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MR arthrography typifies cam and pincer FAI for intracapsular hip surgery

By Shalmali Pal

Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is one of the causes of premature osteoarthritis in the hip, and occurs when there is a conflict between the proximal femur and the acetabular rim. MR arthrography is particularly useful for the presurgical assessment of existing damage within the joint, according to radiologists and orthopedists in Switzerland.

August 21, 2006

International Travel Health Guide 2006-2007

The International Travel Guide 2006-2007 is an essential reference for those who want to maximize their chances of staying healthy abroad or those who like to have an emergency plan in place. It offers a viable alternative for larger reference texts on wilderness survival or tropical medicine.

August 21, 2006

MDCT complements MR in heart disease evaluation

By Wayne Forrest

As multidetector-row CT (MDCT) becomes more prevalent in cardiac imaging applications, its primary benefit may be as a complementary modality to MR, providing additional information and patient coverage that MR cannot.

August 21, 2006

Toshiba signs OhioHealth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems has inked an exclusive five-year agreement with not-for-profit healthcare organization OhioHealth.

August 20, 2006

CardiArc begins next round of funding

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

CardiArc has opened its final round of financing to raise $4 million to expand the Lubbock, TX, company's operations and begin manufacturing its nuclear cardiology gamma camera this fall.

August 20, 2006

Preop FDG-PET spots axillary involvement in breast cancer, may obviate biopsy

By Shalmali Pal

Surgeons should consider breast PET studies to determine if they can skip biopsy and proceed straight to axillary lymph node dissection (AND), according to a study in the Archives of Surgery. But the study authors cautioned that the PET exam must predict positive nodes with 100% specificity.

August 20, 2006

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Shalmali Pal

August 20, 2006

CT pioneer test-drives 256-slice scanner

By Brian Casey

The upcoming introduction of a 256-slice CT scanner promises to make major contributions to CT instrumentation, according to a Japanese radiologist who is working with a prototype of the system. From 4D cardiac imaging to CT digital subtraction angiography, 256-slice CT may result in a host of new clinical applications.

August 20, 2006

IsoRay raises $5 million

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical received funding of $5 million through the issuance of 2 million shares of common stock at $2.50 per share and warrants to purchase 2.2 million shares of its common stock at $3 per share.

August 17, 2006

Intermagnetics settles lawsuits, sets merger vote

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Intermagnetics General has set a date of September 26 for its shareholders to vote on the acquisition of the Latham, NY, MRI components provider by Philips Medical Systems of Andover, MA.

August 17, 2006

Varian adds Australian install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Varian Medical Systems has installed two Clinac iX linear accelerators and a Trilogy machine at the Sir Charles Gairdner Centre in Perth, Australia.

August 17, 2006

MRI, US take on diagnostic challenge of PAI in soccer players

By Shalmali Pal

For soccer players, the ankle is subjected to chronic forces while jumping, running, and kicking. As a result, chronic ankle pain is a common problem. Clinical exams and imaging (x-ray or CT) may or may not tell the whole story in posterior ankle impingement (PAI), which can be serious enough to keep a player off the pitch. Recent studies from Canada and the U.K. have outlined the MR imaging abnormalities that are seen in PAI, as well as the role of ultrasound for guiding therapeutic injections.

August 17, 2006

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