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Voxar lands Florida sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Three-dimensional-software developer Voxar will be providing its Voxar 3D, Voxar Colonscreen, and Voxar Calscreen software to Community Hospital of New Port Richey, FL.

July 6, 2003

CNMT shortage gets critical

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

In a conversation with AuntMinnie.com, Kathleen Murphy, chair-elect of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board, offered her thoughts on CNMT education, both for new students and RTs seeking to cross over into the field.

July 6, 2003

AuntMinnie.com CT Radiology Insider

By Eric Barnes

The growing number of detectors in CT scanners is putting unprecedented diagnostic power in the hands of radiologists. But the multislice machines also offer an increasing array of user-controllable acquisition parameters. Too many choices can make it difficult to determine the best exposure choice for a given patient.

July 6, 2003

CT Insider examines an intuitive approach to MDCT

By Eric Barnes

Dr. Geoffrey Rubin and Dr. Dominik Fleischmann from California's Stanford University have a plan for reducing multislice CT acquisition to a series of four questions. By zeroing in on section thickness, scan speed, radiation dose, and noise, radiologists can reduce the exposure question to its most intuitive elements.

July 6, 2003

Thin-slice CT reveals severe lung abnormalities in SARS patients

By Eric Barnes

Researchers from the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong examined 24 SARS patients following their discharge from the hospital. With the aid of thin-section CT, they found parenchymal abnormalities in nearly all of them.

July 6, 2003

Referring docs prefer online scheduling

By Brian Casey

Looking for an easy way to keep your referring physicians happy? Let them schedule their referrals to your facility online, according to the results of a study we’re featuring in our RIS Digital Community.

July 3, 2003

Cervical ultrasound may predict pre-term birth in women with abortions

Ultrasound serves as a useful predictor of pre-term birth in patients who have a history of induced abortions, researchers reported at the 2003 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) meeting in New Orleans.

July 3, 2003

Interventional suites going digital

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

More than three-quarters of interventional angiography labs in the U.S. have implemented a filmless approach to imaging, according to a recent study published by market research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division.

July 2, 2003

Advanced Magnetics sets $10 million stock sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI contrast agent developer Advanced Magnetics of Cambridge, MA, has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors to buy 1.47 million shares of its common stock.

July 2, 2003

Philips enhances product lines, inks contracts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Medical Systems of Andover, MA, has recently upgraded products in its x-ray, MR, and ultrasound imaging lines.

July 2, 2003

CPS upgrades PET processing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET instrumentation developer CPS Innovations has launched a new digital imaging chain that more than doubles the count-rate performance of the company’s LSO-based PET/CT scanners.

July 2, 2003

Manmar launches 3-D software for MRI and CT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Software developer Manmar Technologies of Chennai, India has launched FastVol-3D, a new 3-D visualization application for CT and MRI studies.

July 2, 2003

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