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Hospital finds cheaper facial imaging with CT versus x-ray
By Eric Barnes
Facial trauma imaging is now dominated by CT rather than radiography, say radiologists who uncovered a decade-long trend at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. But thanks to CT's evolving speed and workflow improvements, the transition has not increased the number of exams or their overall cost.
September 21, 2004
The fire extinguisher in your MRI suite: will it save a life or take one?
The number of steel-cylinder fire extinguishers in imaging facilities is unsettling, considering the danger they pose in MRI suites. Two healthcare facility architects detail how a new fire extinguisher on the market offers better extinguishing capability with magnet safety. They also describe steps you can take to ensure facility safety in your MRI suite.
September 21, 2004
Vascular & Interventional Radiology: The Requisites
With its elegant dissection of each disease and treatment, the radiologist will likely feel well prepared to bring a patient from pretreatment counseling to the recovery room by the time he has reached the conclusion of each chapter.
September 21, 2004
Low-dose VC finds disease outside the colon
By Brian Casey
September 20, 2004
Draxis begins Infecton trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer DraxImage has received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin a phase II clinical study of its Infecton molecular imaging agent, designed to detect and localize difficult-to-diagnose infection in the body.
September 20, 2004
Kodak signs Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Imaging has sold digital image capture and information management systems to Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic in Tallahassee, FL.
September 20, 2004
Orex unveils Or-PACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orex Computed Radiography has debuted Or-PACS, a DICOM 3.0 image analysis, communication, and archiving software package for its computed radiography product line.
September 20, 2004
Multimodality imaging: More than meets the eye for radiologists
(Imaging Technology News) Multimodality imaging systems mean different things for different specialties, but the bottom line is better patient care.
September 20, 2004
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Medical radiation workers see reduction in cancer risk
By Shalmali Pal
Thanks to stringent radiation protection policies, the cancer risk for modern imaging professionals has been significantly reduced. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for their predecessors, who showed markedly higher rates of disease, according to a meta-analysis in the journal Radiology.
September 20, 2004
Even low-dose VC yields extracolonic findings
By Eric Barnes
Virtual colonoscopy serves up significant extracolonic findings even when acquired with a low-dose protocol, researchers in New York City reported. They also found that the cost of following up the findings is minimal, due in part to the low numbers of patients who require additional care.
September 20, 2004
Imaging advances provide better treatment options
By N. Shivapriya
Advances in multidetector CT technology may prove a boon to India's growing population, which has shown a ninefold increase in coronary artery disease (CAD) from the 1960s to the 1990s. Coronary CT angiography is one of the newer imaging techniques that has made an impact on everyday clinical practice, according to Dr Shrinivas B. Desai, who gave the keynote address at Imaging Update - 2004.
September 19, 2004
Molecular Imaging CEO resigns
Molecular Imaging founder, chairman, president, and CEO Paul Crowe has resigned to pursue other interests. The company's current executive team will be responsible for day-to-day operations, according to the San Diego-based firm.
September 19, 2004
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