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Mallinckrodt initiates product recall
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Mallinckrodt subsidiary of Covidien has begun a voluntary recall of one lot of its sodium chromate Cr-51 injection product.
July 12, 2009
Repeated calcium scans increase cancer risk, study finds
July 12, 2009
Repeated calcium scans increase cancer risk, study finds
By Eric Barnes
Patients who undergo repeated coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans may be setting themselves up for a cancer diagnosis, according to a new study that estimated the risks but not the potential benefits of CAC scan protocols and frequencies.
July 12, 2009
Ultrasound performs well in muscular trauma
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound is useful for the diagnosis, management, and follow-up of muscle tears and hematomas, according to research from Khoula Hospital. The Oman researchers studied the use of dynamic ultrasound in 50 male soccer players.
July 12, 2009
Digisonics nets 2 contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has completed installations in Plano, TX, and Cumberland, MD.
July 12, 2009
iCRco completes Coast Guard install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography (CR) vendor iCRco has installed its iCR3600 CR system aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy.
July 12, 2009
One-third of breast cancers overdiagnosed, European study finds
By Kate Madden Yee
Nine years ago, researchers from the Nordic Cochrane Centre roiled the women's imaging community with a study challenging the usefulness of mammography screening. Their new study, which indicates that screening mammography programs contribute to overtreatment of cancers that are actually harmless, is likely to have the same effect.
July 12, 2009
U.S. government to intervene for Mo-99
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. government soon may take a more active role to help alleviate the North American medical isotope shortage.
July 9, 2009
Petten reactor set for July 18 shutdown
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The annual summer shutdown of the High Flux Reactor in Petten, Netherlands, will begin July 18.
July 9, 2009
AuntMinnie.com Digital X-Ray Insider
By Brian Casey
July 9, 2009
CardioDynamics' revenue falls in Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography developer CardioDynamics posted a dip in revenue in its second quarter.
July 9, 2009
Virtual colonoscopy preferred for surveillance follow-up
By Eric Barnes
Patients referred for polyp surveillance after virtual colonoscopy are more likely to opt for another VC exam at follow-up, Italian researchers report. But patients want their follow-up scans sooner rather than later.
July 9, 2009
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