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Residents' reads reliable, study says
By Kate Madden Yee
Working effectively can be difficult when you're not getting enough sleep, and radiology residents are just as susceptible as other physicians to making errors after hours. But how much do these errors affect patient care? According to a study by researchers at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ, patients and attendings needn't worry: interpretations by on-call radiology residents can be trusted.
September 18, 2007
U-Systems taps new VP
Breast ultrasound vendor U-Systems has appointed veteran ultrasound executive Bob Thompson as vice president of marketing and business development.
September 17, 2007
Xograph to sell Mindray devices in U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare has signed a distribution agreement with Chinese medical equipment manufacturer Mindray Medical International.
September 17, 2007
NeuroLogica adds cranial stabilization unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable CT developer NeuroLogica is teaming up with German neurosurgery products firm pro med instruments (PMI) to launch its Doro CereTom intraoperative cranial stabilization system.
September 17, 2007
Siemens, Xintek launch joint venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, and nanotechnology products developer Xintek of Research Triangle Park, NC, have agreed to form a joint venture to develop nanotechnology-enabled multipixel x-ray tubes for diagnostic imaging applications.
September 17, 2007
Aurora society forms China partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI advocacy group Aurora Breast MRI Society (ABMS) is collaborating with the China Medical Women's Association on a professional exchange program.
September 17, 2007
Cook plans manufacturing expansion
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Cook Medical announced that it will begin a two-year manufacturing expansion initiative in mid-2008.
September 17, 2007
GE to sell Imtec conebeam CT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute the Iluma conebeam CT scanner from dental products developer Imtec of Ardmore, OK.
September 17, 2007
Aloka debuts two new scanners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Aloka has introduced two new scanners targeted at the cardiac and vascular imaging markets.
September 17, 2007
Advanced liver imaging shapes surgical strategies
By Eric Barnes
The days of planning liver interventions on the strength of a few CT or MR reconstructions may be numbered. Researchers from Germany and beyond are honing a set of advanced planning tools that not only provide high-resolution color-coded 3D visualization of the liver parenchyma and vasculature, but offer quantitative views of the intrahepatic vessel branching system and the risks of cutting at a given point in the organ.
September 17, 2007
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MR experts take issue with FDA gadolinium warning
By Shalmali Pal
In May 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommend that a "black box" warning label be places on all gadolinium-based contrast agents. Now a group of MR safety experts have deemed the FDA's suggestion as "imprudent." They argue that the risk of a patient with renal disease developing nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) does not currently appear to be the same among the various gadolinium-based MR contrast agents.
September 17, 2007
GE launches pediatric DEXA software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., is launching new software designed to help physicians conduct pediatric dual-energy x-ray absorbtiometry (DEXA).
September 16, 2007
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