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New way to correct data distortions benefits PET/MR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from Philips Healthcare offered new details on the company's development of a hybrid PET/MRI scanner at this week's annual SNM meeting in Toronto.
June 18, 2009
Radiologists prefer graphical formats for mammo benchmark data
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists think that most audit statistics for mammography performance are useful, but presenting performance data graphically -- with clear benchmark data included -- makes the information easiest to grasp, according to a study to be published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 18, 2009
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Cardiologist calls for transparency in coronary CTA fight
By Eric Barnes
Political effectiveness will be as important as cost-effectiveness in gaining broad coverage for coronary CT angiography (CTA) in the U.S., according to interventional cardiologist Dr. Tony DeFrance of Stanford University.
June 18, 2009
Study: Imaging adds to U.S. life expectancy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new research paper has quantified what radiology advocates have long maintained -- that medical imaging has a definite impact on the quality of healthcare and, by extension, life expectancy.
June 17, 2009
Elekta nabs New Jersey contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has won a contract for its radiation therapy treatment systems with a New Jersey medical center.
June 17, 2009
Varian touts Dutch studies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems announced that doctors in the Netherlands have developed new ways to perform radiosurgery on benign acoustic tumors using Varian's RapidArc radiotherapy technology.
June 17, 2009
Carestream begins shipping new DRX-1 unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has begun shipping its wireless cassette-size digital radiography detector.
June 17, 2009
PDS debuts NeuroPET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET technology developer PhotoDetection Systems (PDS) introduced its NeuroPET scanner at this week's SNM annual meeting in Toronto.
June 17, 2009
European imaging display market on the rise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European market for medical imaging display monitors produced revenue of $207.2 million in 2007, which is expected to climb to $520.4 million in 2014, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
June 17, 2009
Varian adds to client list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has signed a three-year agreement to supply its radiotherapy equipment and software to Providence Health and Services.
June 17, 2009
Covidien closes VNUS purchase
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Covidien has completed its previously announced acquisition of VNUS Medical Technologies.
June 17, 2009
Dose can be reduced by 75% in pediatric chest CT exams
By Cynthia E. Keen
The radiation dose of pediatric MDCT exams can be reduced by as much as 75% without compromising the ability to detect small lung nodules in young children, according to a study published in the July issue of Academic Radiology.
June 17, 2009
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