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AuntMinnie.com MarketStat #45: Average CT procedures per technologist vs. total staff FTE
In 2006, the estimated average annual volume of CT procedures per FTE staff is 1,960 CT procedures per technologist FTE and 1,565 CT procedures per total staff FTE (technologists, secretaries/clerks/ transcriptionists, administrators, nurses).
November 16, 2006
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MR makes clinical, technical strides in imaging the female pelvis
By Shalmali Pal
Two new studies looked at ways to expand the role of MRI in the female pelvis. First, Korean radiologists and radiation oncologists assessed the accuracy of MRI for finding metastatic lymph nodes in cervical cancer patients. In the second study, a German group used a faster MRI sequence on a 3-tesla magnet to make short work of the imaging process.
November 16, 2006
2006 11 10 17 33 11 706
Can MRI pinpoint whiplash pain?
By Brian Casey
November 15, 2006
EDDA gets 510(k) for liver software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection software developer EDDA Technology of Princeton Junction, NJ, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its IQQA-Liver application.
November 15, 2006
Misonix lands Hungarian HIFU order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Misonix reported that it has signed its first deal to provide high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technology in Hungary.
November 15, 2006
Sectra acquires Dutch distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS developer Sectra has purchased medical device distributor ImaXperts of the Netherlands.
November 15, 2006
Zonare signs Sisters of Mercy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer Zonare Medical Systems has signed a contract to provide its z.one ultrasound system to Sisters of Mercy Health System.
November 15, 2006
RaySearch, Nucletron partner on proton therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy provider Nucletron has signed an agreement with RaySearch Laboratories of Stockholm, Sweden, for a long-term collaboration on the development and licensing of a proton-beam radiation therapy (PBRT) system.
November 15, 2006
American Shared inks proton-beam deal with M. D. Anderson
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
American Shared Hospital Services said it has entered into an agreement to provide a Clinatron-250 proton-beam radiation therapy (PBRT) system to the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center of Orlando, FL.
November 15, 2006
Shrapnel in heart
The patient was injured by a mortar round that resulted in shrapnel becoming lodged in the heart. The 3D images were needed to determine exactly where the shrapnel lie to decide if intervention was needed.
November 15, 2006
Tucker leaves Neurognostics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Neurognostics CEO Douglas Tucker has left the Milwaukee-based developer of functional MRI hardware and software.
November 15, 2006
GE updates Vivid i, lands Centricity deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., announced new features for its Vivid i miniaturized portable echocardiography scanner at this week's American Heart Association meeting in Chicago.
November 15, 2006
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