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Experience beats speed in emergency FAST training
By Erik L. Ridley
Emergency medicine residents need to go beyond 10 FAST (focused abdominal sonography for trauma) examinations in order to be adequately trained, according to research published in the latest issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
June 1, 2004
Mammo study seeks cardiac connection
By Brian Casey
Could screening mammography pick up early signs of coronary artery disease in women? It's an intriguing possibility, and one that's being investigated by California researchers in an article we're featuring this week in our Women's Imaging Digital Community.
June 1, 2004
AuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology Insider
By Eric Barnes
May 31, 2004
Breast screening could pull double duty for tracking heart disease
By Shalmali Pal
Mammography may be beneficial for more than just breast cancer screening -- annual exams could also be used to check for breast vascular calcification, which can be a precursor to coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure.
May 31, 2004
Advanced Magnetics launches clinical study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Advanced Magnetics reported that the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Imaging Program (NCI/CIP) has begun its first clinical study of ferumoxytol.
May 31, 2004
iCRco introduces CR for vets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography manufacturer iCRco of Torrance, CA, has launched a CR system, iCR Vet, customized specifically for veterinary medicine.
May 31, 2004
Conventional colonoscopy faster, but less complete, than virtual
By Eric Barnes
A technical study by radiologists in Turin, Italy, found that virtual colonoscopy takes a little longer to perform than conventional colonoscopy. But the virtual exam is easier to perform successfully, they said, and offers more complete visualization of the colon.
May 31, 2004
Court denies Cordis preliminary injunction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, has affirmed a lower-court ruling that denied a preliminary injunction sought by interventional technology developer Cordis against the Taxus drug-eluting stent manufactured by Boston Scientific.
May 30, 2004
Ultrasound spots DVT after knee, hip arthroplasty
By Shalmali Pal
Surveying post-arthroscopic patients with ultrasound can effectively detect asymptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and potentially cut down on warfarin treatment, according to researchers from Singapore and Canada.
May 30, 2004
Gamma Medica debuts cardiac gating sub-system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica Instruments of Northridge, CA, has introduced a cardiac gating sub-system for its X-SPECT pre-clinical imaging system.
May 27, 2004
Positron agrees to buyout, books 10-scanner order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron has agreed to sell a 50% ownership stake to a Canadian PET center operator that has also committed to buying 10 of the company's scanners.
May 27, 2004
Orex puts mammo CR on wheels
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orex Computed Radiography of Yokneam, Israel has launched a series of new options for its ACLxy CR reader, including a mobile mammography version.
May 27, 2004
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