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Catheter-driven MR scanner offers faster intravascular guidance
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Fine-tuning MRI parameters during vascular intervention can be a time-consuming process that requires the interventional radiologist to turn away from the procedure and work on a keyboard or mouse. But researchers from Ohio have devised a way to adjust imaging parameters in real-time, using an intravascular catheter.
March 27, 2003
Toshiba shows Ultimax with DynaDirect detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems is showcasing its Ultimax multipurpose x-ray system at this week's meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology in Salt Lake City.
March 27, 2003
Longport adds new president, marketing deal
Portable ultrasound developer Longport has appointed Paul Wilson as president, and announced a potential new sales distributor in the wound-care market.
March 27, 2003
GE rolls out Innova 4100
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems has started commercial shipments of Innova 4100, a large-format, flat-panel digital fluoroscopy system.
March 27, 2003
Bracco opens new research center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer Bracco Diagnostics of Princeton, NJ, has inaugurated a new laboratory for advanced research of contrast media for diagnostic imaging.
March 27, 2003
Berlex suspends NeoTect production and sales
By Robert Bruce
Contrast maker Berlex Imaging notified customers that it has suspended production of peptide-based radiopharmaceutical NeoTect until it resolves quality control issues at its European plant.
March 27, 2003
Gastric bypass patients pose imaging dilemma
By Brian Casey
Gastric bypass (GBP) is one of the fastest-growing surgical procedures in the U.S. today. And while many see the surgery as a good way to achieve rapid weight loss, imaging facilities are finding that GBP patients can be a heavy burden.
March 27, 2003
Doppler ultrasound keeps an eye on optic neuritis
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Turkish radiologists discovered that patients with optic neuritis demonstrated increased peak systolic and end diastolic velocities in the affected ophthalmic artery.
March 27, 2003
Siemens to debut C-arm with FPD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, is set to unveil its Axiom Artis dTC, a ceiling-mounted C-arm with flat-panel digital detector technology.
March 26, 2003
Lyon tapped as president, CEO of Confirma
Image processing firm Confirma of Kirkland, WA, has named Max Lyon as president and CEO.
March 26, 2003
FDG-PET spots cervical carcinoma recurrence earlier
By Shalmali Pal
In a retrospective study at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital in Seoul, FDG-PET was recommended as a part of the work-up on all patients with high-risk factors for cervical cancer recurrence.
March 26, 2003
Gastric bypass battles bulge, but patients pose imaging challenge
By Deborah R. Dakins
As obesity becomes a national health issue in the U.S., a growing number of Americans are turning to surgery as a way to battle their bulge. But gastric bypass, one of the fastest-growing surgeries at U.S. hospitals today, poses multiple challenges for radiologists and technologists performing postprocedural imaging to detect complications.
March 26, 2003
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