Clinical News: Page 3407

Strike a pose: PET sheds light on benefits of yoga
By Shalmali Pal
From treating cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering to calming fears in psychiatric patients, yoga is being integrated into modern healthcare. Imaging specialists are doing their part to study and quantify the affects and possible advantages of a yoga practice.
December 30, 2002
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CCD and flat-panel DR highlight CMT offerings
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Digital radiography developer CMT Medical Technologies of Haifa, Israel, brought both charge-coupled device (CCD) and flat-panel DR technology to showcase at the 2002 RSNA in Chicago.
December 29, 2002
US enables reliable diagnosis of pediatric orbital infections
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Pediatric radiologists at the University of Innsbruck Medical School in Austria recommend the early use of ultrasound imaging of the orbit in all children with periorbital swelling and erythema.
December 29, 2002
Finding unsuspected lesions with PET
By Brian Casey
PET has demonstrated its effectiveness in pathologies ranging from breast cancer to Alzheimer’s. In a new study, the modality has shown an ability to find unsuspected lesions other than the primary tumor for which the patient is being scanned.
December 26, 2002
RSNA's RadLex initiative gathers momentum
By Erik L. Ridley
The time is right for a standardized radiology lexicon. RadLex is a pilot project from the RSNA designed to create a consensus of terms used to index and search diverse medical imaging resources.
December 26, 2002
Unexpected FDG-PET foci may signal subclinical tumors
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
FDG-PET is showing promise for detecting unexpected malignant and pre-malignant neoplasms other than the primary cancer for which the patient is scanned, according to the results of a study lead by Dr. Harry Agress, Jr. at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey.
December 25, 2002
Home for the holidays
By Brian Casey
Home for the holidays? A perfect time to pay your AuntMinnie a holiday visit!
December 24, 2002
PracticeWorks finishes acquiring Trophy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dental technology developer PracticeWorks has completed its acquisition of Trophy Radiologie of Marne-la-Vallée, France, from its parent company, Thermo Electron of Waltham, MA.
December 23, 2002
Getting the most from shoulder positioning
By Naveed Ahmad, MD
Dr. Naveed Ahmad discusses the best radiographic positioning for imaging the shoulder girdle and the joints of the shoulder girdle.
December 23, 2002
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US with Levovist spots malignant hepatic lesions
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Physicians at the University of DĂĽsseldorf recently studied 67 patients with focal hepatic lesions, to asses whether contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging was able to differentiate between benign and malignant lesions.
December 23, 2002
Breast Ultrasound: A Systemic Approach to Technique and Image Interpretation
This book is great for novice sonologists, radiologists starting breast ultrasound, residents, and fellows. However, some of the information is outdated.
December 22, 2002
The Practice of Breast Ultrasound
A useful component of this book is the tables in each section, which summarizes the pertinent diagnostic criteria for each disease, and allows for rapid reference.
December 22, 2002
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