Clinical News: Page 2851

Part I: Choosing between MR and US in musculoskeletal imaging
By Erik L. Ridley
In musculoskeletal imaging, the modality of choice isn’t always readily apparent. To help, Dr. Levon Nazarian, a professor and vice chairman of education at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) Hospital in Philadelphia, led an analysis of the existing literature and presented the findings at the 2006 Leading Edge in Diagnostic Ultrasound conference in Atlantic City.
September 6, 2006
US, MR spot life-threatening abdominal pregnancy before it's too late
By Shalmali Pal
Intra-abdominal pregnancy is rare, but when it does occur, pinpointing it can be a complex process. Two case reports offer details on the role of imaging in making this difficult diagnosis. First, clinicians in Thailand describe a case of a uterocutaneous fistula that occurred after the placenta was left in a term abdominal pregnancy. In the second, clinicians in India report how MRI and ultrasound helped them diagnose an extrauterine pregnancy in a woman with a history of gynecological problems.
September 6, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
September 5, 2006
NDMA drops fee-for-storage program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Archiving services provider National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA) has eliminated the fee-for-storage, subscription-based package for its myNDMA consumer portal service.
September 5, 2006
IsoRay revenues surge, loss widens in 2006
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope firm IsoRay reported preliminary 2006 fiscal-year numbers that showed revenues growing sharply, although the firm's net loss grew.
September 5, 2006
Merit debuts Resolve
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Disposable products provider Merit Medical Systems has introduced its Resolve drainage catheter.
September 5, 2006
Fonar lands milestone U.K. sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar has installed its Upright Multi-Position MRI scanner at the London Upright MRI Centre in England.
September 5, 2006
Elekta signs U. of Virginia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta will be installing its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.
September 5, 2006
Cordis gets CE Mark for Cypher Select
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has received the European CE Mark for its Cypher Select sirolimus-eluting stent.
September 5, 2006
More data will be key to CTA reimbursement
By Wayne Forrest
To reach appropriate reimbursement levels, Dr. Geoffrey Rubin, professor of radiology at Stanford University in California, said several criteria must first be met. In his presentation at Stanford's 2006 International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco, Rubin outlined several technology assessment steps that Blue Cross and Blue Shield uses on a national level to determine the value of technology and its benefit to healthcare.
September 5, 2006
Multislice CT almost as good as IVUS in acute coronary syndromes
By Edward Susman
BARCELONA - In the early stage of acute coronary syndrome, 16-slice multidetector-row CT can locate the culprit lesion, according to a presentation this week at the European Society of Cardiology's World Congress of Cardiology. Researchers from University Hospital in Bordeaux, France compared 16-slice CT to 40-MHz catheter-based intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).
September 5, 2006
Study puts MRI contrast agents to the test
By Brian Casey
Which MRI contrast agent does the best job of enhancing brain and spinal images? A group of U.S. researchers sought to answer this question in a head-to-head study.
September 4, 2006
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