise in MRI accidents highlights need for magnet safety
By Kate Madden Yee
LAS VEGAS - The rate of accidents in MRI suites has nearly tripled compared to just four years ago, highlighting the need for renewed attention to magnet safety as a means of protecting patients and avoiding legal liability, according to a presentation at this week's American Healthcare Radiology Administrators meeting.
August 10, 2009
Targeson debuts US contrast agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound imaging technology developer Targeson has introduced Targestar-SA, an ultrasound contrast agent designed for use in preclinical drug discovery and basic science research.
August 10, 2009
Invivo debuts MR prostate offerings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR technology provider Invivo has introduced an MR prostate package for analysis, planning, and interventional biopsy.
August 10, 2009
GE gets clearance for wide-bore MR scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for Optima MR450w, a 70-cm 1.5-tesla MR scanner.
August 10, 2009
Canon adds to DR, printer portfolio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canon U.S.A. has debuted three portable digital radiography (DR) systems at this week's American Healthcare Radiology Administrators meeting in Las Vegas.
August 10, 2009
ACR issues guidelines on pediatric hip dysplasia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has published a new set of Appropriateness Criteria to guide radiologists in making diagnostic imaging and treatment decisions about children to identify developmental dysplasia of the hip.
August 10, 2009
Childhood cancer survivors susceptible to diabetes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Individuals who received total body or abdominal radiation therapy as treatment for childhood cancer have an increased risk of becoming diabetic when they reach adulthood, according to a new study.
August 10, 2009
Zonare scores 7-scanner order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems has received a large order from Baptist Health System in Alabama.
August 9, 2009
Some stenoses go undiagnosed with 64-slice CCTA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Anatomic discordance and, in some cases, the reader's failure to accurately quantify intermediate stenosis, results in limited per-segment sensitivity for 64-detector-row coronary CT angiography (CCTA), concludes a new study in the August issue of Radiology.
August 9, 2009
Totoku closes European office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Japanese display provider Totoku has closed its European office, effective July 1. The Tokyo-based firm will maintain a European presence at the offices of distributor Rein EDV in Willich, Germany.
August 9, 2009
DECT cuts tests as a one-stop myocardial, coronary artery exam
By Eric Barnes
A single dual-energy CT (DECT) exam can provide an accurate, integrative analysis of coronary artery morphology and myocardial blood supply, according to researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina. The study highlights the potential of DECT as a one-stop shop.
August 9, 2009
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