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Primary care reminders reduce x-ray requests

By Tracie L. Thompson

By attaching routine educational reminders to radiology reports, British researchers have reduced the number of inappropriate x-ray exams ordered by primary care physicians. The six participating institutions looked at two ways of eliminating clinically useless radiographs.

September 26, 2002

Time is running out for Minnies nominations

By Brian Casey

That’s right -- you've got just two more days to submit nominations for The Minnies, AuntMinnie.com’s annual event to recognize excellence in radiology.

September 26, 2002

P.E.T.Net, Nelson join to market PET

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical provider P.E.T.Net Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of CTI Molecular Imaging, has partnered with Lawrenceville, NJ-based Nelson Professional Sales, a contract sales organization for pharmaceutical marketing and sales-service.

September 25, 2002

R2, Hologic team up to integrate software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

R2 Technology and Hologic have entered into a development agreement to customize CAD technology for use with the Lorad Selenia amorphous selenium full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.

September 25, 2002

Toshiba’s Aquilion 16 CT scanner enters U.S. market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems has formally launched U.S. sales of its Aquilion 16, the company’s 16-slice CT scanner.

September 25, 2002

Turf Wars in Radiology IV: Radiologists, ob/gyns sound off on fetal imaging

Taking a defensive position over obstetric and gynecologic ultrasound turf is futile; staying focused on what both imaging and ob-gyn can respectively contribute helps foster a collaborative environment, fetal imaging specialists claim.

September 25, 2002

Hitachi to market ultrasound in Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Hitachi Medical Systems America said it will market Hitachi ultrasound systems in Canada.

September 25, 2002

Philips to bring Spirit processing to Allura cath labs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Medical Systems will be migrating its Spirit image processing feature to its entire family of Integris Allura cardiac catheterization labs.

September 25, 2002

Swissray edges closer to sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital x-ray developer Swissray International has signed a non-binding letter of intent to sell all of its outstanding capital stock to a U.S.-based private equity firm.

September 24, 2002

CT spots sentinel pneumonia in 9-11 rescue worker

By Shalmali Pal

A New York City firefighter, who was one of the first to arrive at the World Trade Center following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, sustained a serious case of dust-related pneumonia. Imaging at the time of his hospital admission helped pinpoint the problem.

September 24, 2002

National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee

Issued September 24, 2002
The National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee has posted a transcript of its August 26, 2002 meeting held in Gaithersburg, MD.

September 23, 2002

Icad adds MammoReader to military contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MammoReader was approved by the FDA in January.

September 23, 2002

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