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Tips and techniques make MRI feasible for breast centers
By Deborah R. Dakins
Breast MRI is a valuable problem-solving tool in breast imaging, but even this highly sensitive technique can be humbled. Exam timing, indications, and technique are critical to success, according to Dr. Bruce Porter, medical director of First Hill Diagnostic Imaging in Seattle.
March 19, 2003
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E-Z-EM closes deal with MAGNET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Mid-Atlantic Group Network of Shared Services (MAGNET) has signed a three-year contract with virtual colonoscopy and contrast developer E-Z-EM of Lake Success, NY, making it the provider of virtual colonoscopy equipment and CT injector systems to MAGNET’s network of healthcare providers.
March 18, 2003
Meta-analysis of virtual colonoscopy studies yields promising results
By Eric Barnes
The results of several large multicenter trials in virtual colonoscopy will have to be completed before the technique can be considered a true alternative to conventional colonoscopy. But a group of researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston couldn't wait, so they analyzed the existing literature in an effort to produce the next best thing.
March 18, 2003
PET scan usage climbs at NCCN institutions
By Edward Susman
PET is now the favored modality for assessing diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to information accrued by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Database.
March 18, 2003
New archives deliver more bang for your PACS buck
By Brian Casey
Storage archives and media have always been one of the biggest cost components in a PACS network. But falling prices for archiving technology are having the beneficial effect of enabling PACS users to install faster archives at a lower cost than was possible just a few years ago.
March 18, 2003
Confirma partners with Sectra
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image processing firm Confirma will be integrating its CADstream breast MRI computer-aided detection software into PACS software from Sectra of Linkoping, Sweden.
March 17, 2003
Bycast completes BCCA image distribution network
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image distribution provider Bycast has completed an installation of its GRID storage software technology at the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) in Vancouver, BC.
March 17, 2003
Boston Scientific starts Taxus V clinical trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has started a new clinical trial to evaluate the use of a slow-release formulation of its Taxus paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system in high-risk patients.
March 17, 2003
Mallinckrodt gets FDA nod for MR contrast power injection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast developer Mallinckrodt has received Food and Drug Administration approval for a new version of its OptiMark MRI contrast media that can be administered via power injection.
March 17, 2003
MR spectroscopy reveals reduced neuronal viability in ADHD kids
TORONTO - A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) neuroimaging study of children with attention deficient/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has turned up a mystery, according to a presentation Monday at the Rotman Research Institute conference.
March 17, 2003
PACS archive techniques continue to evolve
By Erik L. Ridley
Falling prices for storage media and speedier networks are prompting major changes in the way PACS archives are being set up, according to a presentation by Dr. Steven Horii at last week’s PACS 2003: Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise meeting in San Antonio. PACS users are installing faster, less complex archives than those that were commonplace in the industry just a few years ago.
March 17, 2003
Bracco issues Isovue clarification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer Bracco Diagnostics of Princeton, NJ, has released a letter to U.S. cardiologists and radiologists stating that its Isovue product was not included in a recent New England Journal of Medicine.
March 16, 2003
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