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Ultrasound screening for AAA must weigh treatment risks
By Erik L. Ridley
While ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is gaining support, there is some concern that wider screening and new surgical repair techniques may actually increase perioperative deaths among patients whose aneurysms were not likely to rupture, according to Dr. Christopher Merritt.
June 17, 2004
CT gains ground in urology
By Eric Barnes
CT urography and cytoscopy are becoming the imaging team of choice for evaluating the urinary system, potentially replacing radiographic procedures such as intravenous or retrograde pyelography as often as 80% of the time, researchers report.
June 17, 2004
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Hitachi to spotlight SceptreP3 PET/CT system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Medical Systems America will be introducing its PET/CT hybrid imaging system, with connectivity via the company's AVIA PACS architecture, at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting next week.
June 16, 2004
MDS Nordion, Molecular Insight link up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian radioisotope supplier MDS Nordion and radioisotope imaging developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, MA, will develop radiolabeled beta-methyl-iodophenylpentadecanoic acid.
June 16, 2004
Agfa lands Dutch digital mammo contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has been commissioned by the Dutch breast cancer screening organization BBNN to install a mobile mammography van with its Embrace DR mammography product, according to the Mortsel, Belgium-based vendor.
June 16, 2004
Molecular Imaging nets Kaweah Delta
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET imaging services provider Molecular Imaging has added the Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Visalia, CA, to its customer list.
June 16, 2004
AccSys launches mobile isotope system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Linear accelerator manufacturer AccSys Technology reported the successful installation of one of its Pulsar 7 PET isotope production linacs in a Medical Coaches trailer.
June 16, 2004
IHE cardiology technical framework open for comment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Efforts to expand the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative to cardiology are nearing fruition. An IHE cardiology technical framework has been released for public comment.
June 16, 2004
Cedara, Medipattern team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian medical imaging software developer Cedara Software has formed a strategic partnership with computer-aided-detection developer Medipattern.
June 16, 2004
Zonare hires Southard
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems (formerly Novasonics) has appointed Donald Southard as president and CEO.
June 16, 2004
Vepro, Richard Wolf team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Two German firms, PACS provider Vepro and minimally invasive surgery vendor Richard Wolf have teamed up to create CORE (complete operating room endoscopy).
June 16, 2004
PET Medicare reimbursement -- narrow but widening
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Reimbursement for PET procedures in the U.S. has improved incrementally over the past few years. But coverage can still be problematic. In an effort to hold down costs, the CMS has tightly controlled payments for the use of PET in diagnostic imaging. The best bet for practitioners to receive payment is to be aware of the specifics for Medicare reimbursement.
June 16, 2004
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