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MRI, PET disclose neurological decline in preclinical Huntington's disease
By Shalmali Pal
Years before Huntington's becomes a full-blown disease, a genetic mutation may be found in some people that predisposes them to the degenerative illness. Earlier brain imaging studies have shown that progressive neuronal dysfunction may influence the clinical course of the disease. Now researchers from Italy and the U.K. have applied MRI and FDG-PET to the presymptomatic brain in Huntington's disease.
March 29, 2006
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Cardiac Imaging: Case Review Series
Overall, Cardiac Imaging offers a useful introduction to heart diseases. Topics such as congenital cardiac, congenital coronary, and inflammatory conditions should whet the reader's appetite. Unfortunately, Cardiac Imaging does fall short in many areas.
March 29, 2006
AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #40: Lead time for scheduling a screening mammography appointment
As of this 2005 study of approximately 1,000 hospital and nonhospital sites performing mammography procedures in the U.S., 21% of the sites indicate that the typical lead time to schedule a screening mammography appointment is less than a day, 52% from one day to one week, 20% from one week to one month, and 7% have a typical lead time of over one month.
March 29, 2006
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AIE, Hologic highlight research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image processing software developer Advanced Image Enhancement (AIE) and women's imaging vendor Hologic said that radiologists at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, MA, have reported favorable results using AIE's software with Hologic's Lorad Selenia digital mammography system.
March 28, 2006
Guidant suspends Xience V supply
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Guidant said it has decided not to release current inventory of its Xience V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system, as approximately 1% of its current inventory was not manufactured with strict adherence to the company's quality standards.
March 28, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Radiology Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
March 28, 2006
Fluke debuts pain management line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Management Services unit of Fluke Biomedical has introduced a pain management suite of products.
March 28, 2006
Fonar names European distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar has chosen German distributor Tecserena as its new European representative and distributor.
March 28, 2006
WHO report: X-ray insufficient for TB diagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Chest radiography is not specific enough to act as the sole test for tuberculosis (TB), yet it is still overutilized by physicians assessing for the disease, according to the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC) guidelines.
March 28, 2006
Biosound Esaote launches anesthesiology scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biosound Esaote of Indianapolis has debuted MyLab 30 OR, a compact ultrasound scanner designed for use by anesthesiologists.
March 28, 2006
UAE with gelatin sponge particles offers long-term symptom control
By Shalmali Pal
Uterine artery embolization (UAE) with gelatin sponge particles can provide long-term relief from symptoms with few complications, according to Japanese researchers. They conducted this study because polyvinyl alcohol particles, which are used most commonly in UAE, are not commercially available in Japan, the group explained.
March 28, 2006
MDCT highly sensitive for aortic dissection
By Eric Barnes
A recent study of patients who underwent MDCT imaging for symptoms suggestive of aortic dissection showed that the modality was highly sensitive and specific for all types of dissection. CT is also faster and generally more accurate than the alternatives, including MRI, ultrasound, and even the invasive gold standard exam, aortography, according to the study authors.
March 28, 2006
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