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Pennsylvania issues contrast-induced nephropathy guidance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) has issued a supplementary patient safety advisory along with its quarterly 2007 March patient safety advisory to raise awareness of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).
March 29, 2007
Rubidium PET/CT shows potential for coronary artery disease diagnosis
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
While molecular imaging for coronary artery disease (CAD) with SPECT or PET is accurate, diagnosis of multivessel CAD has proved difficult with these modalities. A team of researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston may have found a way to address the insufficiencies of multivessel CAD diagnosis by utilizing rubidium (Rb-82) PET/CT to determine a value for vasodilator left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) reserve.
March 29, 2007
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Breast studies: Persistence a must with noncompliant patients; race-based tissue density not a risk factor
By Shalmali Pal
Compliance rates for diagnostic mammography and the effect of race on breast density are highlighted in two studies in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. While Michigan researchers looked at the costs associated with a system designed to encourage patients to return for additional imaging, a group in Massachusetts sought to determine if innate racial differences in breast density might explain differences in breast cancer risk.
March 29, 2007
SNM advances 'Bench to Bedside' campaign
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The SNM reported today that it has received nearly $3.3 million in corporate donations for its "Bench to Bedside" campaign, a five-year effort to raise $5 million to translate molecular imaging research into healthcare innovations that can be used in patient care.
March 28, 2007
Misonix reports HIFU hemiablation success
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Misonix announced promising results for the firm's Sonablate 500 high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) clinical trial in the U.K. for hemiablation procedures for prostate cancer treatment.
March 28, 2007
Matrox gets German Extio placement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical graphics device and application developer Matrox Graphics said that its Extio Remote Graphics Unit (RGO) product has been deployed in the operating rooms at Schwetzingen Hospital in Schwetzingen, Germany.
March 28, 2007
Breast MRI screening gets nod from American Cancer Society
By Brian Casey
March 28, 2007
Medavis offers free DICOM image importer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German PACS vendor medavis has introduced a free version of its DICOM Importer tool.
March 28, 2007
Aurora gets California install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology has installed its dedicated 1.5-tesla scanner at Aurora Breast MRI of Orange County.
March 28, 2007
AngioDynamics to fight patent verdict, taps CFO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology provider AngioDynamics said it would file a motion to overturn a verdict rendered against the firm yesterday in a patent infringement case involving Diomed of Andover, MA.
March 28, 2007
3D ultrasound offers efficiency improvements
By Erik L. Ridley
3D sonography is more time-efficient than traditional 2D sonography for various indications, according to research published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. The study findings suggest that adopting 3D scanning protocols may greatly improve patient throughput in the correct clinical setting.
March 28, 2007
64-slice cardiac CT points to important incidental findings
By Edward Susman
NEW ORLEANS - Performing cardiac CT on a 64-slice scanner, even with a limited field-of-view, can often reveal significant findings outside the heart, which clinicians need to follow up, according to a presentation this week at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.
March 28, 2007
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