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Measuring lean body weight can optimize CT contrast dose
By Eric Barnes
Researchers at Duke University report that radiologists can minimize contrast dose and optimize enhancement of focal lesions by basing their contrast administration protocols on patients' lean body weight, rather than on total weight.
July 21, 2009
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How to provide great service in the ultrasound vascular lab
By Erik L. Ridley
In vascular ultrasound labs, it's critical not to focus singularly on the job of scanning patients. It's also important to please those patients, according to a New York City hospital that has changed its focus from getting patients scanned to making patients happy.
July 21, 2009
Fuji to ship FCR Prima
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA plans to begin shipping its FCR Prima digital x-ray system in August.
July 20, 2009
Varian gets Acuros clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Acuros technology.
July 20, 2009
Rhode Island puts interventional radiology unit on probation
By Kate Madden Yee
The interventional radiology department at Kent Hospital in Rhode Island has been put on probation by state health authorities after two wrong-site interventional procedures and a state inspection that found signs of what regulators called "pervasive problems" in the unit.
July 20, 2009
Italray gets Greek DR install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Italian x-ray vendor Italray has installed its X-Frame DR-2T dual-detector digital radiography (DR) system in the Hospital of Arta in Greece.
July 20, 2009
PACSGear expands European office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS accessories firm PACSGear has expanded its European office in Munich, Germany.
July 20, 2009
Nucletron adds executives
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Nucletron has named three new executives to its management team.
July 20, 2009
Pharmalucence gets OK for generic sestamibi
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical product supplier Pharmalucence has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to manufacture and market its kit for preparing technetium-99m sestamibi injection.
July 20, 2009
Virtual gastroscopy distinguishes benign from malignant ulcers
By Eric Barnes
Three-dimensional CT imaging of the stomach has improved to the point where it's just as useful as endoscopy for differentiating benign from malignant gastric ulcers, albeit with important differences, say researchers from Taiwan.
July 20, 2009
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Procedure volume grows for noncardiac angiography
By Lin Muschlitz
Procedure volume for noncardiac angiography applications in the U.S. has grown at a steady single-digit rate over the past four years as interventional radiologists find new applications for the technology, according to a new market research report by IMV Medical Information Division.
July 20, 2009
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AuntMinnie Buyer's Guide: Nuclear medicine and PET
By Brian Casey
July 19, 2009
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