Clinical News: Page 671

PET shows meditating increases blood flow in heart disease patients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET scans showed that patients with coronary heart disease who included transcendental meditation in their cardiac rehabilitation regime increased blood flow to the heart by more than 20% in a recent study, published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.

December 5, 2019

Short radiation course for breast cancer shows promise

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A shorter round of higher-dose radiation to part of the breast demonstrates promising results in women with early-stage breast cancer, according to a study published on December 5 in Lancet.

December 5, 2019

AR, 3D printing make waves in cardiac care

By Abraham Kim

CHICAGO - What are the distinct benefits of 3D printing and augmented reality (AR) in the management of cardiac conditions, and what clinical scenarios are the technologies best suited for? Radiologists from Poland and Canada discussed these questions and more in a Thursday educational session at RSNA 2019.

December 5, 2019

Neusoft debuts CT scanner, new systems at RSNA 2019

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical equipment manufacturer Neusoft Medical Systems debuted new CT, MRI, angiography, and PET/CT systems at RSNA 2019 in Chicago.

December 4, 2019

Varian installs systems in Africa, U.S.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has installed three of its Halcyon radiotherapy systems in Africa and five Varian Edge Radiosurgery systems in the U.S.

December 4, 2019

Teledyne touts endoscopic study on colorectal cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Teledyne Princeton Instruments is touting the work of a multidisciplinary research team in China and the U.S. that has resulted in the design, construction, and characterization of an endoscopic system to perform targeted second near-infrared window fluorescence imaging of colorectal cancer.

December 4, 2019

Technologist-performed WBUS is helpful in dense breasts

By Erik L. Ridley

CHICAGO - Handheld whole-breast ultrasound (WBUS) performed by mammography technologists can be a time-efficient method for adjuvant screening of women with dense breasts, according to research presented Wednesday at the 2019 RSNA meeting.

December 4, 2019

Participation in CT lung screening reaches new heights

By Abraham Kim

CHICAGO - Years of outreach and awareness campaigns appear to be paying off for CT lung cancer screening in a big way: The participation rate among eligible individuals in the U.S. has increased by as much as sevenfold in recent years, according to a presentation on Wednesday at RSNA 2019.

December 4, 2019

7-tesla MRI adds detail to cerebral microbleeds

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - Researchers using 7-tesla MRI with susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) can discover more cerebral microbleeds in patients with diffuse axonal injury and better differentiate other anomalies than with 3-tesla SWI, according to a study presented Tuesday at RSNA 2019.

December 3, 2019

MaxQ AI's Accipio now on Blackford platform

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer MaxQ AI announced that its Accipio intracranial hemorrhage software is now available on medical software provider Blackford Analysis' platform.

December 3, 2019

Samsung NeuroLogica debuts skull clamp at RSNA 2019

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Samsung NeuroLogica has launched its Doro QR3 XTom intraoperative skull clamp, which supports patient positioning for its OmniTom mobile CT scanner during surgery, at RSNA 2019.

December 3, 2019

Volpara showcases Aspen Breast software at RSNA 2019

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions is highlighting its Aspen Breast reporting and tracking software at RSNA 2019.

December 3, 2019

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